Support

Rise up against censorship and demand MORE books about all kinds of topics and people in our schools and libraries. 

• Read-a-book, Donate-a-book: Choose from hundreds of options from our #ReadWithLove bookshelves and consider donating them to a public library or space. 
• Be prepared for organizing for a school board meeting: Use the links on our fighting censorship to help take action against anti-LGBTQ+ censorship in your local community.
• Register for this week's PFLAG Academy Online: Join us this Thursday, Sept. 22 starting at 8:30 PM ET / 5:30 PM PT. This session will outline PFLAG National’s response to the coordinated attempts to censor LGBTQ+ lives, the strategic partnerships that have been developed to stop book bans, and our #ReadWithLove campaign. 
• Watch and share our new PSA timed to #BannedBooksWeek: 
  In honor of Banned Books Week, PFLAG National has partnered with the American Psychological Association in the release of their new book, written by Rob Sanders and illustrated by Sam Kalda, The Mother of A Movement, a true story of parental support and unconditional love and how that love started PFLAG. Join us in celebration of the release of this book as our friends help us read through the story of Jeanne Manford, ally activist and the co-founder of PFLAG. Share the video or these posts on PFLAG's Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Education

Three Steps to Being a Better Anti-Censorship Advocate

1. Learn: Visit the Banned Books Week website (we're #PFLAGProud to be an official partner of the Banned Books Week Coalition) to learn more about the week and how to fight back against censorship. Take some time to research and read some books that PFLAG has highlighted on our Read With Love bookshelf. 
2. Watch: Watch our new PSA with some very special friends of PFLAG as they read alout a newly released book of a parent leading with love for their child. Also, be sure to follow PFLAG on TikTok to get our #ReadWithLove recommendations.
3. Share: Be sure to plan a Read With Love-In and share with your network to help as many people join as possible.

Advocacy

Tell the feds: Protect Trans Health!

Something to Talk About...Live!

Books Unite Us. Censorship Divides Us – Banned Books Week, 2022

In 2021, the American Library Association noted 729 complaints against 1,597 books, which is more than double the number of complaints they typically receive in a year. Librarians are being threatened and fired from their jobs, local libraries are being defunded, and there seems to be no end in sight.

This week we'll be discussing we will be discussing “How Book Bans Turned a Texas Town Upside Down” which appeared in the New York Times Magazine by Erika Hayasaki. 

Join us this Thursday, September 22 at 4:30 PM ET / 1:30 PM PT on Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, or Twitter.

To learn more--and to check out our discussion questions in advance--visit pflagnation.al/STTALive-092222.