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This seems to be much ado about nothing. Gay and lesbian books are being taken off the sales rankings along with other adult material. So what? The only complain I can see is that the standards aren't evenly applied amongst adult books.
Brokeback Mountain is easily findable. I got lots of hits when I searched for 'Gay and lesbian', and I didn't have any anti-gay/cure-gayness books on the first search page, unlike what some folks have reported.
If you can easily find the material you're looking for, and purchase it, that isn't censorship in my book. And I'd prefer to not have my kids browsing lists in Amazon and find adult material, gay or not. Heck, I'd rather not browse through it myself.
I don't see how that's different from a brick and mortar store. The bestseller lists are Amazon's equivalent of the hardback tables at the front of a Barnes and Noble. I don't tend to see adult material there either - but if I want to find erotica, gay/lesbian studies, or other adult material, I know where to find them.
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