YA Pride’s Gift Guide for LGBTQIAP+ Book Lovers

Those of us who love LGBTQIAP+ books are a fairly small, niche group. As such, it can be extremely hard for friends and loved ones to find gifts for us. Of course, as a well-rounded group of people with myriad interests, we don’t need gifts that reflect this part of our personality. But occasionally, it would be nice to receive a gift that reflected this bookish love.

After years of feeling this way, I finally decided to put together a guide to some of the best gifts I have found for LGBTQIAP+ book lovers. Let me know if you have more ideas!

Stickers

Stickers! You can put ’em on notebooks, laptops, water bottles, you name it. These high-quality stickers from Redbubble and Etsy are a cute and affordable way to show off your queer book loving pride.

Bookmarks

Every bookish gay needs something to keep their place and show their pride. Help them out with a bookmark! Some of these sport the classic rainbow colors, while others are identity specific.

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Effie Calvin

Effie Calvin’s Etsy store features a wide variety of velvet bookmarks designed with beads in various pride flag colors. These bookmarks are elegant and artistic. Plus, they provide the opportunity to show off pride more subtly than some of the above options. If the person you are purchasing a gift for is not out, these bookmarks allow them to pass under the gaydar if need be.

Fan Art

Does the book lover in your life love a specific book? There isn’t a lot of fan art out there for LGBTQIAP+ YA books, but it does exist! And, speaking from experience, there is nothing like having fan-created content of your favorite character or book.

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Laya

If you don’t know of Laya’s fan art, you are missing out! Laya is a fantastic artist, with many prints that feature characters from various LGBTQIAP+ YA novels. Some of my favorites are her pieces inspired by Wilder Girls and the Sidekick Squad series.

Laya is currently on break for holiday, so you won’t be able to purchase anything from her shop now. But I highly recommend following her on Twitter and bookmarking her shop page for future purchases!