censorship – YA Pride

I’ll Write LGBTQ Characters Forever

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:42:01-05:00May 1st, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Guest Blog|Tags: censorship|

by Francesca Lia Block I'm often asked about my LGBTQ characters but it's kind of like asking me about women and men, or teenagers and adults, in my books. They just happen to be who they are and they're usually based on people I know and love. I don't think about it consciously, though I do want to include a diverse array of characters and I believe it's important to have more books about all under-represented people, including the LGBTQ community. Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block (Henry Holt and Co., 2013) [...]

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Wait! This novel has GAY people in it!

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:42:42-05:00July 14th, 2014|Categories: Archive, Author Guest Blog, Book Club|Tags: censorship, lesbian|

Molly Beth Griffin I didn’t start writing my first novel assuming that it would actually be read by anyone but me and my graduate school advisor, and maybe the memory of my teenage self. It was an experiment in longer-form fiction taken on by a self-defined picture book writer. But the project took flight, and after years of hard work, *Silhouette of a Sparrow *hit shelves in hardcover in 2012 and then again in paperback in 2013. Which was terrifying. Aside from the usual trepidation of a debut novelist, I had some added fears. Why? Because although the [...]

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Guest Post: Jo Knowles

By Maria|2020-03-28T13:43:21-05:00April 8th, 2011|Categories: Archive, Author Guest Blog, Writers on Writing|Tags: Advocacy, censorship, Representation|

Last weekend I was driving near the Brown campus in Providence, RI with my family. When we stopped at a light, two male students crossed the street, holding hands. They were chatting away, smiling, like what they were doing was the most natural thing in the world. My husband and I both commented on how nice that was. And how rare. Because honestly? In most places in this country, you will not see two boys walking along a busy street holding hands. Carefree. Safe. In most places in this country, there are still boys and girls just like [...]

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Old Dog, New Tricks

By admin|2020-03-28T13:43:24-05:00April 2nd, 2011|Categories: Archive, Author Guest Blog|Tags: censorship|

Originally posted at Making Stuff Up For A Living. Thanks to Saundra for allowing us to repost! By: Saundra Mitchell When sister Deb Jessica Verday told us that her editor for WICKED PRETTY THINGS insisted that the G-rated, one-kiss gay romance in her story had to become a het romance to be published, I was appalled, but not surprised. I came out in 1989, and as a YA author, I try not to spend a lot of time pointing out how much older I am than my audience. But even though 1989 seems recent to me, it’s more than two [...]

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