The Journalism Department, Pride Center, and Queer Studies Program hosted the 13th Annual Banned Book Readout as part of the American Library Association’s “Books Week 2025: ‘Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights’.” While headliner Khloe Rios-Wyatt, the CEO of Alianza Translatinx, spoke on LGBTQIA+ issues and her experience transitioning, Journalism Professor Elizabeth Blakey’s Journalism 100 class read aloud books that were banned in 2024. Overall, with attendance in person and online via Zoom, the event was one of many readouts to fight censorship across the nation.