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Timothy Pratt

DoJ and 16 states back lawsuit targeting LGBTQ+ book ban in Georgia schools

A woman is sworn in at a hearing.
Katherine Rinderle, shown here at a Cobb county board of education hearing in 2023, was fired after reading My Shadow Is Purple to fifth-graders. Photograph: Arvin Temkar/AP

Plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit that says censorship laws and policies in Georgia schools are unconstitutional and negatively affect both teachers and gender-nonconforming students have been backed by the US Department of Justice, 16 states and the District of Columbia.

The federal agency, the states, DC and plaintiffs recently filed responses to defendant Cobb county school district’s motion to dismiss the case.

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