Florida School District Offers Refunds, Erasure of Yearbook's LGBTQ+ Content
They say it’s not about censorship, but what else could it be about?
JUNE 6, 2023
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They say it’s not about censorship, but what else could it be about?
They range from local Facebook or online groups to more established conservative organizations, and they often targeted LGBTQ-themed books.
Geoffrey Knoop says that his partner of 16 years, Laura Albert, wrote the books and stories attributed to the persona known as JT LeRoy in an effort to attract the attention of novelist Dennis Cooper.
Justin Torres, author of We the Animals, reflects on the political, social, and personal factors that led to his book's timely film adaptation.
George by transgender author Alex Gino tops the list again.
More than 3,000 books were banned in the 2022-2023 school year, according to PEN America.
Families turned out by the hundreds for a reading of the 15-year-old reality star's childrens book about being transgender and to support a transitioning first grader.
Forty years ago, dozens of people were trapped inside a New Orleans gay bar as it burned down. Now a new book, two films, an art installation, and a musical revisit the tragedy.
PEN America has found the most banned books targeted this school year.
Making the Case for Equality, featuring a foreword by author Roxane Gay, celebrates 50 years of Lambda Legal's advocacy for LGBTQ+ civil rights.
She only had one minute to speak and she made the most of it.
This year was a peak year for books written for queer and trans kids.
The LGBT people who made this year one for the history books will be remembered long past 2015.