19 Queer Friendship Books that Go Beyond the Gay Bt Friend

Contents:

• “IT’S GAY AND IT SLAPS”: TIKTOK’S FAVORE LGBTQ BOOKS
• 19 QUEER FRIENDSHIP BOOKS THAT GO BEYOND THE GAY BT FRIEND
• WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE

“IT’S GAY AND IT SLAPS”: TIKTOK’S FAVORE LGBTQ BOOKS

2022-releas, achillean, adult-fictn, bisexual, gay, lbian, lgbtq, mlm, nonfictn, queer, sapphic, transgenr, wlw, ya-fictn. 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.

19 QUEER FRIENDSHIP BOOKS THAT GO BEYOND THE GAY BT FRIEND

A note on tegori: I did not break down specific reprentatn — such as bisexual, pansexual, lbian, gay, etc.

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. It's fantastic to read about gay men an Edwardian settg. But ’s also so much more than a romance It navigat homophobia, bullyg, racism and cultural appropriatn.

72Enemi to lovers, childhood iend, found faymlm, bisexual ma character, gay ma characters, Mlim love tertalhol e, bullyg, islamophobia, body shamg, body secury, one scene that ntaed the e of homophobic language. 83gmpy/sunshe MC, fae, polil trigue, outsirpansexual, lbian, bisexual, gay, genrfluid charactersanger, arson, blood/gore, body horror (mor), ath of a child, prsn, disownment, divorce, dg e/addn, grief/grievg, human traffickg, poverty, psychopathy, stalkg, suici (past, off-page), suicidal iatn, toxic relatnship/manipulatns, trma/PTSD, racism, vlence/gun vlenceWe set the darkOn fire by TehlorKay Mejia3.

WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE

76Love triangle, enemi-to-lovers, dystopian, fightg the powerLate, queer characters, wlw romanceabive relatnship, Asslt, Blood, Bombg, Death, Guns, Kniv, Homophobia, Murr, Police btaly, Protts (vlent), Sexism, Terrorism, Torture, VlenceWar, XenophobiaNot your Sikick by C. 13enemi to lovers, love triangle, bi girl mc, trans sc, Vietname-Amerin lbian sc, bi sc, gay sc, pan nonbary slholism, divorce, manipulatn, bisexual erasure (untered), biphobia/some ternalized (unteredRed, Whe and Royal Blue by Casey Mcquiston. 21enemi to lovers, fake iendship, royalty, bisexual MC, biracial character, gay charactersSex unr the fluence of alhol (not a predatory ntext, but still), forced outg, attempted rape (talked about, not scene), dg abe (not scene), parent ath, rare stanc of homophobia, racism, Dark Ti byAlicia Jasska3.

08Rivals-to-lovers, long lost iendrival bswlw romance, Bengali Mlim lbian ma character*Ao-Brazilian Irish bisexual love tert, Korean sidracism, homophobia, bullyg, and a character beg outedPerfect on Paperby Sophie Gonzal4.