book bans Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/book-bans/ A platform for change Fri, 22 Sep 2023 10:09:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Censorship leader: More than 40 percent of U.S. book bans took place in Florida https://flux.community/jake-johnson/2023/09/censorship-leader-more-than-40-percent-of-u-s-book-bans-took-place-in-florida/ Fri, 22 Sep 2023 10:09:46 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=14289 A new report released Thursday by the free expression group PEN America warns that the Republican-led book banning movement is intensifying nationwide, with U.S. classrooms and libraries prohibiting more than 1,500 unique titles during the 2022-23 school year. PEN recorded 3,362 total instances of book bans across the U.S., a 33% increase compared to the previous school […]

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]]> Queer YA books are selling in record numbers despite bans targeting them https://flux.community/jennifer-gerson/2022/08/queer-ya-books-are-selling-in-record-numbers-despite-bans-targeting-them/ Mon, 29 Aug 2022 13:00:37 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12157 When Phil Stamper was growing up in the early 2000s, he couldn’t go into a Barnes & Noble and find an LGBTQ+ section for young adults. “There weren’t enough books to fill those shelves,” Stamper, a popular author of contemporary, queer young adult (YA) novels, told The 19th. His latest book, “Small Town Pride,” released in May, […]

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