YA Pride

Let’s Talk: What is Easy and What is True?

By Marilla|2020-03-28T13:40:50-05:00June 2nd, 2016|Categories: Blogathon 2016, Guest Blogs, Readers on Reading|Tags: LGBTQIA, nonbinary, Representation|

by Adriana L. I try to avoid using the bathroom when I'm on campus. As a student employee and part-time student—someone who can expect to stay on campus for anywhere from four to eight hours on any given day—this is a pretty ambitious feat. Some days, it's just not feasible. True, there are a few departments with gender neutral bathrooms (which are a blessing), but I can't always be near them. Because of what I've got going on downstairs, when I'm faced with male and female bathrooms, the ladies' room is my closest choice. If there's a wait [...]

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The Love That Lives Here: On Queer Girls, Transboys, and Sex on the Page

By admin|2020-03-28T13:40:50-05:00June 1st, 2016|Categories: Archive, Author Guest Blog, Blogathon 2016, Writers on Writing|Tags: Latinx, PoC, Trans|

by Anna-Marie McLemore Sex-on-the-page. Doesn’t that sound like some kind of drink book lovers should come up with? Like sex-on-the-beach, but more bookish. (Paging Dahlia Adler, because I think she would have some ideas about what should go in this.) The fact that I'm talking about drink recipes probably gives away the fact that I'm a little uncomfortable with what I'm gonna talk about right now. But I'm gonna do it anyway. For anyone who doesn’t know, I’m a queer girl of color, and I'm married to a transgender guy I met as a teen, and who I [...]

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Welcome to GayYA’s 2016 Blogathon!

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:51-05:00June 1st, 2016|Categories: Blogathon 2016, Updates and Announcements|

Hello and welcome to GayYA’s 2016 Pride Month + 5th Anniversary blogathon! We're so thrilled for our upcoming month of posts! For our 2015 blogathon intro we said that GayYA has many goals, but everything we do essentially comes down to one purpose: get more LGBTQIA+ YA published. That’s still true, but now that we have a good selection of LGBTQIA+ out there (and more on the 2017 horizon!) we believe it’s important to look beyond simply getting more published-- we need to ensure that these books are getting into the hands of teens that need them, and that [...]

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Vee at BEA: Recap!

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:51-05:00May 31st, 2016|Categories: Archive, Updates and Announcements|

As I write this, I’m listening to Halo by Beyonce. I kept hearing it in my head when I was at BEA and BookCon. Everywhere I'm looking now I'm surrounded by your embrace My chest kept getting super tight at BEA and I couldn't understand why, until I started realizing I was becoming overwhelmed with everyone's love and support and belief. I had to keep reminding myself to breathe it all in. The expo itself was so entirely overwhelming. People had kept telling me “it’s bigger than you could possibly imagine” and I was sort of like “pshaw, uh huh.” [...]

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What We Missed: January – May 2016

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

What We Missed in January January 1st – Raise the Stakes by Megan Atwood (T) January 5th – The Impostor Queen by Sarah Fine (B) January 5th – This Song Is Not For You by Laura Nowlin (A) January 5th - This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp (L) January 14th - Colors by Russell J. Sanders (G) January 19th - We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson (G) January 19th – Burn (Four Sisters #2) by Elisa Sussman January 20th - The Raising (The Torch Keeper #3) by Steven Dos Santos (G) January 21th – Fake [...]

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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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