All posts tagged "censorship"
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Samsung pulls ad featuring Muslim mother and drag queen son in Singapore
Samsung has been criticized for pulling an ad featuring a mother and her drag queen son in response to conservative outrage.
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Central New York school backtracks after censoring gay student in school newsletter
Administrators in a New York school district attempted to censor a high schooler who wrote about coming out and overcoming anti-gay bullying.
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Oklahoma might allow parents to ban books with LGBTQ or “sexual” content from libraries
A proposed bill in Oklahoma would empower individual parents to ban books with LGBTQ or "sexual" content from school libraries.
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GLAAD joins 600+ writers, artists, and advocates to oppose efforts to censor LGBTQ books and books about race
GLAAD has joined with more than 600 writers, artists, and advocates to oppose efforts to ban books with LGBTQ or race-related content.
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Texas governor rails against controversial LGBTQ books, will push to ban “pornography” from school libraries
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is calling for state agencies to remove books from libraries that contain "pornography" or address LGBTQ themes.
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Gay Missouri teacher resigns after being told to remove Pride flag from classroom
A Missouri teacher resigned after administrators threatened to fire him for hanging up a Pride flag in his classroom.
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‘God’s Own Country’ distributor Samuel Goldwyn censors film on Prime Video
The film's director Francis Lee strongly objects to the edits made by Samuel Goldwyn for its Amazon Prime Video release.
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LGBTQ content features in eight of the ten most challenged books of 2019
The American Library Association is highlighting stories about censorship attempts as part of National Library Week
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Comedy troupe behind “gay Jesus” Netflix special is fire-bombed by right-wing group
The comedy troupe behind the controversial Netflix comedy that features Jesus as a gay man bringing home his partner to meet the Holy Family has...
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West Virginia public library postpones decision on whether to ban LGBTQ children’s book
Book featuring a fictional male couple was pulled from the shelves and may be moved to the young adults section
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Chinese social network Weibo drops plans to erase gay content
Weibo originally planned to purge gay content along with pornography and bloody violence
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Film festival that banned short film for showing a gay kiss reverses its decision
Saul Singleton's "Since the First Day We Met" was initially rejected from a student film festival for ending on a same-sex kiss
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LGBTQ groups demand documents about CDC censorship
Lambda Legal and others file FOIA request to see who proposed and approved ban on certain words
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DC Public Library toasts Banned Books Week with a cocktail party
DC Public Library Foundation's Banned Books Week cocktail party is a celebration of free expression
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Gay Missouri high schoolers’ yearbook quotes yanked by school officials
A pair of gay high school seniors at Kearney High School in Kearney, Mo., had their yearbook quotes yanked from the final publication because their...
