Censorship and Book Bans: Two Non-Constitutional Arguments Against Queer Erasure

The article discusses the recent attempt by a Massachusetts police officer to remove Maia Kobabe's book Gender Queer: A Memoir from a school, a move tied to broader efforts to censor LGBTQ-themed books. Topics include the history of book bans in the U.S. and their inconsistent legal treatment, the increase in book bans targeting LGBTQ individuals, and an economic analysis of book bans using a "least cost avoider" framework.