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NYC music
fromLGBTQ Nation
5 days ago

School board banned his piece honoring Marsha P. Johnson. He will now conduct the school band. - LGBTQ Nation

A banned school performance of Omar Thomas’s “A Mother of a Revolution!” will be staged by a local church after students were denied it at a spring concert.
Education
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 week ago

Students bust through "wall of teachers" to walk out in protest of board's anti-Stonewall decision - LGBTQ Nation

A school board banned a wind symphony piece honoring Marsha P. Johnson, prompting student walkouts and heightened security measures.
NYC music
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 week ago

"Political violence!": Chaotic school board meeting descends into screaming match over Stonewall - LGBTQ Nation

A Wisconsin school board voted 7-1 to remove a student performance honoring Marsha P. Johnson after heated public backlash.
NYC music
fromLGBTQ Nation
5 days ago

School board banned his piece honoring Marsha P. Johnson. He will now conduct the school band. - LGBTQ Nation

A banned school performance of Omar Thomas’s “A Mother of a Revolution!” will be staged by a local church after students were denied it at a spring concert.
Education
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 week ago

Students bust through "wall of teachers" to walk out in protest of board's anti-Stonewall decision - LGBTQ Nation

A school board banned a wind symphony piece honoring Marsha P. Johnson, prompting student walkouts and heightened security measures.
NYC music
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 week ago

"Political violence!": Chaotic school board meeting descends into screaming match over Stonewall - LGBTQ Nation

A Wisconsin school board voted 7-1 to remove a student performance honoring Marsha P. Johnson after heated public backlash.
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fromAdvocate.com
1 week ago

Wisconsin students walk out after song cut from concert over Marsha P. Johnson dedication

A Wisconsin school board voted to remove an instrumental Marsha P. Johnson dedication from a spring concert, prompting student walkouts and protests.
Books
fromThe Mercury News
4 months ago

Rejection of award-winning novel for Sonoma County high school class sparks debate about censorship

A Windsor school board blocked teaching Scythe, citing concerns that depictions of state-sanctioned killings and suicide could be triggering for students.
fromwww.redlandsdailyfacts.com
5 months ago

Why two books by prominent Black authors could be pulled from a California school library

Morrison's debut novel, published in 1970, addresses racism, beauty standards, child abuse and sexual abuse through the eyes of 11-year-old Pecola in the years after the Great Depression. The novel was listed among the top 10 most banned books of 2024 by the American Library Association. The book was challenged in the Bonita Unified School District in 2023, but the school board decided to keep it on shelves.
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