Amazon told US lawmakers it has stopped selling a book about transgender issues because the company no longer offers material that frames such sexual identity as mental illness, drawing criticism Friday from the book’s conservative author.
The world’s largest bookseller explained its decision in a letter to Republican senators who had written to Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos last month requesting an explanation for why “When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment” was no longer available on the company’s platforms.
“As to your specific question about When Harry Became Sally, we have chosen not to sell books that frame LGBTQ+ identity as a mental illness,” Amazon’s vice president of public policy Brian Huseman wrote Thursday.
In the letter, Amazon explained to senators Marco Rubio, Mike Lee, Mike Braun and Josh Hawley how thousands of authors worldwide, with “disparate opinions,” have self-published on Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing.
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