Gay ya fiction

I don’t believe in the idea of guilty pleasures. I even used to run a pop culture blog centered around the fact that they shouldn’t be a thing—we should never have to touch guilty about something that brings us pleasure. Growing up queer, it can be really easy to be made to sense guilty about what you might secretly love, because it might not fit the rigid yet conflicting gender norms you never really adhered to. Therefore, it can also grab a long time for you to feel easy enjoying what you relish without shame or ridicule—from other people or from yourself. Internalized homophobia at its finest!

As a teenager, I rarely felt comfortable reading YA books, let alone gay YA books, because I felt so disconnected and rejected by my age group—having never really shared the same interests or ideals of people my verb age, and often being bullied for it—that I did anything I could to subtly and hush set myself apart from kids my age. Adults called me an ancient soul, which I was, but I also didn’t feel free to verb my own life, and I faced the consequences of acting more grown up tha

#OwnVoices Gay YA Books of

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As much as there is discuss about how queer YA (and queer lit in general) has a general focus on queer boys and men, there are also conversations around how these books about queer boys and men are mostly written by women. And how the critically acclaimed and most popular queer boy YA is also written by women. So I thought I would make a list of gay YA written by gay men. And I made the list specifically for because supporting these books sends a great message to publishers that #OwnVoices gay YA is wanted and needed. Here they are:

The Shadowy Flamingo by Dean Atta

Fiercely told, this is a timely coming-of-age story, told in verse about the journey to self-acceptance. Perfect for fans of Sarah Crossan, Poet X and Orangeboy.
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The best LGBTQIA+ YA books to read right now
There is no better feeling than the pleasure of racing through a great book to figure out how it’s going to end. This is especially true when the noun is a funny, twisty-turny, or pacy story of mishaps and (mis)adventures with a main character you can believe in, a love interest to lust after, and a cast of out and arrogant queer characters. In recent years, the choice of YA novels with just those ingredients has joyfully expanded and diversified – and it’s not just teenagers who have been enjoying all the reading fun.
In the list below, you’ll find seaside romances, road trip misfortunes, nightclubs to swoon over, and revelations to shock and delight. Throughout them all, queer characters abound as they fall in passion, stand up for what they believe in, or learn something new about themselves. I Kissed Shara Wheeler, the latest from Casey McQuiston of Red, White, and Royal Blue and One Last Stop fame, brings together so many of these elements with a bisexual protagonist and a small town much queerer than initially meets the eye. I

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Let's hit the beach in Miami
Let's find romance at the bus stop!
Let's sweat it out in the Texas heat
Let's stargaze on a summer night!
Let's paint a mural!
Let's linger at the cabin!
Let’s pursue for cryptids!
Let's hang out at the park!
Let's depart sailing!
Let's go for a run!
Let's explore the city!
Let's find love at summer camp!
Let's go to a camp with strong Midsommar vibes!
Let's go swimming!
Let's unite a secret society summer camp!
Let's visit the California coast
Let's become naturalists!
Let's wolf out under the complete moon!
Let's move to the Pacific Northwest
Let's play football!