This collection of titles is an invitation for all readers to create a more welcoming future for everyone. We know that there are individuals who will try to censor these books, but we offer this carefully curated list to the multitude of youth advocates working in our communities to connect young readers to the books that they so desperately need. The suppression of these books is a detriment to all youth, and we cannot ignore the damage these challenges are having on the young people in our society. It is our hope that our efforts to identify appealing and high quality queer books for youth will help young people, librarians, educators, and caregivers of all kinds to connect our readers with information and stories that are critical to their well being and growth. The importance of this list (and others like it) cannot be understated, especially in a time when we are seeing a record number of efforts to ban both materials and support for LGBTQIA+ young people and their families. From the 2023 Rainbow Book List blog post published on January 30th, 2023:
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