"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)

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

#CallToAction: call your Congresscritters NOW. Tell them to vote no on all three book banning, transphobic, shitty bills.

Graphic by Authors Against Book Bans' Jerrold Connors

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Freedom to Read Project: "After years of censorship headlines, many advocates are feeling something difficult but deeply human: exhaustion. Our newest article explores “freedom to read fatigue,” why constant outrage can be unsustainable & what long-term advocacy looks like."

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https://www.freedomtoreadproject.org/freedom_to_read_fatigue_what_happens_when_outrage_stops_working

"Five Years of Banned Books Data and What Do We Know?

A look at the most banned authors across these five years, the most targeted books, and the actual ages and publication dates. Spoiler: they're NOT new books.

That, plus this week's lengthy book censorship news." -- Kelly Jensen

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https://bookriot.com/5-years-of-book-ban-data/

New PEN America Report Finds Nonfiction Increasingly Targeted by Book Banners in U.S. Schools

“The content of these books that are disappearing speaks volumes about both the stories, identities, and facts that are being suppressed, and about the political and cultural attack on public education across the U.S.,” the report states.
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https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/05/new-pen-america-report-finds-nonfiction-increasingly-targeted-by-book-banners-in-u-s-schools/

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