Summer Boismier of Norman High School in Oklahoma gave kids a QR code to the Brooklyn library’s list of banned books

A high school teacher in Oklahoma resigned this week after providing her students with a QR code to access banned free books online, a strange new twist in the cascading right-wing panic over the teaching of race and gender in schools. “I don’t feel like I can go back to the classroom right now in this state and environment in which we find ourselves doing my job,” Summer Boismier told The Daily Beast. It was the resignation of Boismier First reported by Fox 25 reporter Wendy Soares. Boesmere, an English…

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The rural town of Logan, Iowa rips itself apart over a Harvey Milk book in the library

Tensions rose in a rural Iowa town after her local library offered a children’s book about the dead Gay rights advocate Harvey Milk sparked a nasty campaign that included anti-gay messages posted on officials’ doors and a controversial meeting in the city filled with baseless accusations about childcare. The anger started when the Logan Public Library offered a children’s book Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Science of the Rainbow By Rob Sanders in Pride Month in June. The seemingly innocuous screen lit up an anti-LGBTQ+ match for…

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Smithtown Library in Long Island, New York is outraged by the poorly timed Pride Month movement

Smithtown Library in Long Island, New York is outraged by the poorly timed Pride Month movement

A New York library board is taking a hard hit after its members voted to dismantle LGBTQ+ screens during Pride Month, sparking outrage among everyone from locals to the famous governor and author. Long Island’s Smithtown Library Board trustees voted to remove Pride signs and any LGBTQ+-related books from children’s departments on Tuesday, NBC New York mentioned. The move, passed by Resolution 4-2, will affect all four library buildings in the Smithtown system. Books on sexual orientation and gender identity will be removed indefinitely from children’s areas – regardless of…

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