You Can’t Read That! Banned Book Review: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky In a recent banned book news roundup, I linked to an article about a Florida high school teacher who innocently picked up a young adult novel and was shocked by what she read: “It was a book that I had never heard of before. When I […]

You Can’t Read That! Banned Book Review: This Book is Gay

“This Book Is Gay” is one of a number of young adult books targeted by right-wing culture warriors. They view it, along with other LGBTQ-themed books, as insidious pro-gay propaganda designed to lure girls and boys into deviant sex and transgenderism. This book, in particular, billed as an “instruction manual” for LGBTQ youth (see the quote from the publisher’s blurb, above), is firmly in their crosshairs.