Abstract
2,571 titles were challenged in 2022, double what was recorded in 2021, but it was noted that 45.5 percent of all those titles were LGBTQ+ books (Perfas, 2022). The rise in challenges and the fact that almost half the books contained LGBTQ+ topics indicates that, within recent years, there has been a shift in the type of content and the speed at which challenges are happening in the United States. Books like Obie is Enough by Schuyler Bailar are banned in states that do not allow books that discuss gender identity, and in turn, these books cannot reach the audiences that need them the most (Perfas, 2022). With an indication of a rise in challenged books and content in 2022, this study investigated each ALA Top Most Challenged Books list within 10 years, starting in 2012 and ending in 2022, to see how many books each year were challenged for LGBTQ+ content.
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Kaelynn Edmondson, MLIS
(2024)
"LGBTQ+ Content in the ALA Top Most Challenged Books,"
SLIS Connecting: Vol. 12:
Iss.
2, Article 7.
DOI: 10.18785/slis.1202.07
Available at:
https://aquila.usm.edu/slisconnecting/vol12/iss2/7
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