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Here are 15 books PEN America says were most frequently banned in the first part of the 2022-23 school year. 1. “Gender Queer: A Memoir” by Maia Kobabe. This bestselling 2019 autobiography in ...
Outcome. Banning of thousands of books from school libraries in many states. Starting in 2021, there have been a considerable number of books banned or challenged in parts of the United States. Most of the targeted books have to do with race, gender, and sexuality. Unlike most book challenges in the past, whereby parents or other stakeholders ...
Maia Kobabe's graphic memoir "Gender Queer" became the most banned book in American schools, drawing the Northern California artist and writer into the nation's cultural wars.
List. Since 2001, the American Library Association has posted the top ten most frequently challenged books per year on their website. Using the Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century, ALA has also noted banned and challenged classics.
Despite the opposition from the American Library Association (ALA), books continue to be banned by school and public libraries across the United States. This is usually the result of complaints from parents, who find particular books not appropriate for their children (e.g., books with graphical depictions of child sex, like Gender Queer: A ...
November 29, 2023 at 4:01 AM. Part of an occasional series. Authors of books that are banned in Iowa schools for having descriptions of sex acts say labeling their works as pornography diminishes ...
Lawmakers cited "Gender Queer" and "All Boys Aren't Blue" as reasons to ban books in Iowa public schools. They were in less than 10% of districts. Read the story here .
The report identified Gender Queer as the most frequently challenged book, banned in 41 school districts. Moms for Liberty, a conservative group founded in Florida in 2020 with chapters around the country, have been leading many of the school board debates about Gender Queer and other LGBTQ+ books.