{"id":3257,"date":"2019-11-26T13:54:14","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T18:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/?page_id=3257"},"modified":"2025-08-05T10:21:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T14:21:46","slug":"drama-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/drama-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Banned Books 2025 &#8211; Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"marsha-row mt-4 mb-4 flex flex-wrap -mx-2 lg:-mx-6  justify-start border-0 border-gray-100 first:mt-0\">\n\t\n<p><!-- *  START LEFT COLUMN  *--><div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-3\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<h2>Links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a id=\"current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bannedbooks-2025\/author\/\">2025 Author<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bannedbooks-2025\/title\/\">2025 Title<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/\">Banned Books Home<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Cover<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2686\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/drama.jpg\" alt=\"drama\" width=\"948\" height=\"1350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/drama.jpg 948w, https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/drama-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/drama-768x1094.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/drama-719x1024.jpg 719w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 948px) 100vw, 948px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mulibiiidb.marshall.edu\/record=b1773802~S12\">Drinko Graphic Novels &#8211; PN6727.T271D37<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- *** ** END LEFT COLUMN ** ***-->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/p><p><!-- *** ** START RIGHT COLUMN ** **--><div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-9\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<p><strong>Marshall University does not ban books!  The information is provided to let people know what has been banned\/challenged elsewhere.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>2025<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Looking for Alaska<\/strong> was one of eight titles at the Pickens County Public Library (SC) that were targeted for censorship in 2024. Individuals spoke out at board meetings and wrote letters to the editor of <strong>The Pickens County Courier<\/strong> falsely claiming that the books were illegal, \u201cobscene,\u201d and \u201cmaterials harmful to children.\u201d  <strong>Drama<\/strong>, <strong>Flamer<\/strong>, <strong>Gender Queer<\/strong>, <strong>Forever<\/strong>, and <strong>Fade<\/strong> were retained without restriction. <strong>All Boys Aren\u2019t Blue<\/strong> and <strong>Looking for Alaska<\/strong> were moved from the Young Adult section to Adult Biography and Adult Fiction, respectively.<\/p>\n<h2>2022<\/h2>\n<p>At a Salmon River (ID) Joint School District 243 board meeting where school library policy was being discussed, parents objected to the \u201cvile filth\u201d reflecting a \u201cliberal bias\u201d of the title. One claimed she checked out the book from the school library and burned it. She removed her student from the class and filed a grievance about the book.<\/p>\n<p>A parent of a student at the Columbia County (GA) Schools led a campaign and started a petition to remove <strong>Drama<\/strong> and all books with themes of \u201csexuality, homosexuality, or transgender ideology\u201d from school and classroom libraries. <strong>Drama<\/strong> was retained at most locations, although Euchee Creek Elementary restricted access to fifth graders after another challenge by the same patron.<\/p>\n<h2>2020<\/h2>\n<p>Challenged for LGBTQIA+ content and for concerns that it goes against &#8220;family values\/morals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>2019<\/h2>\n<p>As reported in a letter to the editor of the local newspaper, the graphic novel was withdrawn from the Cedarburg (WI) School District after &#8220;a couple of parents and four committee members&#8221; reviewed the book and recommended its removal.<\/p>\n<h2>2018<\/h2>\n<p>Banned at the Franklin Middle School (TX) because of &#8220;inappropriate situations for age of student reading.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>2017<\/h2>\n<p>Challenged because it includes LGBT characters, was deemed sexually explicit, and was considered to have an offensive political viewpoint.<\/p>\n<h2>2015<\/h2>\n<p>Challenged for being sexually explicit.<\/p>\n<h2>On These Pages<\/h2>\n<p>A <strong>Banned<\/strong> book has been removed from a library, classroom, etc.<br \/>\nA <strong>Challenged<\/strong> book has been requested to be removed from a library, classroom, etc.<\/p>\n<h2>For additional information contact<\/h2>\n<p>Ron Titus, <a href=\"mailto:titus@marshall.edu\">titus@marshall.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"tel:304-696-6575\">304-696-6575<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Last updated<\/h2>\n<p>August 5, 2025<\/p>\n<p><!-- ** ** END RIGHT COLUMN *** *-->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><!-- *** * END FULL PAGE DIV * *** --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"parent":2039,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3257","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3257"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15338,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3257\/revisions\/15338"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}