Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out

In 2015, Beyond Magenta received or was a finalist for the following awards:

• Stonewall Honor Books in Children's and Young Adult Literature[2][3]
• Bank Street College of Education's Flora Stieglitz Straus Award[4]
• Lambda Literary's Lammy for LGBT Children's/Young Adult Literature[5]
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society's Books for a Better Life Award for Childcare/Parenting[6]
• National Council on Social Studies' Notable Book[7]
• ALA's Rainbow Book List 2015 for YA Non-fiction[8]
• International Reading Association Notable Book for a Global Society[9]

In 2014, Beyond Magenta received the following awards:

• Foreword INDIE's GOLD Winner for Young Adult Nonfiction[10]
• Cybil's Award: Nonfiction for Young Adults[11]
• CCBC Choices for Understanding Oneself and Others[12]
• The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books' Blue Ribbon for Nonfiction[13]
• "The Year's 10 Best Transgender Non-Fiction Books" from The Advocate[14]
• One of Redbery Books' Best Books of 2014[15]
• Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2014—Nonfiction books for Older Readers[16]

Beyond Magenta landed the 27th spot on the American Library Association's list of the most banned and challenged books in the United States between 2010 and 2019.[17]

In 2015, Beyond Magenta was listed as the fourth-most banned book in the United States because of its inclusion of offensive language, homosexuality, and sex education.[1] Challengers deemed the book anti-family and inappropriate for the age group, also stating that it had conflicts with political and religious viewpoints.[1]

In 2019, Beyond Magenta became the second-most banned book because of its LGBTQIA+ content, “its effect on any young people who would read it,” and concerns that it was sexually explicit and biased.[1]