LGBTQ Books Are Vanishing From TX School Libraries

February 1, 2022 Christianists, LGBT News

Hundreds of titles have been pulled from libraries across the state for review, sometimes over the objections of school librarians, several of whom told NBC News they face increasingly hostile work environments and mounting pressure to pre-emptively pull books that might draw complaints.

Records requests to nearly 100 school districts in the Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and Austin regions — a small sampling of the state’s 1,250 public school systems — revealed 75 formal requests by parents or community members to ban books from libraries during the first four months of this school year.

All but a few of the challenges this school year targeted books dealing with racism or sexuality, the majority of them featuring LGBTQ characters.

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.@NBCNews INVESTIGATION: Books on race and sexuality are disappearing from Texas schools in record numbers.@Mike_Hixenbaugh reports.

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