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fromFast Company
2 months agoThe startup that turned Texas's book ban law into big business
A Canadian entrepreneur founded Bookmarked, a startup designed to help schools manage library collections and provide parental oversight, while actively lobbying for Texas legislation restricting school library books and expanding parental monitoring rights.
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fromFast Company
2 months agoThe startup that turned Texas's book ban law into big business
A Canadian entrepreneur founded Bookmarked, a startup designed to help schools manage library collections and provide parental oversight, while actively lobbying for Texas legislation restricting school library books and expanding parental monitoring rights.
fromAdvocate.com
2 weeks agoTeacher fired for reading LGBTQ+ children's book takes fight to Georgia Supreme Court
From the start, my motivation really has been my students. All students in Georgia. Far beyond. Also, teachers. If you don't have clear limits, then that traps you as an educator.
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fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
2 months agoNew LGBTQ+ publisher to 'put queer writers first' after Heated Rivalry success
Our mission is to bring queer books by queer authors to all readers, both from within the queer community and our allies. And we'll achieve this without compromising the authenticity or integrity of our queer books and authors.
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fromLGBTQ Nation
6 months agoJudge orders Defense Department to return books on race & gender to school shelves - LGBTQ Nation
According to the ACLU, books "quarantined" by DoDEA schools included classics like To Kill a Mockingbird and Fahrenheit 451, more recent titles like The Kite Runner, A Queer History of the United States, the children's book Julián Is a Mermaid, and even Vice President JD Vance's 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy. Lawyers for the DOD reportedly argued that the removals constituted "government speech" and thus were shielded from First Amendment scrutiny.
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