LGBTQ literature took another hit this week when the Florida Senate Education Committee committee met on January 25 to discuss several proposed bills that will make it easier for parents to challenge and ban LGBTQ+ books in public schools.

Hundreds of books are disappearing from the shelves of school libraries in Texas. They haven't simply gone missing — they have been removed. All have common themes: sexual orientation or race.

Weekly national news highlights for the week ending January 29, 2022.