Intersex – YA Pride

Book Review: None Of The Above by I.W. Gregorio

By Kale|2020-03-28T13:41:48-05:00May 14th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Book Club, Book Review|Tags: Intersex|

by Alexandra von Klan from Inter/Act Youth None of the Above is GayYA's book of the month. Grab a copy now and get ready to discuss later this month in our book club twit chat! None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio (Balzer + Bray / HarperCollins, 2015) Within the vast realm of young adult novels, I’m an amateur reader. I’ve yet to devour the Hunger Games trilogy and, up until a week ago, I had zero point of reference to John Green (although, after looking him up, I sobbed during the trailer for [...]

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Writing an Intersex, Agender Character

By Katie|2020-03-28T13:42:03-05:00March 23rd, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Guest Blog, Guest Blogs|Tags: agender, Intersectionality, Intersex, LGBTQIA, Speculative|

“...before you go on, yes, most likely whatever you’re about to ask is very rude. If you’re wondering about what’s under my clothing, it’s very rude. If you’re wondering about my genetics, my hormones, my biology… there’s a pretty damn short list of people for whom any of that is actually relevant. Having said that, for the sake of simplifying things: you and I would not be able to have children together, for example, unless we were to adopt or employ some extremely invasive medical science...” Ellis’ face showed that ey was unperturbed, perhaps familiar with impolite questions, [...]

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Shadowplay by Laura Lam: Review

By Georgie|2020-03-28T13:42:23-05:00November 25th, 2014|Categories: Archive, Book Club, Book Review|Tags: Fantasy, Intersex, Non Binary, Speculative|

by Georgie Having read Laura Lam’s Pantomime - and loved it - I was super excited to read its sequel, Shadowplay, which follows Micah Grey’s journey as a fugitive after the tragedy at the end of the last book. Pantomime’s closing moment saw Drystan, the white clown from the circus, telling Micah that he knew a magician who they can trust. At first their only problem is being on the run from the policiers, but more dangerous things soon start to happen. Micah’s being tracked by a Shadow who is absurdly skilled at following him. And when they [...]

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Interview With Laura Lam

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:42:24-05:00November 15th, 2014|Categories: Archive, Author Interview, Book Club, Teen Voices|Tags: Fantasy, Intersex, Non Binary, Speculative, steampunk, Trans|

Sooo only like a month late, here is our interview with Laura Lam, author of our October and November Book Club books, Pantomime and Shadowplay! We had a lot of fun with this one, since Kathleen and I were also joined by Sarah and Laya, two of the awesome people behind lauralamfans.tumblr.com! Our transcript for it should be up soon. In the meantime, we're right in the middle of our Shadowplay book club! So grab a copy, join us on #GayYA Book Club on Tumblr, and let's discuss this wonderful book! (also check out the same tag on [...]

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Review: Pantomime by Laura Lam

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:42:27-05:00October 25th, 2014|Categories: Archive, Book Club, Book Review, Teen Voices|Tags: Fantasy, Intersex, Non Binary, Speculative|

by Georgie Penney Compared to my usual reading choices, this was the furthest out of my comfort zone that I’ve read in a long time, and I’m so glad that I decided to give it a go. Pantomime starts as the tale of two apparently unlinked young people: the young would-be trapeze artist Micah Grey, and the noblewoman who calls herself Gene who’s about to be married off, should her parents get their way. These boy-girl dual storylines are increasingly common in YA so I assumed something along the lines of a love story, albeit an unusual one. [...]

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Welcome to Gay YA’s first ever Book Club!

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:42:38-05:00October 10th, 2014|Categories: Archive, Book Club, Updates and Announcements|Tags: Bisexual, Intersex, Non Binary|

We are reading our very first book, a steampunk/fantasy called Pantomime by Laura Lam. You can check your library, or order it online from Amazon US, UK, or Canadian, Barnes & Noble, Indiebound, Powell's, Book Depository, Waterstones, Hive, and Chapters. You can also buy the e-book from Kobo and The Robot Reader. (Consider grabbing a copy of the sequel, Shadowplay, too. That's next month's book!) Follow the book club on our tumblr, and in the #GayYA Book Club tag. We'll also be on Twitter, where you can keep up with the book club on the #GayYABookClub hashtag. Most of the action will be [...]

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Book of the Month Fan Artist Feature: Laya

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:42:38-05:00October 8th, 2014|Categories: Archive, Book Club|Tags: Bisexual, Intersex, Non Binary|

We're starting up a new feature to go along with our Book of the Month: Fan Artist Feature! Every month, we'll be highlighting the fan art that someone has created of what we've chosen for our Book of the Month. To start it off, we're featuring one of the most talented and awesome people I know: Laya. I met Laya through our mutual love of the Wicked Lovely Series by Melissa Marr. We got to [...]

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Announcing our October Book of the Month: Pantomime by Laura Lam!

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:42:39-05:00October 1st, 2014|Categories: Archive, Author Interview, Book Club, Updates and Announcements|Tags: Bisexual, Intersex, Non Binary|

Every month we choose a book as our Book of the Month, one of our favorites that has contributed something great and unique to queer YA literature. We chose Pantomime because it is an excellently written fantasy/steampunk series with an intersex, nonbinary, and bisexual protagonist. There is also a large amount of diversity within the rest of the characters. All of these things are unique in queer YA, and when you put them all together, what you get is a wonderful and important read. Shadowplay is the sequel to Pantomime. The third book, Masquerade is in the works. Unfortunately, Laura Lam's publisher [...]

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