![]() So Kobabe, an illustrator who still lives in the Bay Area, started drawing black-and-white comics about wrestling with gender identity, and posting them on Instagram. “People started responding with things like, ‘I had no idea anyone else felt this way, I didn’t even know that there were words for this’,” Kobabe said. ![]() Most Targeted Books: Maia Kobabe’s graphic memoir “Gender Queer” was the most banned book in the country in 2021.Nationwide Efforts: Amid growing polarization, books exploring racial and social issues are drawing fire in different parts of the United States.The Push to Ban Books Across America Parents, activists, school board officials and lawmakers are increasingly contesting children’s access to books. Tennessee: A school board voted to ban the Holocaust novel “Maus” from its classrooms because it contains material deemed inappropriate.Texas: A state representative’s list of books that might elicit “discomfort, guilt, anguish” in students has left teachers and school boards uneasy.Here are the other most challenged titles.
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