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Demands to censor, most often for gender themes or sexual detail, rose 38% year on year in 2022, with Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe being last year’s ‘most challenged’ title

The number of reported challenges and attempted bans to books doubled in 2022 according to data released by the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom Monday.

One of America's richest art forms suffers for seeming realer than other literature. But the war against "graphic imagery" is really a war against certain truths.

Attempts to ban books infringe on a person's constitutional rights, says one intellectual freedom advocate

According to data released by the American Library Association on March 23, 2023, requests for books to be removed from US shelves and the wave of attempted book banning touched a record-high in 2022, with the majority of titles "targeted for censorship" related to LGBTQ issues and minorities.

Conservative groups are trying to restrict availability or ban books covering topics such as race and gender identity.

A majority of the books were written by or were about the LGBTQ community and people of color.

A new report from the American Library Association says attempted book bannings and restrictions at school and public libraries continue to surge, setting a new record in 2022

Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport struggled to deal with passenger numbers over the weekend, with an industry chief sounding the alarm bell ahead of the tourist season