Kobabe's graphic nonfiction work has been featured in
The Nib,
The Press Democrat, and
SF Weekly, among other publications. Kobabe's first full-length book
Gender Queer: A Memoir was published by
Lion Forge Comics in 2019.
Gender Queer was made available in some school libraries but was subsequently banned by a school district in Alaska, due to its sexually explicit content. Kobabe responded to the controversy with an opinion piece in
The Washington Post, suggesting that accusers were upset less by the sexually explicit images and language than by the LGBTQ themes of the book.
Gender Queer was listed as one of the most banned or challenged books in September 2021 by
The American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom (OIF). According to a report (September 2022) from
PEN America, Kobabe was the second most banned author in
US school districts during the 2021–22 school year, with
Gender Queer the most frequently challenged book, banned in 41 school districts. Discussing a wave of book censorship in early 2022 within the United States in a
Slate interview, Kobabe said: 2023 In January 2023,
Scholastic acquired a middle-grade graphic novel by Kobabe and Lucky Srikumar "in a six-figure auction". The novel, titled
Opting Out, is scheduled for publication by Scholastic's imprint
Graphix on May 5, 2026. ==Personal life==