Gender Queer and the Politics of Banned Books
Dublin Core
Title
Gender Queer and the Politics of Banned Books
Description
A thematic collection examining Gender Queer: A Memoir (Kobabe, 2019) alongside documentary evidence of its censorship in American school libraries. Through a graphic memoir, a news article, and an advocacy report, this collection explores how personal narratives become sites of institutional and political contestation, and what it means to preserve access to endangered voices.
Collection Items
Gender Queer: A Memoir
Gender Queer: A Memoir (2019) by Maia Kobabe is a graphic memoir exploring the author's journey of understanding their gender identity and sexuality outside the binary. Since 2021, it has become the most frequently challenged book in American school…
Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2021
A press release by the American Library Association documenting the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2021, in which Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe ranked first. The report tracked 729 challenges to library materials across the United States—the highest…
Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer tops list of most criticized library books for third straight year
An Associated Press news article reporting that Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe topped the American Library Association's most challenged books list for the third consecutive year in 2024. The article documents school board debates, community responses,…