Shaheen said that this definition includes specific examples of books found in public schools that feature " graphic images of women being raped by demons and little boys performing sexual acts on each other. ![]() Shaheen and his fellow lawmakers say that the bans are only targeting pornographic and obscene material. These topics include the Holocaust (with Art Spiegelman's Maus banned from schools in Tennessee) and LGBTQ+ rights (Texas is trying to ban Gender Queer: A Memoir by non-binary author Maia Kobabe). The group is part of a wider movement across the United States of lawmakers trying to censor controversial topics from public schools. The Houston Chronicle reported that the Republican representative of Texas' 66th Precinct, Matt Shaheen, has named Goblin Slayer among a list of books that a group of Texas lawmakers is trying to ban from schools. The dark fantasy light novel and manga series Goblin Slayer has been singled out by a Texas lawmaker trying to ban "obscene" works from state schools.
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