Beyond the Book (2022-2023): Gender Queer - Kobabe

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In 2021, Gender Queer was the #1 most challenged book in the United States. In libraries it has been challenged, banned, and restricted because of it's LGBTQIA2+ content, and because it was considered to have sexually explicit images.

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Read Maia Kobabe's opinion article in the Washington Post about her book being challenged in schools.

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