{"id":1829,"date":"2015-04-19T14:00:45","date_gmt":"2015-04-19T19:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/?p=1829"},"modified":"2015-05-31T10:21:59","modified_gmt":"2015-05-31T15:21:59","slug":"two-books-on-2015-most-challenged-list-there-for-homosexuality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/archives\/1829","title":{"rendered":"Two books on 2015 most challenged list there for &#8220;homosexuality&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By John Mack Freeman<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Despite the rapid and widespread growth of support for LGBT causes in America, two books on ALA&#8217;s Office of Intellectual Freedom&#8217;s most frequently challenged books list are there (at least in part) due to homosexual content. Both are books that are perennially challenged and on the list:?<em>And Tango Makes Three (<\/em>#3) and?<em>The Perks of Being a Wallflower?<\/em>(#8). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/bbooks\/frequentlychallengedbooks\">The full list <\/a>and the reasons given for these challenges are:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>1)??????<em>The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian<\/em>, by Sherman Alexie<\/p>\n<p>Reasons: anti-family, cultural insensitivity, drugs\/alcohol\/smoking, gambling, offensive language, sex education, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group, violence. Additional reasons: ?depictions of bullying?<\/p>\n<p>2)??????<em>Persepolis<\/em>, by Marjane Satrapi<\/p>\n<p>Reasons: gambling, offensive language, political viewpoint. Additional reasons: ?politically, racially, and socially offensive,? ?graphic depictions?<\/p>\n<p>3)??????<em>And Tango Makes Three<\/em>, Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell<\/p>\n<p>Reasons: Anti-family, homosexuality, political viewpoint, religious viewpoint, unsuited for age group. Additional reasons: ?promotes the homosexual agenda?<\/p>\n<p>4)??????<em>The Bluest Eye<\/em>, by Toni Morrison<\/p>\n<p>Reasons: Sexually explicit, unsuited for age group. Additional reasons: ?contains controversial issues?<\/p>\n<p>5)??????<em>It?s Perfectly Normal<\/em>, by Robie Harris<\/p>\n<p>Reasons: Nudity, sex education, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group. Additional reasons: ?alleges it child pornography?<\/p>\n<p>6)??????<em>Saga<\/em>, by Brian Vaughan and Fiona Staples<\/p>\n<p>Reasons: Anti-Family, nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited for age group. Additional reasons:<\/p>\n<p>7)??????<em>The Kite Runner<\/em>, by Khaled Hosseini<\/p>\n<p>Reasons: Offensive language, unsuited to age group, violence<\/p>\n<p>8)??????<em>The Perks of Being a Wallflower<\/em>, by Stephen Chbosky<\/p>\n<p>Reasons: drugs\/alcohol\/smoking, homosexuality, offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group. Additional reasons: ?date rape and masturbation?<\/p>\n<p>9)??????<em>A Stolen Life<\/em>, Jaycee Dugard<\/p>\n<p>Reasons: drugs\/alcohol\/smoking, offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited for age group<\/p>\n<p>10)??<em>Drama<\/em>, by Raina Telgemeier<\/p>\n<p>Reasons: sexually explicit<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By John Mack Freeman Despite the rapid and widespread growth of support for LGBT causes in America, two books on ALA&#8217;s Office of Intellectual Freedom&#8217;s most frequently challenged books list are there (at least in part) due to homosexual content. 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