Here are the top 5 LGBTQ+ books banned in the U.S.

All Boys Arent Blue by George M Johnson, Tricks by Ellen Hopkins, The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, Gender queer by Maia Kobabe, and The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

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The American Library Association just released its annual “State of America’s Libraries 2024” report detailing censorship attempts across the country, and the outlook is not bright under the current slew of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, laws, and executive orders.

The ALA says it documented over 820 attempts to censor books and related LGBTQ+ services at libraries and educational facilities in 2024.

“The most common reasons for challenges were false claims of illegal obscenity for minors; inclusion of LGBTQIA+ characters or themes; and dealing with topics of race, racism, inclusivity, equity, and social justice,” the ALA says in its report, adding there were “2,452 unique titles that were challenged or banned” last year.

Here are the top five most challenged LGBTQ+ books in 2024 according to the ALA.

You can read or download the entire “State of America’s Libraries 2024” report here.

4. 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower' by Stephen Chbosky

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

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Published in 1999 by Pocket Books, a subsidiary of Simon & Schuster.

From the publisher:

“The critically acclaimed debut novel from Stephen Chbosky follows observant “wallflower” Charlie as he charts a course through the strange world between adolescence and adulthood. First dates, family drama, and new friends. Sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Devastating loss, young love, and life on the fringes. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it, Charlie must learn to navigate those wild and poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up.”

The book was adapted into the 2012 film of the same name starring Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, and Ezra Miller

2. 'Gender Queer: A Memoir' by Maia Kobabe

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Gender queer by Maia Kobabe

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Published in 2019 by Lion Forge Comics, which was later acquired by Oni Press.

From the publisher:

“In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Then e created Gender Queer. Maia’s intensely cathartic autobiography charts eir journey of self-identity, which includes the mortification and confusion of adolescent crushes, grappling with how to come out to family and society, bonding with friends over erotic gay fan fiction, and facing the trauma and fundamental violation of pap smears. Started as a way to explain to eir family what it means to be nonbinary and asexual, Gender Queer is more than a personal story: It is a useful and touching guide on gender identity – what it means and how to think about it – .for advocates, friends, and humans everywhere.”

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