@authorsabb.bsky.social
We are Authors Against Book Bans. We stand united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We unequivocally support diverse voices on our library shelves, in our schools, and in our culture. www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
If you read the actual text of the bill it seems perfectly boilerplate until the very last line, where it bans any mention of "homosexuality or transgenderism". This is a nazi book burning bill, plain and simple.
It's look like there's a chance this gets out of committee. The next action on it is Tuesday, so set aside some time this weekend to act! More info in the thread!
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 URGENT ACTION ON BOOK BAN LEGISLATION FOR IDAHO. 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
Please read the full thread.
Legislators have proposed yet another bill that would undermine the purpose of libraries statewide, and it would not only eschew the Miller Test, it'd create TWO CLASSES of access.
Authors Against Book Bans is doing such important work!
We're going to beat the national book ban. But we can do more than just beat this one bill. We can use this national moment to show that book bans anywhere are losing policies. For every $100 donated, we can reach 10,000 Americans about this bill. Imagine what we can right now & help make it happen!
Hey Wisconsin! A pretty bad bill passed the House and is now being considered in the Senate. WI-AB961 would require bookselling websites to put warning labels on books whose content is considered to meet certain arbitrary criteria. The American Booksellers Association has created a resource to help
a small & fun update: I was on @thisqueerbook.com with my friend David Levithan about my love for his book Will Grayson, Will Grayson and our collective love for queer books and the @qtlibrary.org and @authorsabb.bsky.social and more; take a listen!
thisqueerbook.com/will-grayson
Have you done this yet Massachusetts friends? It takes only a few seconds. #kidlit #writers #booksky #bookbans
The official day of advocacy may be wrapping up, but that doesn't mean it's too late to send an email to your state rep, especially when we've made it so easy!
Massachusetts! Today @massaabb.bsky.social members are at the State House for a day of advocacy. Contact your reps and watch the 1230 press conference here www.instagram.com/nosycrow?igs...
Idaho! After losing in court, book banning legislation is being reworked to try and win the next court case. How about we make sure that case never happens by beating this new legislation before it passes!
GEORGIA: a quick thing you can do to oppose this horrible book banning bill!! h/t @laurelsnyder.bsky.social & @authorsabb.bsky.social
www.allianceforgeorgialibraries.org/oppose_sb74
Want to help raise awareness in your community about the national book ban being considered in the House of Representatives? Print out this one sheet and hang it up in your community:
Let's head into the weekend with some good news out of Wyoming! Legislatures around the country are learning that book bans are losing policy
My take away from this story: Not only do the majority of people want open & accessible libraries, many people will also put in the work to make it happen
CALL YOUR REPS & tell them NO banning books. Period. Ever. This bill will remove ALL trans content from public libraries in the name of keeping kids "safe" from every having to know we exist. Another part of this regime's push to kill all trans people by criminalizing our existence.
Script if you need it:
I’m calling to tell Representative ____ to oppose H.R. 7661. This bill would pressure schools to remove titles that discuss lived experiences that some politicians find controversial. I don’t think trans people are controversial. (contin)
The States supporting Florida's attempt to censor libraries: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, & West Virginia.
If not, support the Florida Freedom to Read Project. They are doing a ton of incredible and difficult work on the ground...
21 states of filed amicus briefs in support of the law, so if the court allows it, we will see a wave of bills just like it, looking to completely stifle the freedom of public libraries. So what can you do about it. If you live in one of those states (threaded below) START PREPARING A FIGHT...
This past August, court's overturned Florida's disastrous HB1069. Not only is the decision being appealed, but the argument the state is making, that all books in a public library should be considered "government speech" & thus not subject to 1st amendment protections, would make things worse...
On March 10th, AABB, together with the Mass Freedom to Read Coalition, is hosting a Mass Freedom to Read Advocacy Day at the State House and online. That's 1 week from today!
We invite you to participate virtually by...
This is truly the crux of it. It’s not about shielding kids or promoting “traditional values” — it’s about straight up removing options, and the ability to imagine, from their worldview
Book banners are trying to create a world in which no one is able to imagine living lives different from their own
Thanks for the heads up!
New Yorkers! Have you contacted your governor today!?!?!?
Contact your representative in the House and ask them to oppose the bill AND if the bill is likely to pass anyway, to support an amendment that would require a unanimous vote for removal making it harder to use the law for ideological purposes.
Hey Alabama! A bill passed in your Senate would make it easier for city councils to remove library board members. They'll argue about budgets & accountability, but we know where this going...
For booksellers, the ABA created this form to make it easy to contact your Rep about this terrible bill. www.bookweb.org/advocacy-act...
