Banned gay literature

How a Debut Graphic Memoir Became the Most Banned Book in the Country. 6 classic banned LGBTQ books | The Book of Man. In the celebrated Japanese work The Tale of Genji , written by Murasaki Shikibu in the early 11th century, [24] [25] [26] [27] the title character Hikaru Genji is rejected by the lady Utsusemi in chapter 3 and instead sleeps with her young brother: "Genji pulled the boy down beside him