Voidly · Verboten · Title
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood · 1985 · original language en
The Handmaid's Tale has been banned or restricted in 2 countries, across 109 documented acts of censorship dating back to 1985.
Countries
2
Ban events
109
Earliest
1985
Actions
Banned, Restricted
Where The Handmaid's Tale is banned or restricted
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| United States | Banned · school | 2025 | Political content, Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2025 | Immorality, Political content, Religious / blasphemy | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2025 | Immorality, LGBTQ+ content, Political content | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Immorality, LGBTQ+ content, Political content | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Immorality, LGBTQ+ content, Political content | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Immorality, LGBTQ+ content, Political content | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Immorality, LGBTQ+ content, Political content | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | Immorality, LGBTQ+ content, Political content | link → |
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| United States | Banned · school | 2024 | LGBTQ+ content, Political content, Sexual content | link → |
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| United States | Banned · school | 2023 | Immorality, LGBTQ+ content, Political content | link → |
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| United States | Banned · school | 2022 | Political content, Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content | link → |
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| United States | Banned · school | 2022 | Political content, Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Banned · school | 2021 | Political content, Sexual content | link → |
| Iran | Banned · government | 1985 | Political content, Sexual content | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2025 | Immorality, LGBTQ+ content, Political content | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2025 | Immorality, Political content, Religious / blasphemy | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2025 | Immorality, LGBTQ+ content, Political content | link → |
| United States | Restricted · school | 2024 | Political content | link → |
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| United States | Restricted · school | 2021 | Political content, Religious / blasphemy, Sexual content | link → |
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| United States | Restricted · school | 2021 | Immorality, Political content, Religious / blasphemy | link → |
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