Banned LGBT+ books

The link above contains a tag to a specific book. Would you like to share your thoughts about Weird Girl and What's His Name by Meagan Brothers?

A general link to the page (with a tracker also removed): 18 LGBTQ+ Books That Are Banned In Schools in 2022

>2 aspirit: I haven't actually read that one (yet). I'm tempted to do so now though.

>3 Nicole_VanK: Go for it!

So we have it with LibraryThing touchstones, here is Advocate's list of books that have either been banned or are currently facing bans within the USA.

1. All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson
2. Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
3. Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
4. Better Nate Than Ever and 5. Five, Six, Seven, Nate! by Tim Federle
6. The Breakaways by Cathy G. Johnson
7. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
8. Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
9. Melissa (formerly published as George) by Alex Gino
10. We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson
11. Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin
12. Drama by Raina Telgemeier
13. More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
14. Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts) by L.C. Rosen
15. I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings
16. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
17. This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki
18. Weird Girl and What's His Name by Meagan Brothers

I seem to read quite a few books that later end up on these lists. *sigh*
I definitely recommend Gender Queer which I read last year.

>5 LucindaLibri: Same here.

My current favorite from the list above is Evison's Lawn Boy.

Edit: I'm replacing my disorganized review with a link to the ALA's Dear Banned Author project.

https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/dear-banned-author

For Banned Book Week, Diverse Books interviewed several queer creators on their experiences with book banning. The participating authors were Miriam Moore-Keish, Mike Curato, Alex Gino, Noah Grigni, and Cathy G. Johnson.

This interview was shared in two parts.

"(Not) Proud to be Banned: Reflections from LGBTQ+ Creators of Banned Books"
https://diversebooks.org/blog-not-proud-to-be-banned-reflections-from-lgbtq-crea...

"Love & Community: Reflections from LGBTQ+ Creators of Banned Books"
https://diversebooks.org/blog-love-community-reflections-from-lgbtq-creators-of-...