Gemeinsam mit der Kommission für Queere Hochschulpolitik der #bukof (Bundeskonferenz der Frauen- und Gleichstellungsbeauftragten an Hochschulen) organisieren wir Queerbrarians ein queeres Online-Event zum #WorldBookDay

Nach einem einführenden deutschen Vortrag von mir sprechen Eve & Lucie. Sie kämpfen gegen die #BookBans in ihrem County in Tennessee.

Das Event ist kostenfrei und braucht keine Anmeldung. Alle Interessierten sind herzlich willkommen.

Flyer & Infos

https://queerbrarians.de/2025/03/13/online-veranstaltung-zu-banned-books-am-welttag-des-buches/

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:eclio37ymobqex2ncko63h4r/post/3lka2ibians2y being passed around

Digital book burning?

Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins suspended payments to Overdrive (makers of the Libby eBook app) saying he believes allegations it gives minors access to inappropriate materials

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/article_6930a4e0-fdce-11ef-90ac-9b4f2668c88d.html

#BookBans jouez avec les #bibliothécaires
https://littlefreelibrary.org/about/book-bans
Expanding access to #books is at the heart of our mission. The rise of book bans in America goes against our organization’s core values — especially when the bans overwhelmingly target #BIPOC and #LGBTQ+ authors. When these voices and perspectives are erased through book bans, our world becomes a less informed, less empathetic, and less inclusive place. #trump

A bill that would give parents more power over which books their children can read in public school libraries will soon go before Texas senators for a full vote.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2025/03/10/515665/texas-may-change-how-schools-select-library-books-critics-say-it-could-lead-to-more-bans/

"As an organization, @libraryfutures absolutely believes in holding corporations accountable, but making false accusations about pornography and implementing subjective criteria that no vendor could reasonably comply with isn’t the way to effective accountability." Michelle Reed

#libraries #BookBans

https://outsidethelines.pub/in-profile-neo-censorship-in-u-s-libraries-with-michelle-reed/

ein Vortrag zu den #BookBans in den #usa

Hörsaal - #Deutschlandfunk Nova: Bücherverbote in den USA - Kreativer Widerstand gegen die Zensur

Episode webpage: https://www.deutschlandfunknova.de/beitrag/buecherverbote-in-den-usa-kreativer-widerstand-gegen-die-zensur

Media file: https://podcast-mp3.dradio.de/podcast/2025/03/07/deutschlandfunknova_buecherverbote_in_den_usa_20250307_c48f3785.mp3

#bookbans

https://open.substack.com/pub/popularinformation/p/trump-allies-deploy-book-banning?r=1ekuyr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

#OntarioLibrarians say 'they have to be ready' amid growing calls in the U.S. to ban books - Some #Libraries in #Canada are taking a stance on #IntellectualFreedoms

#Ontario #Librarians #BookBans #Books #Reading #2SLGBTQ #CensorshipResistance

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/london-librarians-take-action-book-banning-u-s-1.7470332

Here's the #Trump Dept of Education form "to report illegal discriminatory practices" in #schools. But it's really about #DEI. (See the URL.) enddei.ed.gov I hope some parents take it at its word and report #prayer in public schools and the removal of #books from #libraries. #BookBans #Censorship

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Here's the #Trump Dept of Education form "to report illegal discriminatory practices" in #schools. But it's really about #DEI. (See the URL.)
https://enddei.ed.gov/

I hope some parents take it at its word and report #prayer in public schools and the removal of #books from #libraries.

Legislators like Rep. Bethany Soye want to jail librarians, teachers, and historians in South Dakota for lending, you know, "harmful" books to kids. The bill will now go to the Senate

https://southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/02/20/south-dakota-house-advances-bill-that-lawmaker-slams-as-locking-up-librarians

Book Bans: PEN America Publishes a New Analysis of 4,218 Titles Banned in Public Schools During the 2023-2024 School Year

“When we strip library shelves of books about particular groups, we defeat the purpose of a library collection that is supposed to reflect the lives of all people. The damaging consequences to young people are real.”

https://www.infodocket.com/2025/02/27/pen-america-publishes-a-new-analysis-of-books-banned-in-public-schools-during-the-2023-2024-school-year/

Book Bans: PEN America Publishes New Analysis of 4,218 Titles Banned in Public Schools During the 2023-2024 School Year https://www.infodocket.com/2025/02/27/pen-america-publishes-a-new-analysis-of-books-banned-in-public-schools-during-the-2023-2024-school-year/ #books #libraries #bookbans

Grace Lin on the “insidious” nature of book bans, and how “Just being a book with ‘diversity, equity and inclusion’ is enough for a book to be put ‘under review’” #BookBans #DEI #Racism
https://www.themarysue.com/the-reception-of-my-books-is-different-now-author-grace-lin-on-the-reality-of-book-bans-and-their-impact/

'This press release headline alone tells you that this is disinformation, or information intended to do harm, and it is propaganda, or information intended to promote a specific viewpoint.'

Kelly Jensen gets critical with a press release on #BookBans from the Department of Education:

https://bookriot.com/guide-to-critically-read-a-press-release-from-the-federal-government

#books #reading #writing #censorship #libraries #USPol #bookstodon @bookstodon

The heartbreaking effect of “soft banning”, even for a 25-year-career author:

She explained, “It is easy for those who doubt book bans to point to other reasons for this—heck, it’s easy for me to wonder if it’s just because my books are no longer relevant or I’ve suddenly become a talentless hack. But that is what makes this kind of book banning so insidious. It is quiet and it hides itself in whispers; and it likes to make authors believe that they are the problem.”

https://indieauthors.social/@indieauthornews/114038719627876526

#CallToAction: Indiana pulls funding for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.

CALL YOUR ELECTEDS. Write to them, email them, if you can, show up at their offices. Don't wait for someone else to do "something"--do what YOU can do.

#Indiana #Libraries #BookBans

https://bookriot.com/indiana-cuts-dolly-parton-imagination-library-from-budget/