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What We Missed: July-December 2015

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:40:52-05:00May 25th, 2016|Categories: Archive, New Releases|Tags: New Releases|

What We Missed in June June 7th - Breaking Into Cars by Emery C. Walters (G, T). June 23th - Summer Love Anthology by Various Authors (LGBTQ). June 25th - Blue Jeans and Sweatshirts (Book Four) by Jo Ramsey (L). July July 2nd - Carnival Chattanooga (Book Two) by Zoe Lynne (G). July 7th - You and Me and Him by Kris Dinnison (Gay secondary character). July 9th - Beneath the Scales by Aurora Peppermint (G). July 14th - Asher’s Out (The Asher Trilogy #3) by Elizabeth Wheeler (G). July 14th - About a Girl by Sarah McCarry (B,L,T). July 16th - Fox-Hat [...]

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Giveaway: Gena/Finn by Hannah Moskowitz and Kat Helgeson

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:55-05:00May 18th, 2016|Categories: Archive, Fun Things, New Releases|

The story follows the unlikely friendship of two young women forged via fan fiction and message boards, and is told entirely in texts, chats, and blog posts. Gena (short for Genevieve) and Finn (short for Stephanie) have little in common. Book-smart Gena is preparing to leave her posh boarding school for college; down-to-earth Finn is a twenty-something struggling to make ends meet in the big city. Gena’s romantic life is a series of reluctant one-night-stands; Finn is making a go of it with long-term boyfriend Charlie. But they share a passion for Up Below, a buddy cop TV [...]

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GayYA at Book Expo America

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:55-05:00May 7th, 2016|Categories: Archive, Updates and Announcements|

Hey there! GayYA admin here. I am going to be at Book Expo America (BEA) and Book Con in Chicago this coming week. Are you going to be there? I would LOVE to connect with you! Send me an email at vee@gayya.org, or get in touch with me via my personal Twitter. :) I'd especially love to connect with you if you're an author of LGBTQIA+ YA! I'm doing a series of short 3-5 question interviews with authors of LGBTQIA+ YA to feature on the site. Let me know if this is something you'd be interested in setting up-- [...]

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May Book of the Month: If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:55-05:00May 7th, 2016|Categories: Archive, Book Club|Tags: New Releases, Trans|

A big-hearted novel about being seen for who you really are. Amanda Hardy is the new girl in school. Like anyone else, all she wants is to make friends and fit in. But Amanda is keeping a secret. She’s determined not to get too close to anyone. But when she meets sweet, easygoing Grant, Amanda can’t help but start to let him in. As they spend more time together, she realizes just how much she is losing by guarding her heart. She finds herself yearning to share with Grant everything about herself–including her past. But Amanda’s terrified [...]

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Book List: Asian Characters in LGBTQIA+ YA

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:55-05:00April 26th, 2016|Categories: Archive, Book Lists|Tags: Asian, PoC|

Welcome back to our book list series! We get many asks on tumblr for books with a certain identity/genre/etc, and we've started posting our replies on the blog as well as on tumblr. If you are looking for a certain kind of LGBTQIA+ book, send us an ask on tumblr! Here is the ask we got this week: Anonymous said: Sorry for the very specific ask but if you ever have time, could you possibly list s few books that has queer Asians (particularly females) as protagonists? If that's too specific im sorry! Please don't apologize! It's a joy to put [...]

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Why We Need Editors (AKA Writing While Demi-Sexual)

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:55-05:00April 12th, 2016|Categories: Archive, Author Guest Blog, Writers on Writing|Tags: asexual, Demisexual|

by Janine A. Southard My editor gently reminded me that not all my teen characters can be ace. And she's right. As someone on the asexual spectrum, it doesn't occur to me to put sexual tension (or interest) between strangers into my books during the drafting phase. That's the drafting phase, though. In editing, I can't assume all the characters will be just like me. Sure, some characters may never have romance plot lines, but many will have sexual thoughts. For instance, I once wrote a novel where my teenage protagonists find themselves in a brothel. (Hive & [...]

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Book List: Bisexual Boys in YA

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:55-05:00April 11th, 2016|Categories: Archive, Book Lists|Tags: Bisexual, Queer Guys|

Welcome to our new series of book lists! We get many asks on tumblr for books with a certain identity/genre/etc, and starting now we will be posting our replies on the blog as well as on tumblr. If you are looking for a certain kind of LGBTQIA+ book, send us an ask on tumblr! Anonymous asked: Do you know of any books with bi male main characters? Six of Crows is the only one I know of and so far that part has been a pretty small section of the book. Disclaimer: We have not read all of [...]

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On Not Being a Real Teenager

By Marilla|2020-03-28T13:40:55-05:00February 23rd, 2016|Categories: Archive, Guest Blogs|Tags: Aromantic, Representation|

Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week Series: Day 8 – Previous Posts: Introduction to Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week Series – The Excitement and Frustration of Being “Alone” – Actual Love – Being Surrounded by Something You’ve Never Quite Understood – On Writing Aromantic Characters in YA – Discovering Aromanticism – Broken, Villains, or Punishment - On Aromantic Visibility in YA by Ren Oliveira If you asked me to summarize what it felt like growing up as an aromantic person, a single memory would come to my mind immediately: my friends talking about boys and crushes and romance while I sat [...]

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On Aromantic Visibility in YA

By Marilla|2020-03-28T13:40:56-05:00February 22nd, 2016|Categories: Archive, Guest Blogs|Tags: Aromantic, Representation|

Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week Series: Day 7 – Previous Posts: Introduction to Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week Series – The Excitement and Frustration of Being “Alone” – Actual Love – Being Surrounded by Something You’ve Never Quite Understood – On Writing Aromantic Characters in YA – Discovering Aromanticism - Broken, Villains, or Punishment by Laya It seems these days that almost every single YA book needs to have a romantic subplot, and it’s rather exhausting. Especially when so many of them are straight/white/cis. I’m not saying romance in fiction is bad – portrayals of all kinds of romantic relationships [...]

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Broken, Villains, or Punishment

By Marilla|2020-03-28T13:40:56-05:00February 21st, 2016|Categories: Archive, Guest Blogs|Tags: Aromantic, Representation|

Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week Series: Day 6 – Previous Posts: Introduction to Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week Series – The Excitement and Frustration of Being “Alone” – Actual Love – Being Surrounded by Something You’ve Never Quite Understood – On Writing Aromantic Characters in YA - Discovering Aromanticism by Fox Salazar I remember being a young teen and a voracious reader. I read almost anything. Old classics like Lovecraft, modern realistic fiction authors like Julie Anne Peters, and too many books with dragons to name. But I hated the romance genre. In fact, I didn’t really like reading romances [...]

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