""Never before in the life of any living American have so many books been systematically removed from school libraries across the country. Never before have so many states passed laws or regulations to facilitate the banning of books, including bans on specific titles statewide.""
""I feel so protective of the world we have now, where you can literally go to Barnes and Noble, and there's a queer table, and then there's more books that are queer that are in the other sections, and you don't have to shoplift Brokeback Mountain from Blockbuster Video when you're 17.""
Casey McQuiston reflects on their limited access to queer literature during their youth, highlighting the absence of representation in the early 2000s. They express gratitude for the current availability of queer books, contrasting it with their past experience of hiding a stolen DVD. However, McQuiston warns that this progress is at risk due to unprecedented book bans across the country, with many states enacting laws to facilitate censorship and remove diverse literature from school libraries.
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