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Robin Abcarian: I read 'Gender Queer,' the most banned book in America. And so should you.

"Gender Queer: A Memoir," by Maia Kobabe.

It doesn't take long to read the most banned book in America, an award-winning memoir in graphic novel form called "Gender Queer" by Maia Kobabe. It's about the illustrator's yearslong quest to unravel what it means to be gender nonbinary — that is, to feel neither female nor male.

It takes even less time to understand why parents and PTAs around the country have pounced on the book, demanding it be disappeared from school libraries.

First published in 2019,

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