These are the most challenged library books in America — yes, most are LGBTQ+
Gender Queer, All Boys Aren't Blue, and This Book Is Gay lead the American Library Association's list of the 10 most challenged books of 2023.
APRIL 8, 2024
CONTACTAbout UsCAREER OPPORTUNITIESADVERTISE WITH USPRIVACY POLICYPRIVACY PREFERENCESTERMS OF USELEGAL NOTICE
© 2025 Pride Publishing Inc.
All Rights reserved
All Rights reserved
By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Private Policy and Terms of Use.
right to read
'Parents' Rights' movements forget families have the right to read LGBTQ+ books
As book bans targeting LGBTQ+ and diverse communities rise in the United States, there is an urgent call for advocacy to keep books that promote understanding, empathy, and self-acceptance accessible.
APRIL 17, 2024
Reading the Far Right: Blaming the Sexual Revolution for Weinstein
Many in the extreme right media seem to think sexual harassment and assault were rare before the 1960s.
OCTOBER 19, 2017
Reading the Far Right: They Love Sheriff Joe and the Trans Ban
The extreme right media is full of praise for Donald Trump's recent reprehensible actions.
AUGUST 31, 2017
Reading the Right Wing: Trans Acceptance Will Lead to Robot Army
This week's greatest hits include Alex Jones's assertion that acceptance of transgender people will lead to implantation of computer chips in humans.
AUGUST 9, 2017
Reading the Far Right: Wingnuts Declare Victory in Georgia, Miss.
We found anti-LGBT sentiments aplenty in our reading of extreme-right sites so you don't have to.
JUNE 27, 2017
Reading the Far Right: Defending Comey's Canning, Hating on Handmaids
Right-wingers are also lamenting the withdrawal of anti-LGBT Army secretary nominee Mark Green.
MAY 15, 2017
Reading the Far Right: Blaming Liberals for Violence
Certain elements of the right wasted no time in blaming all liberals for last week's shooting at a congressional baseball practice.
JUNE 20, 2017
Reading the Far Right: Furious About 'Fire and Fury'
The fringes of the right don't believe a word of Michael Wolff's anti-Trump expose, even if Steve Bannon was a source for it.
JANUARY 12, 2018
Reading the Far Right: Don't Call Us Haters
The extreme-right media, which we read so you don't have to, object to the "hate group" label for certain organizations, even when it fits.
JULY 19, 2017
Reading the Right: Swedish Crime, Pagan Gods, and Milo
We perused the far-right websites so you don't have to.
FEBRUARY 21, 2017
Reading the Far Right: Applauding the Trans Ban and Misusing History
Among this week's farthest-out assertions: Trump's trans ban was an act of love, and Hitler was inspired by progressives.
AUGUST 1, 2017
Reading the Far Right: 'Alternative Facts' on DNC Staffer's Death
Reading the fringe sources so you don't have to, we delve into the Seth Rich conspiracy theory and offer evidence that Martin Luther King was not a Republican.
MAY 30, 2017
Reading the Right Wing: Mourning for North Carolina's HB 2
"Real men" wouldn't have repealed the anti-LGBT law, says one commentator. Also: railing against immigrants and gay service members.
APRIL 3, 2017
Reading the Far Right: Homophobia, Veiled and Overt
What we found in right-wing media this week: denunciation of the Resist March, virulently anti-LGBT rhetoric, and a call for more guns to avert tragedies like Pulse.
JUNE 13, 2017
Reading the Far Right: They Really Hate Women
Mixed in with glee at a step toward repealing Obamacare are some denunciations of Hillary Clinton and a really bizarre take on sexual harassment.
MAY 9, 2017
Reading the Far Right: Defending the Indefensible Roy Moore
In far-right media, some are trafficking in conspiracy theories around Moore, blaming feminism for the accusations against him, or positing him as a Christlike martyr.
DECEMBER 1, 2017
Reading the Far-Right Sites: Transphobia, Islamophobia, and Clintonphobia
We read these sites so you don't have to.
FEBRUARY 27, 2017
Reading the Far Right: Antigay Theories in Wake of Vegas Tragedy
Some wingnuts are pushing the idea that the gunman was with ISIS or wanted to kill Trump supporters, or that the massacre was part of a shadowy plot.
OCTOBER 5, 2017
Reading the Far Right: Attacking the Media Since Trump's Indefensible
After Trump's epic rant in Phoenix, far-right commentators critique the media response, including that from CNN's Don Lemon (pictured).
AUGUST 24, 2017
Reading the Far Right: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Defending Trump Jr.
And other questionable bits of "news," including the claim that a liberal philanthropist is trying to start a "race war."
JULY 12, 2017