Gender Queer (by Maia Kobabe)

This was the most banned book of 2022, so qualifies for the category of "one of the most-challenged/banned books of the year by a queer and/or BIPOC author." A graphic novel memoir about the author coming to better understand eir gender and sexuality, although it ends with the sense that this is a lifelong journey.

It does have sexual references as the author talks about eir kinks and whatnot, and so I understand the brouhaha to an extent.  But no doubt it's the rejection of the gender binary that's causing the most panic in conservative communities.  This is a quick read but very well done, enlightening, and soul-bearing. Very much in the mode of Alison Bechdel except more frank about sexuality. 

Worth reading for sure, and sharing with older kids and young adults in your life.