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Joining the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund comes with a number of incentives across all donation tiers, each with its own premiums and benefits. Of course, the number one benefit of membership is p... | |
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Joining the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund comes with a number of incentives across all donation tiers, each with its own premiums and benefits. Of course, the number one benefit of membership is pea... | |
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Joining the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund comes with a number of incentives across all donation tiers, each with its own premiums and benefits. Of course, the number one benefit of membership is pe... | |
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Vendor: CBLDF |
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Joining the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund comes with a number of incentives across all donation tiers, each with its own premiums and benefits. Of course, the number one benefit of membership is pea... | |
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Vendor: CBLDF |
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Joining the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund comes with a number of incentives across all donation tiers, each with its own premiums and benefits. Of course, the number one benefit of membership is pea... | |
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Joining the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund comes with a number of incentives across all donation tiers, each with its own premiums and benefits. Of course, the number one benefit of membership is peace ... | |
A West Virginia public library has pulled a children’s book one local website described as “promoting homosexuality” from the shelves after an elementary school child came across the age appropriate title. The book, Prince and Knight by Daniel Haack is an illustrated fairy tale about a handsome Prince whose parents want him to get married,…
Addressing Identity Censorship Friday, September 27, 2019, 12:00 – 1:30 pm PST (Banned Books Week) Identity censorship is the most frequent form of intellectual freedom challenge in today’s environment. From moral panic about Drag Queen Story Hour to frequent challenges to LGBTQ+ comics, books, and authors, this disturbing trend is gaining traction. CBLDF engages a…
Since February, Mile High Comics in Denver, Colorado has been hosting an all-ages Drag Show one Sunday each month to raise money for a local scholarship fund. In addition to drawing crowds of fans interested in supporting the store and raising money for a local nonprofit, it has also drawn a crowd of protesters, including…
Thursday letters arrived in Leander, Texas from local and national organization all clamoring for the city council to respect their commitment to the First Amendment. CBLDF was among the first to raise the alarm after an event with renowned comics author Lilah Sturges was abruptly canceled just two hours before the event, blaming new temporary policies,…
In response to recent attacks and efforts to suppress Pride events in Ohio libraries, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, National Coalition Against Censorship, PEN America, National Council for Teachers of English, and ACLU of Ohio have issued a statement condemning House Speaker Larry Householder’s letter pressuring the Ohio Library Council to cancel events. The statement…
Rumford Public Library in Maine successfully defended itself and its displays again this year, after a local politician declared the librarians and the public displays were a way to politicize the library on the “town’s dime.” “I thought we had reconciled everything last year,” library director Tamara Butler said last week. “I thought it was…
Looking back at 2018, a year that was filled with challenges and victories, it’s easy to see that the front lines of free expression are still under attack all too frequently. Thanks to the generous support of members, readers, and followers, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund was able to face the challenges head-on and fight…
This time of year it seems that everyone is asking readers to look deep in their hearts and wallets and consider making tax-deductible donations. It can become numbing to hear these pleas repetitively and not to hear about why these donations are crucial to protecting important freedoms in the year to come. So as a…
CBLDF has learned of an attempt to ban several books, including the LGBTQ themed graphic novels My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness by Nagata Kabi and Queer: A Graphic History by Meg John-Barker and Julia Scheele from the Rumford Public Library in Maine. Locals supporting the books have expressed an urgent call to Maine residents in the Rumford area to…
Justin Hall, who brought together the elegant and poignant queer comics anthology, No Straight Lines has been working on a new documentary by the same name with Peabody Award-winning director, Vivian Kleinman. The documentary is set to follow several groundbreaking LBGTQ comic book creators who broke barriers and paved the way for queer comics today. Justin was…