Chronicles of cancelling - Florida
Jan. 16th, 2023 07:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mprotsenkohttps://www.fox13news.com/news/florida-school-district-bans-book-about-real-life-gay-penguin-relationship-citing-parental-rights-in-education-law
A Florida school district banned a book about a real-life same-sex penguin couple from classrooms and school libraries.
The award-winning 2005 children's book, "And Tango Makes Three," tells the story of a real-life same-sex penguin couple that creates a family together.
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"We removed access to ‘And Tango Makes Three’ for our Kindergarten through third-grade students in alignment with Florida HB 1557, which prohibits classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity for those grade levels," Sherri Owens, the Lake County Florida communications director told Fox News Digital.
A Florida school district banned a book about a real-life same-sex penguin couple from classrooms and school libraries.
The award-winning 2005 children's book, "And Tango Makes Three," tells the story of a real-life same-sex penguin couple that creates a family together.
...
"We removed access to ‘And Tango Makes Three’ for our Kindergarten through third-grade students in alignment with Florida HB 1557, which prohibits classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity for those grade levels," Sherri Owens, the Lake County Florida communications director told Fox News Digital.
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Date: 2023-01-17 05:27 am (UTC)"Against the backdrop of other efforts to roll back civil liberties and erode democratic norms, the dynamics surrounding school book bans are a canary in the coal mine for the future of American democracy, public education, and free expression. We should heed this warning."
https://pen.org/report/banned-usa-growing-movement-to-censor-books-in-schools/
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Date: 2023-01-17 02:42 pm (UTC)