Queer Girls – Page 4

There was, there is/it was, it is

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:40:49-05:00June 9th, 2016|Categories: Archive, Blogathon 2016, Guest Blogs, Readers on Reading|Tags: LGBTQIA, Poetry, Queer Girls|

There was a girl. There was a girl who loved to read and read and read. There was a girl who loved to read and read and read but hated it sometimes but she couldn’t tell why. There was a teen. There was a teen who watched too much tv but still found time to read and read. There was a teen who watched too much tv and started thinking that maybe some girls were hot but still found time to read and read. There were moments. Experiences. Thoughts. Feelings. Moments. It was going to a party to [...]

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A Learning Journey

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:40:49-05:00June 8th, 2016|Categories: Archive, Blogathon 2016, Guest Blogs|Tags: Allies, LGBTQIA, Queer Girls, Queer Guys|

As a librarian and a blogger, I want to be able to purchase, read and promote excellent books. The first step is finding those books. That would seem easy enough, but I also want to make sure that I’m finding a wide range of quality stories providing windows and mirrors for readers. This is where it gets more complicated. We read through a lens of our own experiences and that certainly affects what we see or don’t see as we read. I’m on a journey as a reviewer, librarian, and obviously a human being. I make mistakes – [...]

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Juliet Takes a Breath: A How-To Guide for Young Queer Latinas

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:49-05:00June 5th, 2016|Categories: Archive, Blogathon 2016, Book Review, New Releases|Tags: Latinx, PoC, Queer Girls, Realistic|

by Sonia Alejandra Rodriguez, PhD Juliet Milagros Palante is a 19-year-old Puertoriqueña from the Bronx. She knows she’s gay but hasn’t told her family. She decides to come out to her family the night she’s set to travel to Portland, Oregon[1] for her summer internship with the renowned white feminist Harlowe Brisbane. After having read Harlowe’s book Raging Flower: Empowering Pussy by Empowering Your Mind, Juliet is convinced Harlowe is the only one that can help her understand her new gay identity. Juliet is in for a rude awakening and finds solace in unexpected places. Juliet Takes a [...]

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I Volunteer As Tribute: Writing the Book I Wish I’d Had As A Teen

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:50-05:00June 4th, 2016|Categories: Archive, Author Guest Blog, Blogathon 2016, New Releases, Writers on Writing|Tags: lesbian, Queer Girls|

by Chelsea M. Cameron “So, are you just going to write books about lesbians now?” This was usually the third or fourth question I got from people when I came out. After “how did you know?” and “what did your mom say?” “Um, no?” was usually my response. I’ve been publishing books (first independently, then also traditionally, aka, being a hybrid author) since February of 2012. Every single one of them was about a heterosexual couple. Because I was heterosexual. Until, in October of 2015, I realized I wasn’t. Twenty-nine years of denial, down the drain. It was intense, it was terrifying, but it was [...]

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Cover Reveal: Screaming Down Splitsville by Kayla Bashe

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:41:09-05:00February 12th, 2016|Categories: Archive, Cover Reveal|Tags: disability, lesbian, Queer Girls|

Today we are thrilled to host the cover reveal of the upcoming F/F YA Screaming Down Splitsville by Kayla Bashe! Screaming Down Splitsville takes place in an alternate 1950s where two groups of people with magical powers fight for dominance. Flip, a young lesbian, thinks her healing powers are completely useless. After her escape from a lab, she's been grounded to a safe base, and while everyone else is on important missions, she keeps the fridge stocked and fixes the plumbing. However, when a chance coincidence sends her on a solo rescue mission, Flip has a surprising reunion with [...]

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BLEEDING EARTH Exclusive Trailer Reveal + Giveaway!

By Nita|2020-03-28T13:41:14-05:00October 21st, 2015|Categories: Archive, Fun Things|Tags: Queer Girls, Speculative|

Hey everyone! We're so supremely super excited today at The Gay YA because we get to exclusively reveal the trailer for Kaitlin Ward's upcoming queer girl sci-fi, BLEEDING EARTH! We're also sharing an exclusive excerpt with you AND a chance to win signed ARCs of the book! So let's get started!!! Lea was in a cemetery when the earth started bleeding. Within twenty-four hours, the blood made international news. All over the world, blood appeared out of the ground, even through concrete, even in water. Then the earth started growing hair and bones. Lea wants to ignore the blood. She wants to [...]

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Cover Reveal + Excerpt: Unicorn Tracks by Julia Ember

By Marilla|2020-03-28T13:41:14-05:00October 17th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Cover Reveal|Tags: Fantasy, Queer Girls|

We're so happy to be hosting the cover reveal for Julia Ember's debut novel Unicorn Tracks. Julia hosted the fantastic Queer YA Scrabble charity event this Summer, and Unicorn Tracks (coming from Harmony Ink Press, April 2016) sounds phenomenal! Along with the cover, we've also got an exclusive excerpt to share with ya'll. :) Read on! After a savage attack drives her from her home, sixteen-year-old Mnemba finds a place in her cousin Tumelo’s successful safari business, where she quickly excels as a guide. Surrounding herself with nature and the mystical animals inhabiting the savannah not only allows Mnemba’s [...]

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Cover Reveal + Interview: Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley

By Marilla|2020-03-28T13:41:33-05:00June 24th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Interview, Cover Reveal|Tags: Bisexual, Black, Historical, PoC, Queer Girls|

We are HUGE fans of Robin Talley's debut novel Lies We Tell Ourselves. Today, we are THRILLED to reveal the gorgeous new cover that this fantastic book will soon be getting! We also got to talk to Robin Talley and her kick ass editor T.S. Ferguson about the cover redesign, representation, and Robin's forthcoming projects. Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley (Harlequin Teen, 2014) Lies We Tell Ourselves UK Version (MIRA Ink, 2014) In 1959 Virginia, the lives [...]

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My Big Gay Sequel

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:41:34-05:00June 23rd, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Guest Blog, Writers on Writing|Tags: Bisexual, F/F, Queer Girls, Small Press|

by Casey Lawrence This past May my first book, Out of Order, was published through Dreamspinner Press’s YA branch Harmony Ink. My first foray into queer YA has been, on the one hand, a whirlwind of excitement, and on the other, a huge let down. My book will never be a New York Times Bestseller, and I’ve made my peace with that. It will never win awards, sit on Indigo shelves, be translated into a dozen languages. This isn’t because my main character is a biracial, bisexual teenaged girl or because my writing style is still growing, still [...]

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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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