Amazon is no longer carrying a popular conservative book about transgender issues on its virtual shelves.
Ryan T. Anderson, author of the book When Harry Became Sally, announced on Twitter that the book could no longer be found on the retailer’s website.
“I hope you’ve already bought your copy, cause Amazon just removed my book ‘When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment’ from their cyber shelves…. my other four books are still available (for now),” he said on Sunday.
I hope you’ve already bought your copy, cause Amazon just removed my book “When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment” from their cyber shelves…. my other four books are still available (for now). https://t.co/cnMGZV1L0A
— Ryan T. Anderson (@RyanTAnd) February 21, 2021
The book hit Amazon’s bestseller list in 2018. According to a Barnes & Noble bookstore description, Anderson “offers a nuanced view of human embodiment, a balanced approach to public policy on gender identity, and a sober assessment of the human costs of getting human nature wrong.”
Anderson told Washington Examiner commentary writer Jeremy Beaman that he only found out the book was no longer available on the platform when someone who wanted to buy it informed him it was missing.
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It is unclear when the book was removed from the website. Amazon declined to comment on the matter to the Washington Examiner.
“Amazon never informed me or my publisher that it was removing my book,” Anderson said in an article for First Things on Tuesday. “And Amazon’s representatives haven’t responded to our inquires about it. Perhaps they’re citing a religious objection to selling my book? Or maybe they only sell books with which they agree? (If so, they have a lot of explaining to do about why they carry Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf.)”
The company did not immediately respond to a follow-up asking whether they had been in contact with Anderson about the removal.
Josh Britton, communications director for the Ethics and Public Policy Center, where Anderson is the president, told the Washington Examiner that, as of Tuesday afternoon, they still had not heard from the retailer.
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“The people who did read the book discovered that it is an accurate and accessible presentation of the scientific, medical, philosophical, and legal debates surrounding the trans phenomenon,” Anderson wrote. “Yes, it advances an argument against transgender ideology from a viewpoint. But it doesn’t get any facts wrong, and it doesn’t engage in heated rhetoric.”
Amazon’s content guidelines for its books prohibit “offensive content” or “content that we determine is hate speech.”
