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YA GAY BOOKS
For transparency’s sake, on this list there are: 32 books wh lbian characters, 33 books wh bisexual+ characters, 30 wh gay characters, 17 wh trans characters, 5 wh tersex characters, and 4 wh asexual characters (y, I know that don’t add up to 100 bee some of the books have more than one LGBTQIA character them! There’s a lot of awome stuff happeng this book narrated by teen poet Gabi: llege applitns, pregnancy, tersectnal femism, race, beg Mexin-Amerin, fat activism, and your parents not acceptg that you’re gay. A science fictn book that speaks directly to gay nversn mps, More Happy Than Not is about 16-year-old Aaron, who is reverg om his father’s suici wh the help of his mom and girliend who he lov.
Serg is bi, but is datg his first boyiend Lance who’s gay and feelg secure about Serg’s inty.
A classic that’s now been ma to a movie, The Perks of Beg a Wallflower has a major supportg gay character and is an old favoure for many teens. Two Boys Kissg is a well-known gay YA for a reason, bee of s unique stcture: ’s the story of two boys tryg to set a new Guns world rerd for the longt kiss narrated by a Greek Chos of the generatn of gay men lost to AIDS. Thgs get really bad when his dad fds out he’s gay.