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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Tara Cobham and Katie Dancey-Downs

Outrage as librarians reveal UK schools are banning LGBT+ books after complaints from parents

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LGBT+ books are being banned from UK schools after complaints from parents, librarians have revealed.

A six-month investigation by Index on Censorship, the results of which have been shared exclusively with The Independent, found that 53 per cent of UK school librarians polled had been asked to remove literature and in more than half of those cases books were taken off shelves.

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