Texas students push back against book bans for censoring LGBTQ, racial justice issues

TEXAS (Texas Tribune) — For high school senior Gabrielle Izu, Texas’ public school book bans feel personal.The books Texas is targeting — mainly novels that focus on discussions of race, sexual orientation and gender identity — tell the tale of Izu’s past and future. The 17-year-old high school student is Asian American, Black and Hispanic and bisexual, and she hates to see her identities or her peers’ censored. Some Barnes & Noble stores add &ls