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Books banned for lgbtq+ content

2,573 titles have been banned or restricted for lgbtq+ content across 20 countries — one of eleven stated grounds tracked across the censorship record.

Titles
2,573
Countries
20
Reason
LGBTQ+ content

Most-banned for lgbtq+ content

Ranked by the number of distinct countries that banned or restricted the title citing this reason.

TitleAuthorYearCountries
HeartstopperAlice Oseman20184
Call Me By Your NameAndré Aciman20074
What If It's UsAdam Silvera, Becky Albertalli20183
Julián Is a MermaidJessica Love20183
Giovanni's RoomJames Baldwin19563
And Tango Makes ThreeJustin Richardson, Peter Parnell20053
Ziggy, Stardust and MeJames Brandon20192
Trust ExerciseSusan Choi20192
This Book Is GayJuno Dawson20142
They Both Die at the EndAdam Silvera20172
The Song of AchillesMadeline Miller20112
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn HugoTaylor Jenkins Reid20172
The Prince and the DressmakerJen Wang20182
The Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wilde18902
The Miseducation of Cameron PostEmily M. Danforth20122
The Black FlamingoDean Atta20192
She's My Dad!: A Story for Children Who Have a Transgender Parent or RelativeSarah Savage20252
ReleasePatrick Ness20172
PageboyElliot Page20232
My Shadow is PinkScott Stuart20202
More Happy Than NotAdam Silvera20152
MiddlesexJeffrey Eugenides20022
Jacob's Room To Choose20192
I am JazzJazz Jennings20142
Her Royal HighnessRachel Hawkins20192
Hemlock and AfterAngus Wilson19522
Every Heart a DoorwaySeanan McGuire20162
Cloud AtlasDavid Mitchell20042
Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and FamilyGarrard Conley20162
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the UniverseBenjamin Alire Sáenz20122
All That's Left in the WorldErik J. Brown20222
A Day in the Life of Marlon BundoJill Twiss20182
Zia Erases the WorldBree Barton20221
Zenobia JulyLisa Bunker20191
Zenn DiagramWendy Brant20171
You're the One That I WantCecily von Ziegesar20041
You're in the Wrong Bathroom!: And 20 Other Myths and Misconceptions About Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming PeopleLaura Erickson-Schroth20251
Your Rights as an LGBTQ+ TeenBarbra Penne20251
Young Man for SaleDwayne Simpson1
You'd Be Home NowKathleen Glasgow20221
You Think It, I'll Say It: StoriesCurtis Sittenfeld20181
You Should See Me in a CrownLeah Johnson20201
You Must Not MissKatrina Leno20191
You Know, Sex - Bodies, Gender, Puberty and Other Things!Cory Silverberg20251
You Know Me WellNina LaCour20011
You Hear Me? Poems and Writing by Teenage BoysBetsy Franco20011
You Don't Live HereRobyn Schneider20241
You Don't Know Me But I Know YouRebecca Barrow20171
You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming ThemselvesDiana Whitney20211
You Don’t Know Everything, Jilly P!Alex Gino20181

Where lgbtq+ content is most cited

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