″‘Many atrocities,’ Rhys purred, ‘have been done in the name of the greater good.‘”
- from A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas, a frequently banned book
#10 on the American Library Association’s list of Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022. See what we are doing about it at Re:faith.
How apropos! Censorship of books that contain any LGBTQ+ characters at all is an atrocity that does immeasurable damage. It’s done in the name of protecting children or protecting parents’ rights. But banishing representation of LGBTQ+ youth from literature is an atrocity, just the same.
