Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republicans have mainly targeted books with LGBTQ themes,...
Hype Freedom School students from Houston, Hailee Brown, 15, center, passes Barius Vergin, 17, a book to read as reads with Treyson Hall, 7, right, during the Texas Freedom Network read-in demonstration on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in Austin, Texas. Attendees read from some of the books being targeted for banning during a Texas Freedom Network’s Teach the Truth Coalition read-in demonstration held at the Texas State Capitol Rotunda.
Rep. Jared Patterson, R-Frisco, who wrote the House bill, said he was motivated to file the legislation after coming across the popular graphic novel “Gender Queer: A Memoir,” which details a person’s experience not fitting into a traditional gender binary and embracing that fact. Books included in a school's curriculum would be exempted from the restrictions, according to the current language of the bill.
The measure, House Bill 900, is a priority of House Speaker Dade Phelan, and it passed the chamber, 95 to 53, with 10 Democrats joining Republicans in support. Similar legislation has already passed the Senate. The push for new prohibitions comes as Texas banned more books last year than any other state in the nation, according to PEN America, a group that advocates for free expression in literature. More than 700 titles were banned in 16 districts,
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