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Recent & Upcoming LGBTQIAP+ Books by Asian Authors
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Recent & Upcoming LGBTQIAP+ Books by Asian Authors

By Daisy|2020-03-28T13:40:08-05:00May 30th, 2018|Categories: Archive|

by Kaitlin Mitchell Happy Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! To celebrate the great contributions Asian authors in the U.S. and beyond have made to LGBTQIAP+ YA literature, here’s a list of six current and two eagerly anticipated novels we recommend. Feel free to share more books with us on twitter (link) and tumblr (link). Happy reading! Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee Welcome to Andover... where superpowers are common, but internships are complicated. Just ask high school nobody, Jessica Tran. Despite her heroic lineage, Jess is resigned to a life without superpowers and is merely looking [...]

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LGBTQIAP+ YA Series & Companions
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LGBTQIAP+ YA Series & Companions

By Daisy|2020-03-28T13:40:08-05:00April 3rd, 2018|Categories: Archive|

by Kaitlin Mitchell Spring is upon us! It’s a perfect time to curl up and immerse yourself in a series. Here are ten series or companion novels that are impossible to put down. Have a favorite LGBTQIAP+ series that’s not below? Add them in the comments section or share with us on Twitter (@YA_Pride) or Tumblr (YA-Pride.tumblr.com). The Abyss Surrounds Us and The Edge of the Abyss by Emily Skrutskie: Cas has fought pirates her entire life. But can she survive living among them? For Cassandra Leung, bossing around sea monsters is just the family business. She’s been [...]

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#PreOrderHurricaneChild Campaign

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:08-05:00March 17th, 2018|Categories: Book Club, New Releases|Tags: Black, Middle Grade, nonbinary, Queer Girls|

We are so excited to announce our first ever pre-order campaign, for HURRICANE CHILD by Kheryn Callender. There is very, very little LGBTQIAP+ representation in Middle Grade books. I can list maybe seven books of the top of my head, and could find a few more through research. If I tried to list Middle Grade books about queer kids of color, that list would trickle down to almost zero. YA Pride believes that LGBTQIAP+ representation in Middle Grade is just as important, if not more important, than it is in Young Adult. Sometimes Young Adult gets to readers [...]

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Interview with Jen Wang (The Prince and the Dressmaker)

By Ariel|2020-03-28T13:40:08-05:00March 14th, 2018|Categories: Archive, Author Interview, New Releases|Tags: Asian, graphic novel|

Author Jen Wang is here in conversation with Maurene Goo (The Way You Make Me Feel) about cross-dressing, trans identity, and queer teenagers in her recently released graphic novel, The Prince and the Dressmaker. 1. What really resonated with me about The Prince and the Dressmaker were the themes of acceptance and empowerment—with Sebastian, obviously, but also with Frances, the dressmaker. You’re going to hear this book being called a “feminist fairy tale” a lot, which I certainly wouldn’t disagree with. Why did you feel like it was important for you to tell this story right now? [...]

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Book Review: INKMISTRESS by Audrey Coulthurst

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:08-05:00March 13th, 2018|Categories: Book Club, Book Review|Tags: Bisexual, Fantasy, New Releases, Queer Girls|

Asra is a demigod with a dangerous gift: the ability to dictate the future by writing with her blood. To keep her power secret, she leads a quiet life as a healer on a remote mountain, content to help the people in her care and spend time with Ina, the mortal girl she loves. But Asra’s peaceful life is upended when bandits threaten Ina’s village and the king does nothing to help. Desperate to protect her people, Ina begs Asra for assistance in finding her manifest—the animal she’ll be able to change into as her [...]

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Review: Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:08-05:00February 27th, 2018|Categories: Book Review|

By Julianne Daly Alice had her whole summer planned. Non-stop all-you-can-eat buffets while marathoning her favorite TV shows (best friends totally included) with the smallest dash of adulting--working at the library to pay her share of the rent. The only thing missing from her perfect plan? Her girlfriend (who ended things when Alice confessed she's asexual). Alice is done with dating--no thank you, do not pass go, stick a fork in her, done. But then Alice meets Takumi and she can’t stop thinking about him or the rom com-grade romance feels she did not ask for (uncertainty, butterflies, [...]

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Body Diversity in Queer YA

By Daisy|2020-03-28T13:40:08-05:00February 25th, 2018|Categories: Guest Blogs|

by Kristen Carter When I was 16, I went on a starvation diet. Over the span of three months, I lost thirty pounds. As I lost the weight, friends would compliment me, which fed into my need to starve myself. The Summer of Jordi Perez (And the Best Burger in Los Angeles) by Amy Spalding Growing up, I loved reading, but I don’t remember reading about a character like me. I found myself having to choose between my marginalizations, black and fat (I didn’t know I was bisexual then). When I watched television, things were a [...]

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Navigating Privilege and Cultural Capital as a Black Queer Writer

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:08-05:00February 23rd, 2018|Categories: Guest Blogs, Writers on Writing|Tags: Black, Intersectionality, PoC, Queer Girls|

By Allison Jeanne Alcéna Children’s literature writers are often encouraged to pen the stories they wanted to see when they were younger. In my case, I never saw my whole self in children’s books, although I sometimes saw parts. As an adult, I now understand that what was being reflected back to me were the privileged parts of my identity, allowing me to see pieces of myself in the slew of middle-class, white characters that were on the market. And because I saw certain parts of myself in books, I then felt like those must be the most [...]

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8 LGBTQIAP+ Books By Black Authors
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8 LGBTQIAP+ Books By Black Authors

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8 LGBTQIAP+ Books By Black Authors

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:08-05:00February 21st, 2018|Categories: Archive, Book Lists|Tags: asexual, Black, gay, lesbian, PoC|

by Kaitlin Mitchell As LGBTQIAP+ literature has become more prominent in the past years, there is still a serious lack of black LGBTQIAP+ voices being highlighted in publishing. We’re featuring 8 books by black authors that you can support to join in the call for more black LGBTQIAP+ narratives in publishing. If you have more recommendations, add them in the comments, or share with us on Twitter (@YA_Pride) or Tumblr (YA-Pride.tumblr.com). Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann Alice had her whole summer planned. Non-stop all-you-can-eat buffets while marathoning her favorite TV shows (best friends totally included) with [...]

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Trans Girl Classic Gets New Edition
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Trans Girl Classic Gets New Edition

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Trans Girl Classic Gets New Edition

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:08-05:00January 25th, 2018|Categories: Archive, Author Interview, Readers on Reading, Writers on Writing|Tags: Trans|

When Being Emily came out in 2012, it was the first YA novel to tell the story of a transgender girl from her perspective. This May, a new edition will be released with updated language and science, new scenes, a new author’s note and an introduction by poet and Harvard professor Stephanie Burt. To celebrate this upcoming edition, Being Emily author Rachel Gold and Stephanie Burt interviewed each other about the novel and related topics. We begin with questions for both of us and then devolve into Rachel sidetracking Stephanie to talk about comic books. (Which is really [...]

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