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SANCTUARY LIBRARIES
Book Sanctuary Cities Like Chicago Are A Response To Book Bans, Censorship.

• As book bans pass across the country, some cities and libraries are declaring themselves “book sanctuaries.”**
  imagine facing possible felony charges for lending students library books. That unimaginable scenario is currently playing out in Florida, “where teachers are being told” to remove any “vetted” books from classroom libraries or risk prosecution.

• Florida is far from the only state where state officials seem eager to challenge and ban books. In North Dakota, lawmakers are considering a bill to ban books with “sexually explicit” content — which includes sexual or gender identity — from public libraries, as well as imprison librarians who don’t comply. Meanwhile, lawmakers in Indiana have reintroduced a similar bill that would criminalize librarians for giving minors what some may view as obscene material.
  https://www.teenvogue.com/story/book-sanctuaries-chicago-toronto-libraries