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Montana's new law banning drag reading events at public libraries has led to the cancellation of a transgender speaker in a southwestern Montana city on Friday

Montana's new law banning drag reading events at public libraries has led to the cancellation of a transgender speaker in a southwestern Montana city on Friday

Recent news reports have described the public controversy involving topics of sexual orientation and gender identity, and how these are presented to children, especially in schools and libraries. Protests at Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta and New Brunswick libraries and public centres have targeted Drag Queen Story Time events.

It’s unclear why AI-generated images in advertising are more or less deceptive or ethically questionable than using models, says Dr John Williams

Governor JB Pritzker expected to sign bill that would block state funding for public libraries and schools that ban books

All of the lost pubs on the list have been demolished or have seen the building re-purposed

From bikes to racing frames, trucks and dolls, this toy library caters to all children.

The library is not just a building or a place of books, but a temple of learning like our educational institutions and a sacred shrine of knowledge

Libraries are usually a place for quiet, but as Luisa Metcalfe discovers, one local centre’s drop-in group in Ipswich is helping men open up without the stigma of therapy

As he vies for the Republican presidential nomination, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is touting a series of measures he has pushed that have led to an upswing in banned or restricted books — not just in Florida schools but in an increasing number of other conservative states

A Florida public library system’s “I Read Banned Books” library cards are drawing concern from a Republican lawmaker who said the county agency is engaging in “a political stunt” with taxpayer money and warned it could generate financial retaliation by the state.