My Guide to LGBT YA
Over the past several years I’ve written a lot about YA with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender characters or issues. Here is an index to all of those posts: Statistics
- 2014 LGBT YA by the Numbers (Dec. 10, 2014)
- LGBT Young Adult Books 2003–13: A Decade of Slow But Steady Change (Oct. 28, 2013)
- 2013 LGBT YA by the Numbers (Oct. 7, 2013)
- Diversity in 2012 Young Adult Bestsellers (April 8, 2013)
- 2012 LGBT YA by the numbers (June 25, 2012)
- I have numbers! Stats on LGBT Young Adult Books Published in the U.S. (Sept. 14, 2011)
Issues/Analysis
- Have your books been banned? (Sept. 26, 2014)
- On Bisexual Characters and YA Literature (April 25, 2013)
- On labels (for books and for people) (April 10, 2013)
- On Two Boys Kissing (March 17, 2013)
- Heteronormativity, fantasy, and Bitterblue – Part 1 (Nov. 28, 2012)
- Heteronormativity, fantasy, and Bitterblue – Part 2 (Nov. 29, 2012)
- Change Without Blame (June 18, 2012)
- The Lesbian Question (Jan. 23, 2012)
- How hard is it to sell an LGBT YA novel? (April 13, 2011)
- On cross-dressing and queerness (March 16, 2011)
Book Covers
Writing Advice
- Avoiding LGBTQ Stereotypes in YA Fiction, Part 1: Major LGBTQ Stereotypes
- Avoiding LGBTQ Stereotypes in YA Fiction, Part 2: Gender
- Avoiding LGBTQ Stereotypes in YA Fiction, Part 3: Words to watch out for
- Avoiding LGBTQ Stereotypes in YA Fiction, Part 4: Secondary characters and gay jokes
- Avoiding LGBTQ Stereotypes in YA Fiction, Part 5: Resources
- Taking the homophobia out of fantasy
- Writing about lesbians when you’re not a lesbian
Interviews
- Len Barot — president and founder of Bold Strokes Books, an independent LGBT publisher
- emily m. danforth — author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post
- Sarah Diemer — author of The Dark Wife and Twixt
- Mayra Lazara Dole — author of Down to the Bone
- Sara Farizan — author of If You Could Be Mine, interviewed by author E.M. Kokie (Personal Effects)
- Madeleine George — author of The Difference Between You and Me
- Brent Hartinger — author of Geography Club and The Elephant of Surprise
- Laura Lam — author of Pantomime
- David Levithan — author of Two Boys Kissing and Boy Meets Boy
- Carrie Mac — author of Crush and The Beckoners
- Sarah Rees Brennan — co-author of The Bane Chronicles with Cassandra Clare and Maureen Johnson, author of Untold (The Lynburn Legacy)
- Alex Sanchez — author of Rainbow Boys, Boyfriends With Girlfriends, and more
- Scott Tracey — author of the Witch Eyes trilogy
- Ellen Wittlinger — Author of Hard Love and Parrotfish
Book Lists
- Gay Without the Gay Angst: 10 Books About Lesbian/Bi/Queer Girls (Diversity in YA)
- Gay Without the Gay Angst: 12 Books About Gay/Bi/Queer Boys (Diversity in YA)
- Coming Out 2.0 — Recent LGBT YA books have given the coming-out narrative interesting new twists.
- LGBT Young Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy in 2013 — 2013’s class of queer young adult SF/F
- YA-friendly books by and about transgender people
- YA Books About Transgender Characters (Diversity in YA)
- More YA and YA-Friendly Books About LGBT Characters of Color (Diversity in YA)
- YA Novels About Lesbians and Bisexual Girls
- YA Books About LGBT Characters of Color
- YA Pride: 2012 LGBT YA Books, January-March
- YA Pride: 2012 LGBT YA Books, April-June
- YA Pride: 2012 LGBT YA Books, July-September
- YA Pride: 2012 LGBT YA Books, October-December
Recommended Reads
- The Difference Between You and Me by Madeleine George
- The Miseducation of Cameron Post by emily m. danforth
- Sister Mischief by Laura Goode
- Tripping to Somewhere by Kristopher Reisz
YA Pride Guest Posts
- “Am I allowed to write this?” by Kirstin Cronn-Mills
- Write the Book You Want to Read by Audrey Coulthurst
- An Introduction to LGBT Young Adult Fiction in the United Kingdom by Erica Gillingham
- From Problem to Pride: A Short History of Queer YA Fiction by Daisy Porter
- Bisexuality in the Pretty Little Liars Novels by Rose Yndigoyen
- Posts about LGBTQ books at Diversity in YA