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Summer Boismier was an Oklahoma high school English teacher who gave her students a QR code that led to the Brooklyn Public Library's page on banned books. Controversy ensued, leading her to quit her job ultimately.

This episode of Focus: Black Oklahoma features reports on book bans disproportionately affecting works with Black characters or addressing issues of race, Black women in politics and the growing instances of anti-LGBTQ hate crimes.

Susan Kuklin published the award-winning Beyond Magenta in 2014. The collection of images and interviews with transgender and nonbinary teens and young adults centers their experiences and identities.

Writer and LGBTQ activist George M. Johnson speaks about what's lost when books like their 2020 memoir All Boys Aren't Blue are banned from school libraries.

Mysterious signs have been popping up in the Oklahoma City metro this week calling on residents to vote to close the library on election day and attend a "book burning party."

According to PEN America, a growing number of local political and advocacy groups have focused their attacks on books featuring LGBTQ+ characters and characters of color.

This Week in Oklahoma Politics discuss a new task force recommendation regarding expectant mothers in light of the state banning abortions, two recent polls on November's election, and more.

Last week, fourteen Oklahoma GOP lawmakers called for the State Department of Education to investigate a former Norman teacher for potentially violating House Bill 1775.

StateImpact has gotten many questions about House Bill 1775, Oklahoma's so-called critical race theory ban. So, we decided to address the most common ones.

Some school libraries have been forced to remove controversial books. The threat now is on public libraries, where some communities have recently taken another step -- they've voted to defund their local libraries.