Beloved out actor and author George Takei will help spread awareness on book bans and censorship by serving as the honorary chair for The American Library Association’s (ALA) Banned Books Week from October 5 to 11, the ALA announced on Monday. Please stand with me in opposing censorship, so that we all can find ourselves — and each other — in books.”The ALA’s theme for its 43rd Banned Book Week will be “Censorship is so 1984. Mogul is a teen who created the “Banned Books Club” after Florida Education Department removed roughly 300 books from school library shelves statewide. Never Miss a Beat Subscribe to our newsletter to stay ahead of the latest LGBTQ+ political news and insights. Subscribe to the LGBTQ Nation newsletter and be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.