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Author Interview: Becky Albertalli

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:42:23-05:00November 24th, 2014|Categories: Archive, Author Interview|Tags: gay, Realistic|

Maybe you have heard about this upcoming book called Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, which releases next year (April 7th), or maybe you haven't, either way I'm here to tell you about it and about how excited I am for it! First things first (I'm the realest...I had to, I'm sorry), what is it about ? According to Goodreads: Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon [...]

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Cover Reveal Exclusive: The Tear Collectors by Billy Jolie

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:42:24-05:00November 16th, 2014|Categories: Archive, Author Interview, Cover Reveal|Tags: gay, Realistic|

We have the great happiness of hosting our first ever exclusive cover reveal for The Tear Collectors by Billy Jolie. The Tear Collectors is a self published YA novel featuring a gay teen! THE TEAR COLLECTORS is the story of three teenage misfits whose lives entangle over the course of one summer; where secrets revealed give way to an explosive finale of love, angst, and casualty. Changes that accompany divorce can be hard. For Farrah, she’s forced to spend the summer at Crystal Lake with her alcoholic mother, but this is just the beginning of her problems. As her new [...]

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Welcome to the Mainstream

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:42:24-05:00November 14th, 2014|Categories: Archive, Teen Voices|Tags: gay, Non Binary, Other Media, Representation, Trans|

by Karina Rose Twenty three million worldwide downloads. Hundreds of sold out shows. One hovering glow cloud that watches us all as we point and scream at it in praise. Welcome to Night Vale. It’s hard to even find a place to begin when talking about the cult hit podcast Welcome To Night Vale, as even from the beginning its listeners have been shocked, terrified, and confused, but above all else in love instantly. I can’t even describe Night Vale, and I talk about it literally every day. The only way I could imagine it would make sense [...]

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Resilient Butterflies: On Rigoberto González’s The Mariposa Club

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:42:24-05:00November 10th, 2014|Categories: Archive, Guest Blogs|Tags: gay, PoC, Trans|

We are thrilled to introduce one of our new contributors, Sonia Alejandra Rodríguez! She will be writing mostly about Latina/o characters and representation in queer YA. We are so happy to have her on board! by Sonia Alejandra Rodríguez The Mariposa Club (Alyson Books, 2009) Rigoberto González’s [1] The Mariposa Club (2009) is the first novel in a three part series followed by Mariposa Gown (2012) and Mariposa U (forthcoming 2015). The series stands out as the first of its kind because it’s the first to center queer Latino youth characters. The series is a part of a [...]

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How about NO?

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:42:27-05:00October 24th, 2014|Categories: Archive, Guest Blogs|Tags: gay, Queer Guys, Representation|

Your fave is problematic; deal with it. Disclaimer: I’m not here to bash authors or to tell you not to pick these books up. I’m just being honest about what I believe is not good LGBTQIA+ representation at all. Spoilers for WINGER. When I say queer I mean LGBTQIA+. We have all been there. You hear about this AMAZING BOOK, everybody in the blogosphere/BookTube/Twitter is talking about it and giving it 5 stars left and right…so you decide you have to read it! And you do. You spend money on a book you feel is going to rock [...]

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On Seasickness and Honest Sexuality in Witch Eyes

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:42:27-05:00October 20th, 2014|Categories: Archive, Book Review|Tags: Fantasy, gay, Queer Guys, Romance, Speculative|

GayYA is thrilled to welcome one of our new regular contributors Nathaniel Harrington! I'm going to do my best to keep this spoiler-free, which means avoiding talking about the main plot. Briefly, it's really good. The action is engaging, the villains are excellent, and the resolution is satisfying and still has real, long-term consequences for the main characters. Tracey balances the main plot with fantastic characterization, and that's really what I want to talk most about here. Witch Eyes by Scott Tracey (Flux, 2011) First, let's talk about the handling of Braden's sexuality. A lot of [...]

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Why the Angst? Where’s the Gay?

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:42:28-05:00October 17th, 2014|Categories: Archive, Teen Voices|Tags: gay, Queer Guys|

We're thrilled to welcome one of our new regular contributors, Karina Rose! If you’ve heard of the internet, or magazines, or television, or know a lonely female, then you’ve heard at least something about Fifty Shades of Grey, the Twilight fanfic turned best-selling novel that sold over 100 million copies, despite the fact that it is poorly written, misrepresents an entire subculture, enables suffering amongst female readers, and, I cannot emphasize this enough, is based off of Twilight fanfiction. I wish I were joking. The book itself has been called “a joke”. But I think it’s a joke that has [...]

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Halloween Reads

By Chris|2020-03-28T13:42:28-05:00October 16th, 2014|Categories: Archive|Tags: gay, lesbian, Mystery, Paranormal, Queer Girls, Queer Guys, Thriller, Trans|

Looking for a good Halloween read? Fed up with the excessive cishetero-ness of most book lists? We've got you covered! To start you off, here are some realistic mystery/thriller novels with gay, bi, lesbian, and trans protagonists: Dark Tide by Greg Herren (Bold Strokes Books, 2014) For Ricky Hackworth, a summer job to save money before he leaves for college is a necessity. When he lands a job as a lifeguard at the Mermaid Inn in Latona, Alabama, on the beautiful Gulf Coast, it’s like a dream come true. But once he moves into the Inn, he starts [...]

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Review: Bottled Up Secret by Brian McNamara

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:42:28-05:00October 14th, 2014|Categories: Archive, Book Review|Tags: gay, Queer Guys, Realistic|

Bottled Up Secret by Brian McNamara is out on shelves today! We received a review copy through netgalley. Brendan Madden is in the midst of his senior year of high school and couldn’t be happier. He has a great group of friends, his pick of colleges, and he has recently come to terms with his sexuality. One night, he meets Mark Galovic, a gorgeous, younger classmate of his. In a matter of minutes, Brendan is hooked. As the friendship between them grows, Brendan reaches his breaking point when he spontaneously confesses his feelings to him. Brendan is shocked [...]

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When Two Dads Are Better Than One

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:42:38-05:00October 9th, 2014|Categories: Archive, Author Guest Blog|Tags: gay, Homophobia, lesbian|

By Jessica Verdi Website: http://jessicaverdi.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JessVerdi When I began writing my first novel, My Life After Now (which was published in April of 2013), there were so many factors on my mind and story elements I wanted to be sure to get just right. The book is about sixteen-year-old Lucy Moore, a straight-A student and drama club star who makes a few bad decisions after a super bad week and, as a result, ends up testing positive for HIV. With a story like this, I was extra conscious to do as much research as it took to [...]

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