With the exception of Genderqueer, there isn’t much “pornographic” material. Genderqueer has a scene where there is a blowjob, and I can’t speak to it’s nature since I haven’t read it. This Book is Gay also gets some flak because it is essentially a manual on some gay topics, such as sex, grindr, dating, etc. But I wouldn’t consider that porn, you watch porn to masturbate, not learn how to safely date and have sex. Both books are meant for older teens, and both are important, especially This Book is Gay.
There is an effort to conflate porn with queerness. Most books that are “pornographic” are merely just about queer topics, or have a queer cast. This is similar to older efforts to call LGBTQ+ folk “groomers” or “seducers,” such as around the time of gay marriage being legalized, or during gay power movements after stonewall, or when states were legalizing gay marriage, and so on.
This new phase of calling books “pornographic” is just bigots trying to prevent queer representation, and while some books are explicit, they are a smokescreen for a broader queer erasure.
That’s a great question, I hope you’re asking because you actually want to know!
These books have been banned mostly in school districts across the U.S. Below is a list of several school districts that have banned genderqueer books over the last few years. All of the ones below have banned All Boys Aren’t Blue, as well as many of the others mentioned in OP:
The Frisco Independent School District in TX
Shawnee Heights Unified School District in KS
North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District in NJ
Flagler Palm Coast High School in FL
Alta High School in The Canyons
If you need more examples, a quick Google search for “which places have banned [book title]” will give you lots of results! Alternatively, here is the URL I was referencing for my short list.
Well, if there was a valid reason for people to be upset at most the books that have been challenged/banned, then you could list the books that have been challenged/banned and the objections to them.
But the reason is bigotry and as such there is no list of valid reasons to be upset.
I also want to point out that if you read the fucking article it would have had the reasoning behind the challenges/bans in the article.
While I didn’t provide a site or some shit that had a list of books bigots found offensive, I answered your question. If you need a site to tell you that the queerphobes find books with queer topics offensive, I’m sorry that my three short paragraphs answering your question was at a third grade reading level and therefore too complex. To make it simpler, I’ll summarize it in one sentence:
With the exception of Genderqueer, there isn’t much “pornographic” material. Genderqueer has a scene where there is a blowjob, and I can’t speak to it’s nature since I haven’t read it. This Book is Gay also gets some flak because it is essentially a manual on some gay topics, such as sex, grindr, dating, etc. But I wouldn’t consider that porn, you watch porn to masturbate, not learn how to safely date and have sex. Both books are meant for older teens, and both are important, especially This Book is Gay.
There is an effort to conflate porn with queerness. Most books that are “pornographic” are merely just about queer topics, or have a queer cast. This is similar to older efforts to call LGBTQ+ folk “groomers” or “seducers,” such as around the time of gay marriage being legalized, or during gay power movements after stonewall, or when states were legalizing gay marriage, and so on.
This new phase of calling books “pornographic” is just bigots trying to prevent queer representation, and while some books are explicit, they are a smokescreen for a broader queer erasure.
Where are these books being banned?
That’s a great question, I hope you’re asking because you actually want to know!
These books have been banned mostly in school districts across the U.S. Below is a list of several school districts that have banned genderqueer books over the last few years. All of the ones below have banned All Boys Aren’t Blue, as well as many of the others mentioned in OP:
The Frisco Independent School District in TX
Shawnee Heights Unified School District in KS
North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District in NJ
Flagler Palm Coast High School in FL
Alta High School in The Canyons
If you need more examples, a quick Google search for “which places have banned [book title]” will give you lots of results! Alternatively, here is the URL I was referencing for my short list.
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Well, if there was a valid reason for people to be upset at most the books that have been challenged/banned, then you could list the books that have been challenged/banned and the objections to them.
But the reason is bigotry and as such there is no list of valid reasons to be upset.
I also want to point out that if you read the fucking article it would have had the reasoning behind the challenges/bans in the article.
While I didn’t provide a site or some shit that had a list of books bigots found offensive, I answered your question. If you need a site to tell you that the queerphobes find books with queer topics offensive, I’m sorry that my three short paragraphs answering your question was at a third grade reading level and therefore too complex. To make it simpler, I’ll summarize it in one sentence:
bigots don’t like queer topics
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The reason they give for the bans, is that the books contain “pornography”. There is no actual pornography in the books.