LGBTQIA – Page 2

On Failing to Recognize Ourselves in Mirrors

By Marilla|2020-03-28T13:41:19-05:00September 22nd, 2015|Categories: Archive, Guest Blogs|Tags: Bisexual, LGBTQIA, Representation|

Bisexual Awareness Week Series: Day 1 – Previous Posts: Introduction to Bisexual Awareness Week Series – Bisexuality in YA by Claire Spaulding When I first started brainstorming for this post, I came up with a list of what I want to see in bisexual YA: more badass bisexual ladies going on adventures! Swoon-worthy romance with happy endings! Bisexual pirates! Seriously, guys, where are my bisexual YA pirate novels?! But then I moved beyond what I want in bisexual YA right now, and I started thinking about what I wanted in bisexual YA back when I really, deeply needed [...]

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Cover Reveal + Interview: Pride: Celebrating Diversity and Community by Robin Stevenson

By Marilla|2020-03-28T13:41:31-05:00August 6th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Interview, Cover Reveal|Tags: LGBTQIA, Middle Grade|

Pride: Celebrating Diversity and Community by Robin Stevenson is delving into an awesome new area—it's a Middle Grade nonfiction book about the history of Pride and Stonewall! It'll be coming out April 2016. Today, we're THRILLED to reveal the awesome cover of this awesome book. We also got to talk to the fantastic author herself about why this book needs to exist, what exactly is in it, and why you should be super excited for its release in April 2016! For LGBTQ people and their supporters, Pride events are an opportunity to honor the past, protest injustice and [...]

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Dumbledore Gets Married in Ireland. Sort Of.

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:41:33-05:00June 25th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Guest Blogs|Tags: Activism, Advocacy, Allies, gay, LGBTQIA, Representation|

by Jennifer Polish So Dumbledore and Gandalf got married. At the suggestion of J.K. Rowling. And all the fandoms rode off into the proverbial sunset. But that’s not the entire story. In the same episode of Doctor Who that Shakespeare was portrayed as bisexual (I punched the air myself before remembering I was watching it with a straight cis guy who was glaring at me), the Doctor proclaims – after saving the world with the iconic spell Expelliarmus! (please don’t ask how) – “Good old J.K.!” Which is largely what the queer interwebs have been saying of late: [...]

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Author Interview: Corinne Duyvis

By Marilla|2020-03-28T13:41:34-05:00June 22nd, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Interview|Tags: Fantasy, Intersectionality, LGBTQIA, Queer Girls, Representation, Speculative|

We're so psyched to have the chance to talk with Corinne Duyvis, author of the fantastic queer YA fantasy Otherbound, about world-building, the work she's done with DisabilityinKidLit, her queer SF/F wishlist, and much much more. :) Amara is never alone. Not when she’s protecting the cursed princess she unwillingly serves. Not when they’re fleeing across dunes and islands and seas to stay alive. Not when she’s punished, ordered around, or neglected. She can’t be alone, because a boy from another world experiences all that alongside her, looking through her eyes. Nolan longs for a life uninterrupted. Every time he blinks, [...]

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New Releases: June 2015.

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:41:34-05:00June 9th, 2015|Categories: Archive, New Releases|Tags: LGBTQIA, Queer Girls, Queer Guys|

June 1st (USA) Love Spell by Mia Kerick -- (G,Q) Love Spell (Cool Dudes Publishing, 2015) Goodreads Summary: "Strutting his stuff on the catwalk in black patent leather pumps and a snug orange tuxedo as this year’s Miss (ter) Harvest Moon feels so very right to Chance César, and yet he knows it should feel so very wrong. As far back as he can remember, Chance has been “caught between genders.” (It’s quite a touchy subject; so don’t ask him about it.) However, he does not question his sexual orientation. Chance has no doubt about his gayness—he [...]

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Excerpt: Pukawiss The Outcast

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:41:34-05:00June 7th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Fun Things|Tags: Fantasy, LGBTQIA, Queer Guys|

Today for Queer YA Scrabble we are bringing you a special excerpt from the novel Pukawiss The Outcast by Jay Jordan Hawke. Remember that you can find the 4 hidden letters in this post (it will be in green), and you’ll be one step closer to solving our anagram and having a chance to win a FABULOUS box of books. But first, let's find out what Pukawiss The Outcast is about... Pukawiss The Outcast (Harmony Ink Press, 2014) Goodreads Summary: "When family complications take Joshua away from his fundamentalist Christian mother and leave him with his grandfather, he finds himself immersed in [...]

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Queer YA Scrabble Author Interview: Suzanne van Rooyen

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:41:35-05:00June 7th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Interview, Fun Things|Tags: Fantasy, LGBTQIA|

Continuing with Queer YA Scrabble, today we have the pleasure of bringing you an interview with author Suzanne van Rooyen. Find letter hidden in this post (it will be in green), and you’ll be one step closer to solving our anagram and having a chance to win a FABULOUS box of books. :) Author Suzanne van Rooyen Suzanne van Rooyen is an author from South Africa. She currently lives in Sweden and is busy making friends with the ghosts of her Viking ancestors. Although she has a Master’s degree in music, Suzanne prefers conjuring strange worlds and creating [...]

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Queer YA Scrabble: Boyfriends With Girlfriends by Alex Sanchez

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:41:37-05:00June 6th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Fun Things|Tags: Bisexual, gay, lesbian, LGBTQIA, PoC, Queer Girls, Queer Guys, Realistic|

Boyfriends with Girlfriends is a LGBTQAI+ book written by Alex Sanchez and published in 2011 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. Boyfriends with Girlfriends (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2011) What is it about? While Sergio is attracted to both girls and guys, he’s only dated girls before. Lance has always known he’s gay, but he’s never had a serious boyfriend. When they meet, there’s an instant sizzle, and they know that they’ve got something special. But will it be enough to overcome their differences? Allie has been into guys her whole life, and [...]

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Author Interview: Saruuh Kelsey

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:41:38-05:00June 6th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Interview|Tags: Fantasy, LGBTQIA, PoC|

As part of the Queer Ya Scrabble event we got to interview author Saruuh Kelsey! Find letter hidden in this post (it will be in green), and you'll be one step closer to solving our anagram and having a chance to win a FABULOUS box of books. :) Saruuh Kelsey Saruuh Kelsey is the author of several novels for young adults, including the free Lux Guardians series and The Legend Mirror series. Her latest releases include THE BEAST OF CALLAIRE, the first novel of a new YA fantasy series, and a collection of diverse fairy tales in [...]

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New Releases: May 2015.

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:41:38-05:00May 29th, 2015|Categories: Archive, New Releases|Tags: Fantasy, LGBTQIA, New Releases, Queer Girls, Queer Guys, Realistic|

May 1st (USA) Flesh and Bone (Luminis Books, 2015) Flesh and Bone by William Alton — (G,Q) Goodreads Summary: "A literary novel for young adults that deals with a despairing teen uncertain about his sexual preferences who turns to drugs, alcohol, and unreliable friends for solace. Told in a series of images and fragments, Flesh and Bone is a raw and real portrayal of a teen struggling to find love in his life. When Bill’s father leaves and he and his mother move far away to live with her parents, his whole world implodes. His grandparents [...]

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