<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Illinois Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzker </span><a href="https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pritzker-signs-illinois-law-to-ban-book-bans/3159981/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">signed</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> a bill on Monday aimed at stopping book bans in public schools while standing in front of books that have been deemed sexually explicit and pornographic. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Under the new legislation, libraries will not be eligible to receive state grants if they remove books from their collections or refuse to sign the American Library Association’s Library </span><a href="https://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bill of Rights</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, which indicates &#8220;materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Book bans are about censorship, marginalizing people and marginalizing ideas,” Democrat Gov. Pritzker said at Chicago’s Harold Washington Public Library. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pritzker signed the bill </span><a href="https://dailycaller.com/2023/06/13/blue-state-gov-sexually-explicit-books-law-prohibiting-book-bans/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">in front</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> of a shelf of books that have been contested in other states over what some critics have described as pornographic content. Many of the books, including “Gender Queer” by Maia Kobabe, feature explicit illustrations of sex acts. The shelf also showcased “</span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/13JH0x0ngP3xstxOHVmDRoFi2RGcQ2BiZ/view" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">This Book is Gay</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">” by Juno Dawson, which similarly features graphic sexual depictions, and even provides detailed instructions for various sex acts. Dawson responded to critics, claiming the book is &#8220;definitely not pornographic.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">CEO of Equality Illinois Brian Johnson </span><a href="https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pritzker-signs-illinois-law-to-ban-book-bans/3159981/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">lauded</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> the bill, remarking, “If reading materials are denied to us, we are denied an opportunity to learn about ourselves.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The legislation comes as </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-mom-reads-graphic-gay-porn-found-in-school-library-to-school-board" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">parents</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> across the </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michigan-school-district-removes-pornographic-books-after-muslim-community-outrage" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">country</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> have </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-this-is-pornography-and-this-is-grooming-school-board-shuts-mom-down-when-she-reads-from-book-available-to-schoolchildren" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">objected</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to books like “Gender Queer” and “This Book is Gay” being featured in public school libraries. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Meanwhile in Florida, a law went into effect earlier this year </span><a href="https://www.fox13news.com/news/gov-ron-desantis-florida-banning-books-is-a-nasty-hoax" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">requiring books</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in school libraries to be approved by a librarian or media specialist. Those who provide pornographic books to students could be charged with a third degree felony.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gov. Pritzker is the cousin of Jennifer Pritzker, a transgender-identified billionaire who has been instrumental in the effort to normalize child transgenderism. Jennifer Pritzker’s Tawani Foundation contributed </span><a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/07/20/2266015/0/en/Col-Jennifer-Pritzker-Announces-Six-Figure-Donation-to-ACLU-to-Help-Fight-Anti-Trans-Laws.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">more than $100,000</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to the ACLU to fight a Tennessee law banning the medical transition of minors. Pritzker also </span><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/lurie-hospital-gender-identity-clinic-gets-500k-from-pritzker/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">gave $500,000</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to the Lurie Children’s Hospital’s gender and sex development program in 2016. Pritzker also provided the initial grant money to the gender identity clinic when it first opened in 2013.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pritzker’s Tawani Foundation also donated </span><a href="https://www.breitbart.com/social-justice/2022/09/03/foundation-run-trans-billionaire-funded-overnight-camp-trans-eight-year-olds/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">$25,000 to Harbor Camps</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, an overnight summer camp for children as young as 8 years old who identify as “transgender or non-binary.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Meanwhile, the foundation </span><a href="https://www.breitbart.com/education/2022/12/22/private-school-gave-students-sex-toys-backed-foundation-gov-j-b-pritzkers-trans-sibling/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">gave $45,000</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to Chicago’s Francis W. Parker School, which Project Veritas reported had given sex toys to students in a lesson on “queer sex.”</span></p>

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