Age stories about teenagers. five of the nine feature lgbtq storylines. and by way of example, while i was researching this story i picked up a copy of all boys aren t blue by george johnson, a coming of age book by a black author. there are two pages of out of the 300 pages that describe in one instance the author s molestation as a child at the hands of a family member, the trauma he suffered and how he worked through that. later in the book there are descriptions of, you know, as an adult, losing his virginity and having sex. all these books that have been banned have passages that include explicit descriptions of sex. what authors say, and librarians who are pushing back, that s not