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How Queer and Trans Authors Are Fighting Book Bans

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The Battle for Sexually Transmitted Infections

The lawsuit realistically is an attempt to set precedent. In a lot of these counties, books are being challenged by people who actually one don't live in these counties. The students do want to know what are y'all trying to keep from us? And then they gag because the kids get into the book thinking that, okay, it's going to be sexual and they found out about family, identity,. About racism, about anti-blackness, about how terrible the four fathers were. So like in a roundabout way, y'all are now indoctrinated with the actual truth.

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