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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.
Most-banned for lgbtq+ content Ranked by the number of distinct countries that banned or restricted the title citing this reason.
Title Author Year Countries Heartstopper Alice Oseman 2018 4 Call Me By Your Name André Aciman 2007 4 What If It's Us Adam Silvera, Becky Albertalli 2018 3 Julián Is a Mermaid Jessica Love 2018 3 Giovanni's Room James Baldwin 1956 3 And Tango Makes Three Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell 2005 3 Ziggy, Stardust and Me James Brandon 2019 2 Trust Exercise Susan Choi 2019 2 This Book Is Gay Juno Dawson 2014 2 They Both Die at the End Adam Silvera 2017 2 The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller 2011 2 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid 2017 2 The Prince and the Dressmaker Jen Wang 2018 2 The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde 1890 2 The Miseducation of Cameron Post Emily M. Danforth 2012 2 The Black Flamingo Dean Atta 2019 2 She's My Dad!: A Story for Children Who Have a Transgender Parent or Relative Sarah Savage 2025 2 Release Patrick Ness 2017 2 Pageboy Elliot Page 2023 2 My Shadow is Pink Scott Stuart 2020 2 More Happy Than Not Adam Silvera 2015 2 Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides 2002 2 Jacob's Room To Choose — 2019 2 I am Jazz Jazz Jennings 2014 2 Her Royal Highness Rachel Hawkins 2019 2 Hemlock and After Angus Wilson 1952 2 Every Heart a Doorway Seanan McGuire 2016 2 Cloud Atlas David Mitchell 2004 2 Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family Garrard Conley 2016 2 Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Benjamin Alire Sáenz 2012 2 All That's Left in the World Erik J. Brown 2022 2 A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo Jill Twiss 2018 2 Zia Erases the World Bree Barton 2022 1 Zenobia July Lisa Bunker 2019 1 Zenn Diagram Wendy Brant 2017 1 You're the One That I Want Cecily von Ziegesar 2004 1 You're in the Wrong Bathroom!: And 20 Other Myths and Misconceptions About Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming People Laura Erickson-Schroth 2025 1 Your Rights as an LGBTQ+ Teen Barbra Penne 2025 1 Young Man for Sale Dwayne Simpson — 1 You'd Be Home Now Kathleen Glasgow 2022 1 You Think It, I'll Say It: Stories Curtis Sittenfeld 2018 1 You Should See Me in a Crown Leah Johnson 2020 1 You Must Not Miss Katrina Leno 2019 1 You Know, Sex - Bodies, Gender, Puberty and Other Things! Cory Silverberg 2025 1 You Know Me Well Nina LaCour 2001 1 You Hear Me? Poems and Writing by Teenage Boys Betsy Franco 2001 1 You Don't Live Here Robyn Schneider 2024 1 You Don't Know Me But I Know You Rebecca Barrow 2017 1 You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves Diana Whitney 2021 1 You Don’t Know Everything, Jilly P! Alex Gino 2018 1
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