Question on Sexually Explicit School Library Books Upsets Virginia Parents
They say they can’t access their children’s school records without first answering a question they believe is political and asked in bad faith.
August 9, 2023
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burning books
A Gay Man Burned a Bible in Protest at a Tennessee Book Burning
"I burned the Bible! Keepin' my copies of Darwin's Origin of Species and Fahrenheit 451!"
February 7, 2022
It starts with words: Censoring books in schools is the new book burnings
Opinion: While you don’t see many literal book burnings anymore, censorship is still occuring in the U.S., argues Lambda Legal's Kevin Jennings.
April 22, 2025
Police: Library book burner in Ohio escapes charges
The unnamed Ohio man reportedly burned 100 library books with LGBTQ+, Black, and Jewish history content, but the community has responded by promising to donate 1000 books, ten for every title.
May 13, 2025
Op-ed: Burning Books, One Word at a Time
A new movement cracks down on 50 years of LGBT culture.
April 17, 2014
New School Board President Calls for Burning LGBTQ+ Books
"There is some bad, evil-related material that we have to be careful of and look at," Virginia's Spotsylvania County School Board's new president previously said.
January 13, 2022
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Yes, J.K. Rowling, the Nazis persecuted trans people, burned books
Rowling questioned a social media post that mentioned this, but scholars point out that it indeed happened.
March 15, 2024
Burn LGBTQ+ Books for Children, Group of Mothers Demands Local Library
The group of mothers was upset about a special Pride display of LGBTQ-themed books in the children's section of a library in Connecticut.
July 11, 2022
Missouri Republican Vows to Burn 'Woke Pornographic Books' If Elected Governor
State Sen. Bill Eigel said he didn't burn books but instead empty boxes in a recent video, however.
September 19, 2023
Missouri Republican candidate burns LGBTQ+ books with flamethrower and posts the video online (exclusive)
Valentina Gomez is facing growing backlash for an incendiary stunt against LGBTQ+ books. Queer rights groups are calling her out.
February 7, 2024
Iowa Man Who Burned LGBTQ Library Books Gets Off With $65 Fine
Paul Dorr, the head of a Christian right group, said his action was intended to save young people from "a life of sin and misery."
August 8, 2019
Don't be 'weak and gay,' Missouri Republican candidate says in campaign video
Secretary of state hopeful Valentina Gomez was already infamous for a video showing her burning LGBTQ-themed books.
May 14, 2024
Remembering the Worst Mass Killing of LGBT People in U.S. History
Forty years ago, dozens of people were trapped inside a New Orleans gay bar as it burned down. Now a new book, two films, an art installation, and a musical revisit the tragedy.
June 24, 2013
David Wojnarowicz Is Still Burning
On the 20th anniversary of Brush Fires in the Social Landscape, a new, expanded edition is released.
April 8, 2015
America's Most Banned Book, George, Is About a Trans Girl
The majority of the "most challenged books" have LGBTQ content, notes a report from the American Library Association.
April 9, 2019
100-Year-Old Grandmother Slams Florida's Book Bans in Powerful Speech
She only had one minute to speak and she made the most of it.
March 26, 2023
Homophobe Kirk Cameron Promoting Alternative to 'Harmful' Scholastic Book Fairs
The right-wing Christian actor is endorsing SkyTree Book Fairs and will appear at one such event Saturday in Virginia.
December 2, 2023
Idaho Librarian Quits, Citing 'Extremism' Over Queer Content and More
A librarian in Boundary County says the community's Christian conservative extremism has made her reconsider working and living there.
August 25, 2022
Missouri pol says ‘unpatriotic lesbian’ Brittney Griner should be in Russian jail, not Olympics
Valentina Gomez made the inflammatory remarks about the WNBA star in a video posted on social media platform X.
June 12, 2024