Homophobic rhetoric has increased in the U.S. in recent years — seen in transphobic and homophobic bills like Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill and Texas’s bill endangering gender-affirming care as well as an increase in anti-LGBTQ book bans — and this inevitably seeps into Canadian discourse as well, especially in terms of social media. Some attendees pointed to this attack as proving the need for Pride events, while others expressed concern for the safety of their LGBTQ children. Read the whole story at CBC. Find more news and stories of interest from the book world in Breaking in Books.
