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I Read The 5 Most Challenged And Banned LGBTQ+ Books Of Last Year — Here's What I Thought

the ALA, challenges are requests to have materials removed from schools and libraries, while bans are the actual removal of those materials. I struggled socially in elementary and middle school, and my general fear of everything got more severe when I realized that I wasn't quite as straight as my Catholic school's religious textbooks would've liked me to be. Things improved when I got older and moved on to public school, but before then, books were my solace; they were how I connected to other people and the world around me, and I'm forever thankful to my parents for insisting that my sister and I become voracious readers. Being a bookworm was my public identity, insofar as I had one as a 12-year-old, and it allowed me to nurture and investigate what was then the most private part of myself.
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13.04 / 02:19
Life censorship Here are the 5 most banned LGBTQ books in America & what their authors have to say about it
While Florida recently passed a “Don’t Say Gay” law banning LGBTQ issues in the classroom, at least 15 other states are considering similar laws. Even worse, bans on LGBTQ books are “escalating dramatically” across the nation as conservative school officials and so-called parents’ rights groups pull them from classrooms and school libraries.Five of the most commonly challenged books feature LGBTQ content.
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