Texas leads the nation in book bans.
One of the #books that’s touched my life the most, Maia Kobabe’s graphic novel Gender Queer, frequently appears on lists of the most banned books. And I’ve often found myself wondering, what makes my identity so dangerous to the far-right?
Read "👺 Banned books and the monster inside" at The Barbed Wire:
https://www.thebarbedwire.com/banned-books-and-the-monster-inside-2/
#censorship #Texas #LGBTQIA #transgender #queer #gender #politics #1A #bookstodon
Mx. Kit O'Connell 🏳️🌈⭐👏
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