The BPL press release also cites an initiative called “Moms for Libraries” which is being spearheaded by right-wing group Moms for Liberty the group’s aim, per Media Matters, is to remove books with “inappropriate” content from public schools, and to replace them with books such as the anti-trans children’s book Elephants Are Not Birds.Ĭountless other attacks on free speech, and especially books that contain LGBTQ+ and anti-racist content, are proliferating throughout state legislatures as well. That coordinated censorship effort includes more than 700 complaints made to public libraries in 2021 - the most complaints in a single year on record, according to the American Library Association’s Office of Intellectual Freedom. The press release cites the “increasingly coordinated and effective effort to remove books tackling a wide range of topics from library shelves” as inspiration for this initiative. The list includes LGBTQ+ books like The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta, Tomboy by Liz Prince, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong, and Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison. ![]() ![]() In addition to expanding access for those around the country, BPL is also making unlimited copies of certain challenged books available for all cardholders. ![]() From histories of Indigenous identities to ace critiques of our current society of "compulsory sexuality," these 13 queer and trans texts will expand your vision of what it means to be LGBTQ+.
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