Amid Book Challenges Predominantly Against LGBTQ Materials — One A Memoir By a Black and Gay Writer–Parents, Activists Sound The Alarm in Florida

Towleroad February 16, 2022 Leave a Comment

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Orlando Sentinel

ORLANDO, Fla. — Orange County, Florida, Public Schools removed one book from school libraries this fall because of a parent’s complaint about sexually explicit content and three others face reviews, including a memoir by a gay Black author already ousted from school libraries in Florida and several other states. Books in seven other Florida school districts faced challenges in recent months and a bill advancing in the Legislature would allow more public scrutiny of what books are kept in school libraries. In Indian River County, a chapter of Moms for Liberty — a conservative group challenging…

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