Celebrate wh the bt LGBTQ books and books wh gay characters or om LGBTQ thors. Empower yourself by addg the spirg books to your readg list.
Contents:
- “IT’S GAY AND IT SLAPS”: TIKTOK’S FAVORE LGBTQ BOOKS
- GAY BOOKTOK BOOKS
- WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE
- TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE SETS SOCIAL MEDIA ALIGHT AFTER THE ACTOR SAID PLAYG THE ROLE ‘BROKE HIM’
- WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE
“IT’S GAY AND IT SLAPS”: TIKTOK’S FAVORE LGBTQ BOOKS
After lookg through the top 50 queer BookToks, here are the most popular "'s gay and slaps" books. Pl: charts and statistics! * gay book tok *
There’s a sound on TikTok (d that is ed and repurposed by multiple creators) of the amazg queer BookTok creator Laynie Rose that says, “Lerally the only book review you actually need, the only requirements I have for a book is: ’s gay and slaps. ” Followg this are a bunch of LGBTQ books prented wh some variatn of the rea “It’s gay and slaps. To round out to an even 50, I also took the top 5 vios that e the “It’s gay and slaps” sound.
(Content warngs for vlent homophobia and transphobia). Send, this tle is so ubiquo on BookTok that 3 of the mentns are rogatory; the weren’t homophobic TikToks, they jt were satirizg the ia of “LGBT” BookTok vios beg jt this tle and Song of Achill — though, as we’ll see, M/M books are not actually as overreprented on BookTok as that would suggt.
A note on tegori: I did not break down specific reprentatn — such as bisexual, pansexual, lbian, gay, etc.
GAY BOOKTOK BOOKS
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I also wanted to mentn that some of the diversy of this longer list, both terms of genre and the percentage by thors of lor, is acunted for by a uple of TikToks the “It’s gay and slaps” sound, cludg one jt voted to M/M manga. Advertisement - Contue Readg Below16Cy of Night by John Rechy16Cy of Night by John RechyNow 11% OffCred: Grove PrsTake a trip to the unrground world of gay htlers, drag queens, and sex workers this book that sndalized the lerary world when first me out but went on to bee a mt-read.
(shelved 1 time as gay-booktok). ‘Tom Holland gay sex ma me google The Crowd Room real quick, ’ another trigued viewer shared. ‘Oh no I got my parents to The Crowd Room and I’ve jt learned that one of my theori is rrect and we will ed be seeg Tom Holland a gay sex scene.
WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE
Books shelved as gay-booktok: Crella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron, Wilr Girls by Rory Power, Crier's War by Na Varela, Late to the Party by Kelly Qui... * gay book tok *
And while you n always zy up on the uch and prs play on a movie about queer love, the LGBTQ books will take thgs one step of the classics, bt-sellers and new releas on this list put gay characters at the heart of the story — or at the very least, are wrten by thors who intify as LGBTQ+. As the end of his life draws near, Jab hop to the right the wrongs that ed his relatnship wh his gay son, Isaac.
TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE SETS SOCIAL MEDIA ALIGHT AFTER THE ACTOR SAID PLAYG THE ROLE ‘BROKE HIM’
The ntroversial tle scrib genalia, gay sex and rmatn about the e of homosexual datg apps. * gay book tok *
"How We Fight for Our Liv" by Saeed JonPoet Saeed Jon’ g-of-age memoir is a rehgly hont look at the realy of beg a Black gay man the south.
When Garrard Conley is outed by his parents, they make him attend a 12-step nversn therapy program to “cure” him of his homosexualy. "The Guncle" by Steven RowleyOnce-famo s star Patrick is a proud Guncle (Gay Uncle Patrick, actually).
You won’t fd a buttoned-up gay love story the pag: Purnell unearths the dysfunctn of Black, broke and queer men fallg and out of love (or, well, lt).
WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE
In this royal rom-, the prce of England and heir to the throne is gay, and longs for the son of the first woman print of the U.