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Advocates Say a New TN House Bill Targets LGBTQ+ Books
Tennessee House Republicans have filed a bill to pluck certain books considered “obscene” or “harmful to minors” from public school libraries, joining a growing number of states advancing legislation which aims to monitor what children are learning in school.
Under the bill, Tennessee law would be amended to bar any local education authority, including public charter schools, from making “obscene” content readily available to K-12 students in public school libraries.
Some say the bill targets books with LGBTQ+ characters or themes, which have been singled out by similar initiatives in other states. Others also worry that the bill will further sanitize in-school discourse surrounding race.
