A record number of books received objections in the U.S. last year, with many of the complaints coming against works involving LGBTQ content or race, the American Library Association said.
A new report by the association found more than 2,500 books were included in more than 1,200 complaints, which aimed to inspire bans or other limitations at schools and public libraries.
“Every day professional librarians sit down with parents to thoughtfully determine what reading material is best suited for their child’s needs,” Lessa Kanani’opua Pelayo-Lozada, the president of the American Library Association, said in a statement Thursday.
