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In this picture taken on May 17, 2021, candidate for Vietnam's National Assembly Luong The Huy poses with a book about LGBT issues in his office in Hanoi. - As an LGBTI activist, legal whizz kid and Vietnam's first openly gay candidate running for a seat in its rubber-stamp parliament, Luong The Huy is determined to lead long-lasting change for the country's marginalised communities. - TO GO WITH Vietnam-homosexuality-parliament-politics, INTERVIEW by Tran Thi Minh Ha (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP) / TO GO WITH Vietnam-homosexuality-parliament-politics, INTERVIEW by Tran Thi Minh Ha (Photo by NHAC NGUYEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Books
Apr 10

Surprise surprise, LGBTQ+ books dominate list of most-targeted titles for bans

Girl reading a book in a library

US
Dec 19 2023

How this online library is fighting back against US book bans

Read Me A Story, Stella book cover

US
Oct 09 2023

Author landed on US book ban list because her surname is ‘Gay’

A Moms for Liberty member with her hands on two piles of books.

US
Dec 07 2023

School board member sworn in on pile of banned books to troll Moms for Liberty

A row of books on a shelf

US
Jan 16

Idaho bill to ban books that feature ‘homosexual acts’ – such as holding hands

A picture of Florida governor Ron DeSantis, who signed a controversial book ban law, wears a suit and tie as he speaks into a microphone

US
Jan 11

The dictionary pulled from Florida school district due to Ron DeSantis book ban law

Jennifer Petersen poses for a portrait in front of 73 children's books that she's read in the course of a year. The Virginia mum has filed challenges against dozens of books as efforts to ban certain books increased across the US

Education
Sep 29 2023

Mum responsible for countless banned books vows to keep up campaign ‘as long as it takes’

A pile of LGBTQ+ books in Barnes & Noble

Books
Dec 11 2023

Anti-LGBTQ+ bigots target Barnes & Noble with boycott calls for selling ‘banned books’

A person holds up a sign reading 'drag is not a crime' amid a protest against surging anti-LGBTQ+ bills in the US like Tennessee's drag ban

US
Feb 09

Tennessee city ordered to pay half a million dollars in damages after banning Pride and drag shows

A young person reads a book in a school library like setting

US
Sep 21 2023

Florida official claims state ‘does not ban books’. That isn’t true

Education
Sep 20 2023

Texas middle school teacher under investigation for reading Anne Frank novel in class

People looking at books in a library.

Books
Sep 15 2023

Texas named as state with the most book bans in 2022, report shows

US
Jun 14 2023

Illinois signs law preventing book bans: ‘Regimes ban books, not democracies’

Video screenshots of Missouri Republican candidate Valentina Gomez taking a flamethrower to a pile of LGBTQ+ books

US
Feb 09

Republican candidate burns LGBTQ+ books with flamethrower – then claims she’s been ‘censored’

Jacqueline Wilson resting her hands on a pile of her books.

Books
Aug 07 2023

Beloved author Jacqueline Wilson speaks out about ‘cruel and horrible’ LGBTQ+ book bans

A collection of images of people reading in different colours as LGBTQ book bans continue to be introduced across the US

US
Mar 07

How this bookstore is fighting back against LGBTQ book bans across the US: ‘Stories save lives’

A pile of books tied up together in the corner of a room.

Books
Oct 17 2023

Publisher denies ‘bigot button’ allegations after flagging queer books for school exclusion

Pink Book Bans Pennsylvania

Celebrity
Dec 11 2023

Pink celebrates hometown as school board president swears in on banned books

California governor Gavin Newsom wears a suit and tie as he gestures off screen.

US
Sep 27 2023

California passes law to ensure no LGBTQ+ books are removed from schools

A person holds a sign reading "only bigots ban books, only racists ban history."

Law
May 05 2023

Illinois passes bill to end book bans: ‘A triumph for our democracy’