They are most definitely not talking about protecting queer, trans, Black, brown, & Indigenous, neurodivergent teens, teens with mental health issues, teens who are survivors of abuse, sexual assault, & trauma. They are trying to erase & suppress our voices, to keep books from teens who need them,

and to keep that group of teens that they are trying to protect, supposedly, from learning about diversity, from having more empathy and compassion for diversity. #bannedbooks #booktok #queerbooktok #yalit #yabooks #mentalhealth #csasurvivor #2slgbtqiaplus #nonbinarylesbian #neurodivergent