Posted on 04/08/2024 6:44:37 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The American Library Association, a nonprofit organization that tracks efforts to ban books nationwide, released a list Monday detailing the 10 most challenged titles of 2023 — seven of which deal with LGBTQ themes, according to the group.
Maia Kobabe’s “Gender Queer,” a graphic memoir that chronicles the author coming out as nonbinary, topped the list for the third year in a row. The other LGBTQ-themed titles on the list include George M. Johnson’s “All Boys Aren’t Blue,” Juno Dawson’s “This Book Is Gay” and Mike Curato’s “Flamer.”
In recent years, school districts and state legislatures across the U.S. have been roiled by fierce debates over what reading materials are appropriate for kids and teenagers. The moves to restrict or withdraw books have been driven in part by conservative activist groups such as Moms for Liberty as well as Republican elected officials.
“In looking at the titles of the most challenged books from last year, it’s obvious that the pressure groups are targeting books about LGBTQIA+ people and people of color,” American Library Association President Emily Drabinski said in a statement accompanying the list.
“We are fighting for the freedom to choose what you want to read,” Drabinski added. “Shining a light on the harmful workings of these pressure groups is one of the actions we must take to protect our right to read.”
“Each challenge, each demand to censor these books is an attack on our freedom to read, our right to live the life we choose, and an attack on libraries as community institutions that reflect the rich diversity of our nation,” said Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of the association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom.
“When we tolerate censorship,” she added, “we risk losing all of this.”
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Hey I have a great Democrat idea: let’s pervert the kids.
Anyone pushing sexual deviancy on innocent children should be tossed into the sea 🌊 with a millstone around their neck.
None of these books are banned. They're all prominently displayed on the "banned books" shelf at Barnes & Noble.
Want to see what book banning looks like? See if your library has "The Camp of the Saints", "Turner Diaries", or "The Bell Curve."
WE’RE HERE! WE’RE QUEER! WE’RE COMING FOR YOUR CHILDREN!!
Don’t be surprised when public libraries and schools continue to lose an audience.
The current stupidity is unsustainable and any nation that keeps promoting it will “reap what it sows.”
My prediction is: as incremental economic pain increases, this nonsense will begin to disappear.
All these queer books should be banned from children. Leave the kids alone you perverted pedophiles!
“My prediction is: as incremental economic pain increases, this nonsense will begin to disappear.”
Very true, several companies are quietly doing away with their DEI programs.
NBC doesn’t mention that books like ‘Gender Queer’ have porn pictures in books meant for young children. Must be a lot of gay pedos at NBC News.
I’m sure that the American Library Association would have no problem with banning the works of Huxley, Orwell and Rand.
Which books have they banned?
“ Which books have they banned?”
Give them time.
So none?
You aren’t just making stuff up, are you?
Or Unintended Consequences by John Ross.
The Turner Diaries.
WTF is your problem?
I have an inherent aversion to bs.
“ I have an inherent aversion to bs.”
I think that you are a childish libtard trying to impress the adults in the room.
Are you one of the adults I am trying to impress?
“ Are you one of the adults I am trying to impress?”
You lost me (and everyone else) with your first post.
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