RE: https://indieauthors.social/@indieauthornews/116679939545553224

This is a link to the full version of this article (the below link was a shorter version). This is important: the bigots are winning in the US. Unrelenting censorship attempts are having the desired quelling effect, and the fight for diverse books needs reinforcements.

https://bookriot.com/queer-books-are-at-a-breaking-point/

Sixty small actions you can take (many US specific, but some suitable anywhere):

https://bookriot.com/how-to-defend-the-right-to-read-2026/

This Pride month, if you can, buy queer books and/or ask your library to get them in!

#censorship #lgbtq #BookBans #AuthorsAgainstBookBans

California city that banned the Pride flag poised to get powerful gay congressman

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/election/huntington-beach-robert-garcia

Knox County, TN Rolls Back ‘Roots’ Book Ban After Backlash

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/29/knox-county-tn-rolls-back-roots-book-ban-after-backlash/

'Gender Queer' Sees Expanded Edition Amidst Persistent Bans

A new annotated edition of 'Gender Queer' is out now, featuring extra content, as the book faces ongoing challenges in US schools and libraries.

#GenderQueer, #BookBans, #LGBTQBooks, #OniPress, #MaiaKobabe

https://newsletter.tf/gender-queer-annotated-edition-book-bans-us/

The newly released 'Gender Queer: The Annotated Edition' includes new commentary and contributions from various artists, offering deeper insights into the graphic memoir.

#GenderQueer, #BookBans, #LGBTQBooks, #OniPress, #MaiaKobabe
https://newsletter.tf/gender-queer-annotated-edition-book-bans-us/

"What happens when publishers begin avoiding LGBTQ+ stories before a book is ever challenged? This article explores how years of censorship efforts are creating a chilling effect across the publishing industry, making it harder for queer voices & stories to reach readers"--Freedom to Ready Project (in Bluesky)

#FreedomToRead #BookBans #Censorship #Bigotry #Writing @bookstodon

https://bookriot.com/queer-books-are-at-a-breaking-point/

Fighting Oppression: 5 Graphic Novels About Book Banning

Up your knowledge and insights into censorship across time and place with these excellent graphic novels about book banning.
https://bookriot.com/graphic-novels-about-book-banning/

#TheStack #bookbans #graphicnovels

Indie authors must be political

📚 Indie authors: people will complain about you and call you too political, and beg you to stick to writing fiction. But if we don’t speak up and push back, our stories will be banned from libraries, book stores, and online. It’s already happening.

Literally if I don’t get political there’s a real chance I won’t be able to write stories anymore because it’ll be illegal for me to do so.

So I say: write like hell and yell like hell. Because our stories deserve to be read.