Our book was banned for being gay: An illustrated story

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Our book was banned for being gay: An illustrated story

Our book was banned for being gay

Photo Gallery Exclusive Comic Strip Book Bans Censorship ACLU Rex Ogle author Bre Indigo illustrator

Exclusive Comic Strip for Out Magazine by Rex Ogle author, Bre Indigo illustrator

Recently, a book by author Rex Ogle and artist Bre Indigo (Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Little Women) was banned at a library in Ruston, Louisiana for featuring LGBTQ+ characters.

It was a first for the creative team, who had heard of the recent wave of book bans sweeping conservative America, but had not encountered it first-hand. So in response to the ban, they did what they do best: create a story.

Ogle and Indigo shared a graphic novella exclusively with Out about their experience dealing with and experiencing the increasing rise of LGBTQ+ censorship, and the results were eye-opening.

Scroll through to read the exclusive novella. For more of Ogle's work, visit RexOgle.com and follow @thirdrex. For more of Indigo's work, visit BreIndigo.com and follow @breindigo.

Exclusive Comic Strip for Out Magazine by Rex Ogle author, Bre Indigo illustrator