Book bans targeting gay/queer/trans people are proliferating in the United States, and some states are forcing the study of gender and sexuality beyond the halls of schools and universities.
Gay/trans/queer writing is suppressed because it is powerful.
It might not be surprising that the history of the queer press in the US is intertwined with the history of censorship law. The right to distribute queer writing by mail is indeed a right, and it had to be won in the courts as book writers, publishers, and sellers disputed the definition of “obscenity” against which their goods were judged.
Books worth banning are books worth distributing.
So, let’s distribute some queer books.
Of every book Homodoxy publishes, it will donate a free copy to libraries at LGBTQ community centers across the United States.
We are beginning with a list of twenty-five libraries. If you would like your local Pride center to be considered for the Kindling Project, contact us!
If you would like to support the Kindling Project, please give to Homodoxy.