A sixth-grade student was arrested in Florida after refusing to participate in the pledge of…
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Two New Jersey High Schools Restrict Fun Home
Two High Schools in North Hunterdon-Voorhees School District New Jersey have chosen to restrict access to Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir Fun Home. Administrators based their decision to examine the best-selling comic on a challenge to…
John Oliver’s Bunny Book Triggers Teacher Investigation
A teacher in Seminole County, Florida is under investigation for reading an age-appropriate book about two gay bunnies to…
Happy President’s Day
It’s clear when perusing through history textbooks, those who founded and ran America often cared deeply about the First Amendment and the importance of knowledge and information. Read their own words, as a reminder why these freedoms are not to be…
Proposed Book Banning Law Defeated in Maine
February 11, 2019, LD 94, a bill proposed in Maine that would criminalize educators for assigning or providing “obscene” materials, was unanimously rejected by the legislative committee. The bill…
LGBTQIA Muslim Comics Mysteriously Removed from Instagram
Indonesian Government Takes Credit, Instagram Denies Involvement This week, Instagram account @Alpantuni, which posted comics about a gay Muslim character in Indonesia, disappeared to the dismay of its 6,000 followers. The government in Indonesia was quick to take credit, claiming…
Get Ready for Umbrella Academy with GNs Signed by Gabriel Bá & Fábio Moon!
Get excited for the February 15th premiere of the Umbrella Academy on Netflix with Volumes One and Two of the series, signed by Gabriel Bá to benefit CBLDF! Donors also have the chance to grab GNs signed by award-winning team Gabriel Bá & Fábio Moon! Donate today…
LGBTQIA Victory in Kansas Library
Transgender Kids’ Books Will Remain Accessible According to The Wichita Eagle, the Andover Public Library board of directors has voted – nearly unanimously – to protect the rights of their patrons…
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and Humble Bundle Announce a Limited-Time Collection of Must Read Comics
Discover the best in comics with the Humble Comics Bundle: Start Here! featuring over 40 essential comics and manga titles, from modern classics to media tie-in hits and introductory volumes of today’s most exciting graphic novel series! Titles in the…
Comic Strip Banned from Local Papers
Obscene Scribble Gets Syndicated Comic Strip “Non Sequitur” Removed From Multiple Newspapers Sunday, February 10th, some sharp-eyed newspaper readers got a shock with their morning funnies when long-running, syndicated comic strip, Non Sequitur contained an obscene message to the president. The creator,…
Comics Pioneer Challenged Racism and Status Quo of Her Era
In celebration of Black History Month, CBLDF is rerunning some amazing profiles created in partnership with Black Nerd Problems to spotlight Black comics creators and cartoonists who made significant contributions to free expression. To see the full list of resources, visit https://cbldf.org/profiles-in-black-cartooning/ Profiles…
CBLDF Fights for LGBTQIA Kids Books Under Attack
CBLDF and Kids’ Right to Read Project, are standing up with the Andover Public Librarians and imploring them to continue to protect the First Amendment right of all of their patrons. Back in September,…
CBLDF and Kids’ Right to Read Project Stand Up for Manga
CBLDF reported last week that popular manga, Assassination Classroom by Yusei Matsui was pulled from a school library on Staten Island, without adhering to the New York City Department…
Support Students’ First Amendment Rights
The Student Press Law Center (SPLC), the Freedom Forum Institute, and the Newseum in Washington, DC, have banded together to declare that 2019, the 50th Anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Tinker decision, the Year of the Student…
Celebrate Black History Month With Signed Black Panther, March & More!
In honor of Black History Month, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund wants to offer supporters graphic novels celebrating Black voices and history in comics. Statistics show that minority voices face more censorship challenges than others. The critical support offered by…