My reaction is our procedures are following what we have been told we have to do. "I guess I'm a little surprised because this is going on all over the state of Florida, not just here. "We have been removing books that have been called inappropriate, pornography," he said. However, Bill Slayton, a member of the school board, told NBC News correspondent Antonia Hylton that he was surprised by the lawsuit because the school board and the superintendent have been following state law. Neither the district nor the school board immediately responded to requests for comment. Government action may not be premised on such discriminatory motivations.” “The clear agenda behind the campaign to remove the books is to categorically remove all discussion of racial discrimination or LGBTQ issues from public school libraries. On These PagesĪ Banned book has been removed from a library, classroom, etc.Ī Challenged book has been requested to be removed from a library, classroom, etc.They also argued that the removals violate the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment “because the books being singled out for possible removal are disproportionately books by non-white and/or LGBTQ authors, or which address topics related to race or LGBTQ identity.” The book tells the story of Harry and Craig, two 17-year-olds who are about to take part in a 32-hour marathon of kissing to set a new Guinness World Record - all of which is narrated by a Greek chorus of the generation of gay men lost to AIDS. 2015Ĭhallenged by a parent in the Fauquier County (VA) public high school library. 2016Ĭhallenged for homosexuality and other reasons (“condones public displays of affection”). 2017Ĭhallenged because its cover has an image of two boys kissing, and it was considered to include sexually explicit LGBT content. The activist was charged with criminal misdemeanor mischief. Since then, over 200 books were donated to the library, and GoFundMe and Facebook fundraisers raised thousands of dollars to replace damaged materials. One local religious activist checked out the four books, then burned them live on Facebook. The coalition requested that the books be shelved separately, segregated from other library materials. The concern articulated by a coalition of conservative and evangelical community members was that the library was distributing LGBTQIA+ materials to pre-K kids using tax dollars. This was one of four books challenged by public petition in Orange City’s (IA) Marshall University does not ban books! The information is provided to let people know what has been banned/challenged elsewhere. A chorus of men who died of AIDS observes and yearns to help a cross-section of today's gay teens who navigate new love, long-term relationships, coming out, self-acceptance, and more in a society that has changed in many ways.
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