Florida school district must restore books with LGBTQ+ content under settlement
- A school district in northeast Florida must restore three dozen books after a settlement with students and parents who claimed the district unlawfully limited access to LGBTQ+ titles.
- The School Board of Nassau County will reinstate titles, including “And Tango Makes Three,” about two male penguins raising a chick together.
- The school district agreed that “And Tango Makes Three” is not obscene and is appropriate for all students, having educational value.
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Florida School District Must Return LGBTQ Books To Libraries After Settlement
NBC News reports that a school district in northeastern Florida must return three dozen books related to race and the LGBTQ community to school libraries as part of a settlement reached Thursday with authors, parents and students. Read more at NBC News
A Florida school district agreed this week to return 36 books to school libraries that had been removed for LGBT content that was considered obscene by state officials. Read more]] >
School district will return 36 books removed under anti-LGBTQ+ book ban law - LGBTQ Nation
A Florida school district agreed to re-shelve 36 books, many of which contain LGBTQ+ content, to settle a lawsuit concerning adherence to a state book ban law. The lawsuit was brought forth by Peter Parnell and his husband Justin Richardson — authors of one of the banned books, the LGBTQ+ children’s book And Tango Makes Three — as well as by multiple families of youth who wanted to check the book out. The suit sought to reinstate the 36 books th…
Florida school district to restore LGBTQ+ books after settlement
In a landmark settlement, a Florida school district has agreed to return 36 books with LGBTQ+ content to its library shelves, resolving a federal lawsuit that challenged their removal. Nassau County’s school district has reached an agreement to restore previously banned books to libraries, including the book at the center of the case titled "And Tango Makes Three." The book is the story of two male penguins living at the Central Park Zoo and rai…
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