The Denver Post: Colorado’s public libraries face a rising number of requests to ban or restrict access to books, programs or displays, mirroring trends across the country as conservative movements target books and programming with LGBTQ and race-related themes.

So far, though, these attempts to censor library books in Colorado appear to be largely unsuccessful amid backlash by outspoken community members

Libraries across the nation have seen efforts by a vocal, growing political movement seeking to restrict access to books on gay communities, race, history, sexuality and reproductive health, according to a new report from the American Library Association. They use social media to disseminate lists of books they disapprove of so followers can challenge them at their local public and school libraries, the report said.

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