Wall Street Journalさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Wall Street JournalInstagram)「A graphic-novel memoir about gender identity. A collection of personal essays by a queer Black activist. Toni Morrison’s first novel. ⁠ ⁠ These books were among the most-challenged titles in U.S. libraries in 2022, according to a new report from the American Library Association. The attempts to ban “Gender Queer” by Maia Kobabe, “All Boys Aren’t Blue” by George M. Johnson and “The Bluest Eye” by Morrison were part of a growing trend across the U.S.⁠ ⁠ There were 1,269 efforts to censor books and other resources in libraries in 2022, according to the libraries group. That figure is nearly double the year before and marks a record for a single year. The association has been tracking these trends for more than two decades.⁠ ⁠ More than 2,500 individual titles fell under scrutiny in 2022, the majority of which focused on or were written by LGBT individuals and people of color.⁠ ⁠ The efforts have reached communities across the U.S. Voters in a rural western Michigan town defunded a library over a dispute related to LGBT content. A Texas county considered closing its public libraries after a federal judge ordered more than a dozen recently removed books to be returned to shelves.⁠ ⁠ Elected officials, parents and conservative groups including Moms for Liberty say they are advocating for the removal of these books and others because the titles are inappropriate for children and students. The push has also followed directives and legislation from state leaders.⁠ ⁠ Read more at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ Photo: H. Rick Bamman/ZUMA Press」4月26日 8時00分