'Granbury ISD's book ban is part of a statewide trend of school districts targeting their LGBTQ students. This trend is not only deeply harmful, but it's also unlawful.' ACLUTx
to limit students' access to books about LGBTQ+ people's experiences as well as racism in the United States.in September that in the first eight months of 2022, parents and community members across the country issued 681 complaints about the content of books in schools and libraries and"challenged" 1,651 different titles—more than the number of challenges that were recorded in all of 2021.
"Granbury ISD's book ban is part of a statewide trend of school districts targeting their LGBTQ students," said the ACLU of Texas on Tuesday."This trend is not only deeply harmful, but it's also unlawful." In the ACLU's complaint about Granbury's policy earlier this year, the group noted that in addition to telling librarians to remove certain books, Glenn denied the existence of transgender and nonbinary people in comments he made to the library staff, and said that because Granbury is a conservative town, people in the LGBTQ+ community should"hide it.","really send a message to LGBTQ students in the districts that: 'You don't belong here.
Lou Whiting, a nonbinary student at Granbury High School, expressed relief at the news that the Biden administration was investigating the district, months after President Joe Biden condemned right-wing lawmakers for"trying to score political points" by banning books. "It's just really good to hear that there are people who are listening to us and actually doing something about it," Whiting
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