"Many of the people who challenged my book in the early years, when it was conservative parents speaking up at school in board meetings, would hold it up and say this book is inappropriate or it's pornography and then they would proudly say: I've never read it.'"
"Across the US a rising tide of censorship is sweeping through public schools and libraries, fundamentally reshaping what young Americans are permitted to read, learn and think. What might once have been the preserve of an isolated, overly concerned parent writing a polite letter of complaint to a local school board is now in the hands of a carefully orchestrated, well-funded and deeply politicised campaign."
"Book bans have exploded since 2021, the year of the January 6 insurrection, ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and intensifying anti-woke and parental rights movement on the right. PEN America, a writers and free expression organisation, has counted more than 23,000 book bans over the past five years."
"PEN America, a writers and free expression organisation, has counted more than 23,000 book bans over the past five years. Literature featuring LGBTQ+ themes and people of colour are the primary targets. But a new PEN America report this week also found a doubling of censorship of nonfiction on subjects from history and health to general knowledge, including biographies and memoirs. The findings underscore an embrace of anti-intellectualism, the group said."
Gender Queer presents non-binary identity and a personal journey of sexual discovery aimed at immediate family. The work is framed as sensitive and thoughtful, intended to help relatives understand an authentic self. A growing wave of censorship has increasingly restricted what young Americans can read, learn, and think. Challenges to the book began with conservative parents at school board meetings, often claiming it was inappropriate or pornography while stating they had not read it. Book bans have expanded since 2021 amid political polarization, the COVID-19 pandemic, and anti-woke parental rights activism. LGBTQ+ and people of color are primary targets, and censorship has also grown for nonfiction topics such as history, health, biographies, and memoirs.
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