You Can’t Read That! Discussion 5: Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

1:00 - 2:00 PM

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Join your Sinclair Librarians for monthly discussions around censorship and book banning. Each month, we will gather to discuss either a current issue surrounding censorship or a specific banned or challenged book, film, or resource. Please note, this is a participatory event and you will be expected to read the book/article or review the resource before we meet.

In this fifth session, we will meet to discuss

• Print book: https://kong.sinclair.edu/record=b2026419~S1
• Ebook: https://kong.sinclair.edu/record=b1997891~S1

Discussion questions and supplemental material will be sent to all who register before the event.

In this graphic-memoir, Maia Kobabe, who uses the pronouns e/em/eir, explores eir personal journal to discovering eir gender identity.

The books honest discussions about sexuality and gender identity have lead to numerous book bans/challenges and even obscenity lawsuits.

You can read more about the challenges the book has faced, in the following articles:

• https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/01/books/maia-kobabe-gender-queer-book-ban.html
• https://www.cbr.com/gender-queer-maia-kobabe-oni-press-sued-obscenity-virginia/

Co-sponsored by the Library and Diversity Office