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The Queer Liberation Library is in part a response to the increasing number of book bans and challenges targeting LGBT materials in the United States. [4] In 2022 the American Library Association, which has compiled data from book challenges reported to their Office for Intellectual Freedom since 1990, [5] reported the greatest number of ban attempts to date, 38% more than in the prior year. [6]
LGBT Books to Prisoners is a volunteer-run nonprofit books to prisoners organization which sends free reading materials to incarcerated LGBT people across the US. [1] The organization is based in Madison, WI and was founded in 2006 as an offshoot of Wisconsin Books to Prisoners. In over 15 years, LGBT BtP has sent books to over 13,000 people.
The ALA Rainbow Book List is an annual list of "books with significant gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender content, and which are aimed at youth, birth through age 18" produced by the American Library Association's (ALA's) Rainbow Project, which is run by the ALA's Rainbow Round Table and Social Responsibilities Round Table.
ONE's main library collection comprises over 33,000 volumes of books and monographs; as well as over 13,000 titles of periodicals, such as magazines, newspapers, and newsletters. From issues of the earliest American LGBTQ publications to the most recent LGBTQ titles, the collection includes many rare and unusual titles, some of which may be the ...
Founded in 1970, the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table (GLBTRT), now known as the Rainbow Round Table, is a subdivision of the American Library Association. [55] Its goals are both to support library professionals who identify as LGBTQ as well as promote access to LGBTQ materials for library users. [ 56 ]
That’s why he went to the Andover Public Library recently to check out as many as he could — reportedly more than 100 in all — in order to take them out of circulation during Pride Month.
Books by the authors and red ribbons were displayed, along with a poster detailing the contributions of the authors to literature. The community quickly responded. Hernando county offices and the library system received phone calls and letters. Responses were both positive and negative.
The books included "All Boys Aren't Blue," "Lawn Boy" and "Gender Queer." The books may be placed back in the library after a review process. Waukee schools pull LGBT books from library shelves ...