Here are the bt LGBTQ books wh gay characters or by thors who intify as LGBTQ+. Fd romance, spirg nonfictn and YA reads for adults and teens.
Contents:
- ‘I JT WANT SOMETHG THAT’S GAY AND HAPPY’: L.G.B.T.Q. ROMANCE IS BOOMG
- THE 13 GAY ROMANCE NOVELS YOU SHOULD HAVE ALREADY READ BY NOW
‘I JT WANT SOMETHG THAT’S GAY AND HAPPY’: L.G.B.T.Q. ROMANCE IS BOOMG
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THE 13 GAY ROMANCE NOVELS YOU SHOULD HAVE ALREADY READ BY NOW
Gay characters were once nfed to niche markets, or to peripheral rol and tragic endgs the mastream — a tenncy that spawned the sardonic tchphrase “bury your gays.
“Ctomers will e and say, ‘I jt want somethg that’s gay and happy. I jt need to know that ’s gay and slaps and they’re gog to kiss. “The secret baby is hard to do queer fictn, ” said Jeff Adams, a romance thor and -host of the Big Gay Fictn Podst.
”For many years, dtry executiv say, the assumptn was that if you were readg a book about gay people, you yourself were gay. “There are gog to be people who would never have picked up a gay romance or a lbian romance who may see an ad the subway, ” she said.