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Via Authors Against Book Bans - May 29, 2026

Three federal book ban bills are currently alive in the United States Congress:

HR 7661

Status: Passed out of committee; to be introduced in the House Would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) to prohibit federal funds from being used for any material deemed “sexually oriented.” Buried within that definition is language that includes material that “involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism.” While framed as protecting children, the bill opens the door to banning books that include LGBTQ+ characters, defining trans existence as inherently inappropriate, and narrowing literature toward a prescribed, limited canon. In short: Would treat any LGBTQ+ identity as sexual content.

HR 2616

Status: Passed the House; referred to a Senate committee Would withhold ESEA funding from schools that “teach or advance concepts related to gender ideology,” using definitions from Executive Order 14168. It frames itself as protecting children. In practice, it represents another attempt to eliminate not only trans and nonbinary books, but also any acknowledgment of gender non‑conforming people in public education. In short: Would deny the existence of trans and nonbinary people.

HR 8705

Status: Passed out of committee; to be introduced in the House Rather than naming specific books or categories of literature, it blocks federal funding for American History and Civics Education from being used to promote what it calls “discriminatory equity ideology” or “gender ideology,” definitions drawn from a January 29, 2025 executive order. Likely impacts would include fewer books on racism and civil rights, less discussion of sexism and inequality, narrower civics curricula, and publishers pulling back on diverse perspectives. In short: A funding lever that shapes whose version of history gets taught.

HR 7661 and HR 8705 are still in the House, so please call your representative and tell them to oppose both bills. Click here to find the phone number of your representative’s office.

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asks to get your OC looking back at their roots

1. How many living parents does your OC have? If they're alive, where are they now and what's your OC's relationship with them? If they're dead, how did they die?

2. What was your OC's first job? Do they still work that job (or in that field), or do they do something else now?

3. How did your OC feel the first time they left home? Why did they leave?

4. What was your OC's childhood dream? Is that still their dream? If it has changed, why did it change and what's their new dream?

5. What did your OC think their life would be like when they grew up? Has it lived up to that expectation?

6. Did your OC have a teacher or a mentor growing up? What was your OC's relationship with them like?

7. Where is your OC's family from? Does your OC feel a close connection to that place? Why or why not?

8. Were there expectations placed on your OC when they were growing up? Have they lived up to those expectations?

9. Did your OC receive any kind of schooling? What did they study? How were they as a student?

10. What's the first significant injury your OC remembers getting? Did it leave any scars?

11. What was your OC scared of as a child? Are they still scared of that?

12. Does your OC's family practice any faith or religion? Does your OC still practice? Why or why not?

13. Does your OC have any siblings? What was their relationship with their siblings growing up? If they were an only child, did they want siblings?

14. Who was your OC's first love? How do they remember that person now?

15. What was comforting to your OC as a child? Do they still find comfort in that now?

16. What does your OC's childhood bedroom look like?

17. How deeply connected is your OC to their past? How do they feel about that connection—does it hinder or help them in any way?

18. If your OC were to return to their childhood home now, what would that look like? How would they feel?

19. What traditions or stories does your OC carry forward from their childhood to the rest of their life?

20. What were the most idyllic years of your OC's childhood? Does your OC miss those days?