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[[File:Gender Queer, 2019 cover.jpg|thumb|''Gender Queer: A Memoir'' by Maia Kobabe, published on May 28, 2019]][[Wikipedia:Gender_Queer|'''Gender Queer: A Memoir''']], is a graphic memoir by Maia Kobabe. It tells about nonbinary adolescent’s sexual and gender non-binary experience and fantasies. The book met great controversy and legal issues on appropriateness of depicted sexual scenes, as it contained explicit [[Research: Youth sexuality|youth sexuality]] scenes and some fantasies about [[Minor-adult sex|sexual contact between minor and adult]]. The book won some prominent awards and many libraries included the book on the access list for adolescents. At the same time there was also censorship, with American conservatives and some regressive [[feminism|feminists]] labeling book as "pornography", [[grooming]] and "promotion of pedophilia". As a result, the memoir was made illegal in some states. The censorship was based not only on depiction of youth sexuality or [[pedophobia]], but on [[Wikipedia:Homophobia|homophobia]] as well. | |||
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Revision as of 20:56, 23 March 2023
Gender Queer: A Memoir, is a graphic memoir by Maia Kobabe. It tells about nonbinary adolescent’s sexual and gender non-binary experience and fantasies. The book met great controversy and legal issues on appropriateness of depicted sexual scenes, as it contained explicit youth sexuality scenes and some fantasies about sexual contact between minor and adult. The book won some prominent awards and many libraries included the book on the access list for adolescents. At the same time there was also censorship, with American conservatives and some regressive feminists labeling book as "pornography", grooming and "promotion of pedophilia". As a result, the memoir was made illegal in some states. The censorship was based not only on depiction of youth sexuality or pedophobia, but on homophobia as well.