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New Releases: June 2015.

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:41:34-05:00June 9th, 2015|Categories: Archive, New Releases|Tags: LGBTQIA, Queer Girls, Queer Guys|

June 1st (USA) Love Spell by Mia Kerick -- (G,Q) Love Spell (Cool Dudes Publishing, 2015) Goodreads Summary: "Strutting his stuff on the catwalk in black patent leather pumps and a snug orange tuxedo as this year’s Miss (ter) Harvest Moon feels so very right to Chance César, and yet he knows it should feel so very wrong. As far back as he can remember, Chance has been “caught between genders.” (It’s quite a touchy subject; so don’t ask him about it.) However, he does not question his sexual orientation. Chance has no doubt about his gayness—he [...]

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Excerpt: Pukawiss The Outcast

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:41:34-05:00June 7th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Fun Things|Tags: Fantasy, LGBTQIA, Queer Guys|

Today for Queer YA Scrabble we are bringing you a special excerpt from the novel Pukawiss The Outcast by Jay Jordan Hawke. Remember that you can find the 4 hidden letters in this post (it will be in green), and you’ll be one step closer to solving our anagram and having a chance to win a FABULOUS box of books. But first, let's find out what Pukawiss The Outcast is about... Pukawiss The Outcast (Harmony Ink Press, 2014) Goodreads Summary: "When family complications take Joshua away from his fundamentalist Christian mother and leave him with his grandfather, he finds himself immersed in [...]

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Queer YA Scrabble Author Interview: Suzanne van Rooyen

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:41:35-05:00June 7th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Interview, Fun Things|Tags: Fantasy, LGBTQIA|

Continuing with Queer YA Scrabble, today we have the pleasure of bringing you an interview with author Suzanne van Rooyen. Find letter hidden in this post (it will be in green), and you’ll be one step closer to solving our anagram and having a chance to win a FABULOUS box of books. :) Author Suzanne van Rooyen Suzanne van Rooyen is an author from South Africa. She currently lives in Sweden and is busy making friends with the ghosts of her Viking ancestors. Although she has a Master’s degree in music, Suzanne prefers conjuring strange worlds and creating [...]

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Queer YA Scrabble: Boyfriends With Girlfriends by Alex Sanchez

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:41:37-05:00June 6th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Fun Things|Tags: Bisexual, gay, lesbian, LGBTQIA, PoC, Queer Girls, Queer Guys, Realistic|

Boyfriends with Girlfriends is a LGBTQAI+ book written by Alex Sanchez and published in 2011 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. Boyfriends with Girlfriends (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2011) What is it about? While Sergio is attracted to both girls and guys, he’s only dated girls before. Lance has always known he’s gay, but he’s never had a serious boyfriend. When they meet, there’s an instant sizzle, and they know that they’ve got something special. But will it be enough to overcome their differences? Allie has been into guys her whole life, and [...]

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Author Interview: Saruuh Kelsey

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:41:38-05:00June 6th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Interview|Tags: Fantasy, LGBTQIA, PoC|

As part of the Queer Ya Scrabble event we got to interview author Saruuh Kelsey! Find letter hidden in this post (it will be in green), and you'll be one step closer to solving our anagram and having a chance to win a FABULOUS box of books. :) Saruuh Kelsey Saruuh Kelsey is the author of several novels for young adults, including the free Lux Guardians series and The Legend Mirror series. Her latest releases include THE BEAST OF CALLAIRE, the first novel of a new YA fantasy series, and a collection of diverse fairy tales in [...]

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Queer YA Scrabble is here!

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:41:38-05:00June 5th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Fun Things|

Queer-YA Scrabble is an event created to support Stonewall-UK and increase awareness of LGBTQ positive YA books. Participants will hunt for letters concealed in blog posts featuring Queer YA books and then solve anagrams allowing them to compete for a chance to win a box full of great titles. Following the promotional game, another set of book-boxes will be up for bid with 100% of proceeds donated to Stonewall. The event will run from June 6th-8th, 2015 (you can find the official timeline here). We are proud to announce we are one of the hosts for the event! Other blogs who are [...]

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New Releases: May 2015.

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:41:38-05:00May 29th, 2015|Categories: Archive, New Releases|Tags: Fantasy, LGBTQIA, New Releases, Queer Girls, Queer Guys, Realistic|

May 1st (USA) Flesh and Bone (Luminis Books, 2015) Flesh and Bone by William Alton — (G,Q) Goodreads Summary: "A literary novel for young adults that deals with a despairing teen uncertain about his sexual preferences who turns to drugs, alcohol, and unreliable friends for solace. Told in a series of images and fragments, Flesh and Bone is a raw and real portrayal of a teen struggling to find love in his life. When Bill’s father leaves and he and his mother move far away to live with her parents, his whole world implodes. His grandparents [...]

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Friendships Are Hard.

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:41:39-05:00May 27th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Guest Blogs, Teen Voices|Tags: gay, LGBTQIA, Queer Guys|

by John Hansen By most standards, I've won the queer lottery. I live in one of the first U.S. states to have legalized gay marriage; I have parents who went through only a minimal learning curve when I came out to them; I attend a high school that not only has a gay-straight alliance, but whose gay-straight alliance is active enough that the school newspaper often reports on its activities. I'm lucky. I know that. And yet, here I am: seventeen years old, proudly queer, out to everyone I know online—but I'm still beyond terrified to tell anyone [...]

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Graphic Novel Review: Lumberjanes.

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:41:48-05:00May 16th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Book Review|Tags: Fantasy, graphic novel, Intersectionality, LGBTQIA, Middle Grade, PoC, Queer Girls|

Lumberjanes (Boom! Studios, 2014) One of the biggest challenges I face when reading, reviewing and now, publishing, is to find balance in the types of queers stories I read/review/publish. It often feels to me that the vast majority of what is out there - and what is made more visible when it comes to reviewing and award-winning - are the stories that deal with violence, homophobia, or the ones where being queer is the story. Don’t get me wrong, because those? Are super important and should be told, read and talked about. But equally important in [...]

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They Turned My Gay Teen Novel Into a Movie. Here’s What I Learned.

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:42:00-05:00May 3rd, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Guest Blog|Tags: gay, Other Media, Queer Guys, Realistic|

by Brent Hartinger Geography Club (HarperTeen, 2003) They've turned my 2003 gay teen novel Geography Club into a movie. It came out in 2013 (and it's on Netflix now if you're curious). Since then, people have asked me how it all happened and what I've learned from the whole experience. What did I learn? The story starts when I graduated from college and decided to try to make a career writing novels and screenplays. It was the early 90s, and one of my first books was a young adult novel about a gay teen named Russel Middlebrook and his misfit [...]

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