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    School district slaps warning labels on books with #LGBTQ characters

    Even the innocuous picture book "Everywhere Babies" got a warning label "like something you might see on a cigarette package."

    https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/08/school-district-slaps-warning-labels-books-lgbtq-characters/ via @lgbtqnation #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

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