Tennessee bill would ban books that mention LGBTQ people from public schools

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Tennessee lawmakers are continuing their push to be the most anti-LGBTQ legislative body in the nation.

Republican state Rep. Bruce Giffey (R) has now introduced a bill that would ban public schools from using books that mention LGBTQ people.

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H.B. 800 would ensure “public charter schools shall not locally adopt or use in the public schools of this state, textbooks and instructional materials or supplemental instructional materials that promote, normalize, support, or address lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, or transgender issues or lifestyle,” according to the text of the proposed law.

The bill says that mentioning LGBTQ people “offends…

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