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Of the 1,648 books banned last school year, 41 percent "explicitly address LGBTQ+ themes or have protagonists or prominent secondary characters who are LGBTQ+" and 40 percent "contain protagonists or prominent secondary characters of color," according to PEN America's latest report.LONDON, round rock tx round rock Oct 19 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Wednesday defied calls from opposition lawmakers to resign after having U-turned on her proposed economic plans, saying she was a "fighter" and not a "quitter".Players are going to want certain things and how it works logistically and financially might be two separate things," the…