When Harry Became Sally author Ryan Anderson jumped into the debate with this argument. Ben Shapiro echoed this sentiment when tweeting, “Time to ban the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual,” along with a link to this Amazon news.

Power corrupts,” tweeted user particular, conservatives have focused on the inclusion of transitioning genders in the American Psychological Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (known as the DSM-5). “Not sure I want a company that’s attained Amazon’s ubiquity or even corporate America in general making decisions about the acceptable boundaries of debate.

GOP: “Businesses shouldn’t be forced to sell things that are against their values!”Īmazon: “Ok.” *stops selling anti-Trans books*īut critics decry Amazon’s decision as cancel culture and, given the company’s scale and impact on the culture, as censorship. Don’t F with Jeff Bezos because he’s so rich that losing a few billion is no biggie to him to prove a point,” wrote user He takes a lot of flack, but this, too, is building and living the American Dream.” Supporters of the online retail giant’s decision-even ones that may frequently criticize the company’s labor practices and other business ethics–chalked this up to a win for gay and trans people. It is still available at major retailers like Barnes & Noble, which lists the title as a best seller.

The book in question, When Harry Became Sally, “not only promotes the dangerous practice of converting transgender children to be cisgender, he distorts and denies the consensus on the care transgender people do need while sidelining the experiences of transgender people ourselves,” writes Gillian Branstetter in LitHub. “As to your specific question about When Harry Became Sally, we have chosen not to sell books that frame LGBTQ+ identity as a mental illness.” All retailers make decisions about what selection they choose to offer, as do we,” wrote Brian Huseman, vice president of public policy, wrote in a response to Senators Marco Rubio, Mike Braun, Mike Lee and previous star of my cancelled authors round-up, Josh Hawley. “e reserve the right not to sell certain content. The move came after four GOP senators made noise about the retailer’s removal of one title, When Harry Became Sally, and Amazon doubled down. Last week, Amazon decided to pull all books from their platform that frame LGBTQ identities as mental health issues.

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