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Queens: SPSON Celebrates Banned Books Week

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Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2022

Image depicting the #1 Most Challenged book of 2021: "Gender Queer" for LGBTQIA+ content, considered secually explicit.

Image depicting the #2 Most Challenged book of 2021: "Lawn Boy" for LGBTQIA+ content, considered secually explicit.

Image depicting the #3 Most Challenged book of 2021: "All Boys Aren't Blue" for LGBTQIA+ content, profanity, considered secually explicit.

Image depicting the #4 Most Challenged book of 2021: "Out of Darkness" for depictions of abuse, considered sexually explicit

Image depicting the #5 Most Challenged book of 2021: "The Hate U Give" for profanity, violence, considered anti-police, "indoctrination of a social agenda"

Image depicting the #6 Most Challenged book of 2021: "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" for profanity, sexual references, use of derogatory terms

Image depicting the #7 Most Challenged book of 2021: "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" for considered sexually explicit and degrading to women

Image depicting the #8 Most Challenged book of 2021: "The Bluest Eye" for depiction of child sexual abuse, considered sexually explicit

Image depicting the #9 Most Challenged book of 2021: "This Book Is Gay" for LGBTQIA+ content, providing sexual education

Image depicting the #10 Most Challenged book of 2021: "Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out" for LGBTQIA+ content, considered secually explicit

Censorship in Libraries

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