Last night Frisco ISD, TX declared:

-American Gods, @neilhimself
-The Handmaid's Tale graphic novel, @MargaretAtwood
-Looking for Alaska, @johngreen
-Milk and Honey, @rupikaur_

...& 50 other books, 'obscene'.

They BANNED 113 titles, incl one on Black Holes by Stephen Hawking
And they placed new restrictions on 190 other books, incl 'The Hobbit' and 'Fellowship of the Ring', and 'Anne of Avonlea'.
In nearby Keller ISD they voted to ban any and all books that depict or describe " gender fluidity". It's brazenly anti-trans, but it's likely to be used against any and all LGBTQ books.

Book banners continue to dictate the horizons of what everyone can read. #FreeTheBooks

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Nov 13
In the race for most draconian school district, Keller ISD in TX is leading. They vote tomorrow on a policy that would ban books with "gender fluidity". This is the district that prev. banned The Bible, graphic adap. of Diary of Anne Frank, among others... dallasnews.com/opinion/commen…
The policy would ban books w/ "discussion or depiction" of gender fluidity or which "espouses the view that gender is merely a social construct" from ALL schools. Would surely be interpreted widely against LGBTQ. They want to close minds to the real world.
More background on the district... 👀

nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna4…
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Nov 7
A school board immediately revokes access to a long list of books in response to a thinly-supported objection, usually from 1 person.

Board members don't:
❎ read the books
❎ follow policies
❎ say how long these removals will last

It's called book banning.
📚📚📚🧵
Boards say all the time books are just 'under review'. That's what a board member said last week in Beaufort, SC, where they've recently removed access to 99 books based on a single complaint.
In Duval in FL, board says 176 books are just "under review"... since January. There was no official challenge. District ordered the books removed from classrooms. The books are about non-white and LGBTQ+ identities. Teachers and students can't use them.
bookriot.com/duval-county-p… ImageImage
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Oct 1
Stop & consider what's happening in Escambia, FL.

116 books are being "restricted" in libraries just b/c one person threw them on a list, parlayed from online reviews.

ZERO due process. No one even READ the books first. 🧵 wkrg.com/northwest-flor…
Like everywhere, the "list" is heavily anti-LGBTQ and targets books that deal with contemporary politics, history related to racism. Swept off the stacks into a restricted section based on 1 person's objection using random reviews from the web. Here's all 116:
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Oct 1
Today's LGBTQ+ history month-- but it's being censored in schools, esp under Florida's "Don't say gay" law and #EdScare.

One teacher in Palm Beach changed her lesson on Sally Ride - the first US woman to fly in space-- to omit the fact that she was a lesbian.
Full story in @washingtonpost from June. Lesson alterations to erase LGBTQ+ history and identities are likely happening across the state.

Coupled with bans targeting LGBTQ+ authors and stories, young people are being deprived of their right to education. washingtonpost.com/education/2022…
Weeks before "DSG" law took effect, 11 boxes of books from 1 school district were dropped off on the doorstep of the National Stonewall Museum in Fort Lauderdale. Why? Likely for having LGBTQ+ characters and fears of political and parental backlash
sun-sentinel.com/news/education…
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Jul 13
So... how bout that national teacher shortage, eh? It's basically everywhere. Some of this is due to long-standing challenges, burnout from the pandemic.. But also undeniable that teachers resigning b/c of rampant politicization, gag orders, book bans, threats, intimidation 🧵
Florida: short 9,000 teachers
news4jax.com/news/local/202…
Tennessee: short 1,000 teachers
newschannel5.com/news/a-crisis-…
Read 12 tweets
Jun 1
Ohio's Don't Say Gay Bill HB616 heard in committee yesterday. The bill contains some of the most extreme bans and prohibitions I've seen, incl @The1619Project and "any other concept the state board of education defines as divisive or inherently racist". mahoningmatters.com/news/state/ohi…
Plenty of the usual vague language, incl bans on any curriculum that promotes "diversity, equity and inclusion learning outcomes" and "inherited racial guilt". No definitions in the bill. Terms that could be used to censor, surveil, punish as the state pleases.
Ofc the bill also mandates mechanisms for individuals to complain about any teachers in violation, provisions for them to lose their teaching licenses, and a funding penalty if a whole district is in violation. And mechanisms and powers for the state to "monitor" compliance...
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