In an interview with Dan Kois, Gender Queer author Maia Kobabe says: “One of the things that I’m learning is that a book being challenged or banned does not hurt the book and does not hurt the author. The people who are hurt in a challenge are the marginalized readers in the community where the challenge takes place. That is readers who are younger, readers who do not have the financial means to buy books, and queer teens who might not feel comfortable bringing a book with such an obvious title into their home.