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September 15, 2023
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Librarians Didn’t Sign Up to Be Queer Activists—but This Year, They Are
Anti-LGBTQ activists are increasingly targeting public reading spaces—and librarians are our best defenders.
March 16, 2023
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Conservatives Are Trying to Ban Books in Your Town. Librarians Are Fighting Back.
How a right-wing mania is destroying the social fabric of communities across America
January 11, 2023
The Soapbox
The Conservatives Who Attacked School Boards in 2022 Are Now Going After Libraries
Moms for Libraries is set to inject right-wing politics into school reading shelves.
November 23, 2020
The Soapbox
The Dangerous Inversions of the Debate Around Trans “Censorship”
The author of a book on the supposed “transgender craze seducing our daughters” claims she is being silenced. It is a very loud silence.

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