Can’t get enough queer YA fictn? You’re not alone. Here Eri Gillgham of inic bookshop Gay’s the Word shar the books to add to your TBR pile." data-gatsby-head="te
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CLASSIC GAY MALE LERATURE
The works are helpg young rears disver what means to be gay and black, bisexual and Mlim, Mexin-Amerin and queer. * gay literature for young adults *
The novels, short stori, graphic novels, and nonfictn llectns feature protagonists who are POC — which means while they're navigatg their evolvg sexuali and genr inti, they're also disverg what means to be gay and black, bisexual and Mlim, Mexin-Amerin and queer. Her bt iend, Art, has a csh on Judy's new boyiend, Reza, who's jt begng to accept that, spe of what his Iranian fay might thk about the gay muny, he's not straight.
So ’s now illegal to be gay, along wh lots of other thgs that differentiate people. Some of the laws this dystopia sound outlandish to people growg up now plac where gay rights are tablished, but there are lots of plac where is still illegal and dangero to be LGBT.
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. * gay literature for young adults *
It not only clus a gay uple—two boys—but we’ve got a trans character there as well, who I thk is credibly well done. He’s got a new book g out very soon, lled Gay Club!, and sounds credible.
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Aga, I thought this book was credibly eye openg, bee ’s got that historil slant on gay rights. Tammy is also wrg letters her diary to gay rights activist Harvey Milk.
She’s om a very nservative fay which is openly agast gay rights. Tammy is secretly gay herself and she wants to have those relatnships, to live her full and te life.
Her brother is openly gay. She is gay as well, as we fd out by the end of the story, and the two girls bond over that.