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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Timothy Pratt

Georgia lawsuit challenges anti-LGBTQ+ book bans over ‘real harms’

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Cobb county teacher Katie Rinderle, who was fired for reading the book to her students. Photograph: Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal Constitution via AP

The Southern Poverty Law Center and another group have amended a federal lawsuit against a Georgia school district to include a transgender student and a grassroots youth organization, effectively becoming the “first case challenging anti-LGBTQ book bans” in the state.

The move – done anonymously to protect the student – widens the case’s focus from how teachers are affected by censorship laws and policies in Georgia, to how those same policies affect children.

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