Alabama House passes 'Don't Say Gay,' drag ban, and Ten Commandments bills all at once
Alabama Republicans also passed legislation banning Pride flags in schools, and prohibiting staff from using students' chosen names and pronouns.
APRIL 18, 2025
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Virginia Republicans vote to take control of local library after losing fight to remove LGBTQ+ books
After successfully defending LGBTQ+ titles from conservative bans, the Samuels Public Library in Front Royale now faces a governance overhaul aimed at increasing taxpayer oversight.
DECEMBER 12, 2024
Texas Judge Orders LGBTQ+ Books Be Returned to Public Libraries
The order also returns books on race that were also removed.
APRIL 2, 2023
Ohio Democrats call out Republicans for targeting LGBTQ+ people in 2025-2026 budget
House members are slipping anti-LGBTQ+ measures into its proposed 2025 budget, banning Pride flags, restricting LGBTQ+ books, and denying transgender, nonbinary, and intersex identities.
APRIL 6, 2025
West Virginia Republicans want to prosecute 'pedophile librarians' over 'obscene' material
Not sure what constitutes "obscene matter?" Neither are the West Virginia Republicans who wrote a new bill seeking to prosecute educators for spreading it.
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Alabama community saves library after funding cut over LGBTQ+ books
Read Freely Alabama and concerned citizens raised over $43,000 in less than a week for the Fairhope Public Library.
MARCH 31, 2025
Publishers and library sue Idaho over book ban that defines 'homosexuality' as 'harmful to minors'
Several large book publishers and a small public library are suing the state of Idaho over its book ban that requires libraries to restrict content "harmful to minors" to patrons 18 and older.
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
Illinois Becomes First State to Ban Book Bans
The law will deny state funding to public libraries that ban or restrict books because of “partisan or doctrinal disapproval.”
JUNE 14, 2023