“There are kids out there right now who are going through exactly what I went through in 1995,” the author said about his book. Maryland’s State Board of Education reversed a local book ban for the ...

There's a pattern that shows up again and again in the history of banned books: the ones that get pulled from shelves most ...

The “banned books” lie is still being spread. The headlines tell the story. Huffington Post maintains that “Red States Are Leading The Effort to Ban Books — And Now The Government Is Joining In.” At ...

Keyword searches for "justice" and "pride" drive what ideas are being kept from kids ...

The only queer content Casey McQuiston had as a teen was a Brokeback Mountain DVD they stole from Blockbuster in 2007 and hid in the bottom drawer of their desk. “That was what was available in the ...

There were 6,870 separate instances of book bans across 23 states due to “sexually explicit” or “un-American” material during the 2024-2025 school year, according to PEN America. These bans are ...

Over the past decade, a growing movement to restrict access to books in public schools and libraries has spread across the country. Every year, there are hundreds of attempts to challenge or ban books ...