Date: Fri, 29 Jul 1994 13:04:02 -0800


From the July 28 GLAAD/SFBA Media Watch by Al Kielwasser:

Banned in Boling . . . Still

Last December, the school board in Boling, Texas banned The Drowning of
Stefan Jones, a young-adult novel about intolerance.  Bette Green's book,
which explores a town's prejudice against a gay couple, had been included
on a supplemental reading list by a ninth-grade teacher in Boling.  After
stacking their meeting with pro-censorship speakers, the school board
voted 5-1 to officially ban the book.

	More recently, the Texas Civil Liberties Union has shown interest
in bringing suit against the school board.  Additionally, the National
Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) has been helping to defend the book. 

For more information, contact NCAC, 275 7th Ave., New York, NY 10001, tel.
212-807-NCAC, fax 212-807-6245.