There has been a “dramatic expansion of book banning” across the US in recent years. According to PEN America, 41 percent of the books banned in schools across the 2021-22 school year contained LGBTQ+ characters or themes.
Many books that were targeted contained a character of color, and a further 21 percent directly addressed issues of race and racism.
PEN Belives that it’s all part of a “coordinated campaign” coming amid wider efforts to erase LGBTQ+ people from classrooms and public life.
Stephen King has rallied against these bans on Twitter, urging school children to get their hands on banned books and find out what the authorities don’t want them to read.
Stephen King Shares Advice For Young People Whose Schools Ban LGBTQ+ Books
- Dan Rios
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