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A bookstore with quotes painted above it from Anais Nin and Octavia Butler

politics + activism

How Bluestockings Bookstore Is Fighting To Keep Serving Houseless, LGBTQ, and Other Marginalized Communities

Gen

Jan 18, 2024

book features

LGBTQ Fiction Sales Are Up, but We Still Urgently Need Creative Ways To Fight Book Bans

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Dec 27, 2023

first person

Before and After the Library

Kristen Arnett

Oct 7, 2023

a person holds the frequently banned book Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

politics + activism

How To Fight Back Against Book Bans

Daven McQueen

Oct 5, 2023

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin, The Color Purple by Alice Walker, and The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

book lists

The Best Banned Books According to a Queer Educator in Florida

Stef Rubino

Oct 4, 2023

A collage of overlapping book covers, left to right: Cinderella Is Dead, All Boys Aren't Blue, Last Night at the Telegraph Club, the Bluest Eye, and Gender Queer

book lists

20 Queer and Feminist Banned Books (And How To Get Them to Kids Who Need Them)

Carmen Phillips

Oct 2, 2023

two women look at each other while smiling and holding signs that say READ BANNED BOOKS

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: Everything You Need To Know Heading Into Banned Books Week

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Sep 28, 2023

a person holding a sign that says ONLY BIGOTS BAN BOOKS! ONLY RACISTS BAN HISTORY!

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: Librarians Are Queer Heroes Right Now Because They Have To Be

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Sep 19, 2023

Little Asian girl choosing books from the bookshelf in library

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: Books Discussing LGBTQ Themes and Racism Banned in Over 5,000 Schools, That’s Likely an Undercount

Carmen Phillips

Sep 20, 2022

book bans

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How Bluestockings Bookstore Is Fighting To Keep Serving Houseless, LGBTQ, and Other Marginalized Communities

LGBTQ Fiction Sales Are Up, but We Still Urgently Need Creative Ways To Fight Book Bans

Before and After the Library

How To Fight Back Against Book Bans

The Best Banned Books According to a Queer Educator in Florida

20 Queer and Feminist Banned Books (And How To Get Them to Kids Who Need Them)

Also.Also.Also: Everything You Need To Know Heading Into Banned Books Week

Also.Also.Also: Librarians Are Queer Heroes Right Now Because They Have To Be

Also.Also.Also: Books Discussing LGBTQ Themes and Racism Banned in Over 5,000 Schools, That’s Likely an Undercount

How Bluestockings Bookstore Is Fighting To Keep Serving Houseless, LGBTQ, and Other Marginalized Communities

LGBTQ Fiction Sales Are Up, but We Still Urgently Need Creative Ways To Fight Book Bans

Before and After the Library

How To Fight Back Against Book Bans

The Best Banned Books According to a Queer Educator in Florida

20 Queer and Feminist Banned Books (And How To Get Them to Kids Who Need Them)

Also.Also.Also: Everything You Need To Know Heading Into Banned Books Week

Also.Also.Also: Librarians Are Queer Heroes Right Now Because They Have To Be

Also.Also.Also: Books Discussing LGBTQ Themes and Racism Banned in Over 5,000 Schools, That’s Likely an Undercount