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Book Bans: Take Action

There has been a new wave of book banning starting in 2020, specifically targeting books that discuss race, gender, and sexuality. Books with diverse characters and protagonists are an important resource for queer youth and other folks with marginalized identities. Books that discuss gender and sexuality can raise awareness about queer experiences and provide relatable stories that can help queer youth feel more seen. Book bans take away access to valuable literature.

 

No matter how close you are personally to these book bans, there is a lot you can do. Read the banned books! Get others to read them, help causes working to spread diverse representation in books, and tell others what is going on!

Learn more about the problem in this article from the New York Times

And find an extended list of banned books in this article from the ALA, with lists of places where they have been challenged and why.

Banned Books

  • A is for Activist by Innosanto Nagara

  • A Kids Book About Racism by Jelani Memory

  • All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Killy

  • All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

  • Antiracist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi

  • A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn

  • Caste; The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

  • Chocolate Me! by Taye Diggs

  • Dear Justyce by Nic Stone

  • Front Desk by Kelly Yang

  • Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

  • George by Alex Gino

  • How To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

  • Is Everyone Really Equal? (Second Edition) by Özlem Sensoy and Robin DiAngelo

  • Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison

  • Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad

  • Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

  • New Kid by Jerry Craft

  • Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

  • Our Skin by Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli, and Isabel Roxas

  • Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire

  • Race Cars by Jenny Devenny

  • So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

  • Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

  • Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X. Kendo and Jason Reynolds

  • The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

  • The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

  • The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

  • The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

  • Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

  • To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

  • This Book Is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewel

  • What Does It Mean To Be White? by Robin DiAngelo

  • What is Privilege by Ashley Gooding and Kayla DeWalt

  • White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

  • Woke by Mahogany L. Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo, and Olivia Gatwood

  • Woke Baby by Mahogany L. Browne

  • Yaqui Delgado Wants To Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina