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LGBTQ YA book-thoughts from a Michigan librarian

Jul 03 2016

simonteenca: “ 2016 LGBTQ+ YA Reading List • We Are The Ants - Shaun David Hutchinson • George - Alex Gino • You Know Me Well - Nina LaCour & David Levithan • The Great American Whatever - Tim Federle • When the Moon Was Ours - Anna-Marie McLemore •...

simonteenca:

2016 LGBTQ+ YA Reading List

Important for people looking for colleges next year!

polysexual-princen:

Campus Pride gives lists of:

  • Trans-inclusive women’s colleges
  • Colleges that have insurance that covers medical transition for students
  • Colleges with nondiscrimination policies that include gender
  • Colleges that allow you to change your name and gender on school records
  • Colleges with gender-neutral housing
  • Trans-inclusive college sports teams
  • Trans-inclusive college admissions policies

Also more stuff. (All are directly linked from the first link.)

Reblog so someone doesn’t have to spend their next 2-4(+) years at a school that treats them like crap.

Jul 02 2016

ladybookmad:

ladybookmad’s recs for lgbtqia+ fiction ↬

  1. far from you by tess sharpe
  2. cam girl by elliot wake (written under leah raeder)
  3. style by chelsea m. cameron
  4. out on good behavior by dahlia adler
  5. ash by malinda lo
  6. this is where it ends by marieke nijkamp
  7. if i was your girl by meredith russo
  8. everything leads to you by nina lacour
  9. aristotle & dante discover the secrets of the universe by benjamin alire saenz

literally all of these are either on my 2016 TBR list or my 2016 have-read list.

bisexual-books:

Bisexual Characters from Bisexual Authors

  • Stars Change by Mary Anne Mohanraj - erotic space opera, multi-ethnic, multi-gender, multi-sexual world, multiple bi characters
  • Masquerade and Shadowplay by Laura Lam - YA, steampunk speculative fiction, intersex bi protagonist
  • Burnt Toast B&B by Heidi Belleau and Rachel Haimowitz - rom-com style contemporary romance, bi trans man protagonist
  • She of the Moutains by Vivek Shraya - blend of art, myth, and verse, Indian bi protagonist
  • Far From You by Tess Sharpe - YA, murder mystery, disabled bi girl protagonist
  • Not Otherwise Specified by Hannah Moskowitz - YA, coming of age story, black bi girl protagonist
  • Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis - YA, fantasy, split between disabled latino boy protagonist and mute bi girl protagonist
  • Straight Shooter by Heidi Belleau - erotica, BDSM, bi guy love interest and coming out non-monosexual protagonist
  • Constantine Vol 1: Going Down by Ming Doyle and James Tyron IV - comics, horror/fantasy, bi guy magician protagonist

Jul 01 2016

disabilityinkidlit: “ INTRODUCING: the Disability in Kidlit Honor Roll! It’s here! The Disability in Kidlit Honor Roll is a vetted list of books we enthusiastically recommend for their authentic, accurate, and respectful depictions of disability....

disabilityinkidlit:

INTRODUCING: the Disability in Kidlit Honor Roll!

It’s here! The Disability in Kidlit Honor Roll is a vetted list of books we enthusiastically recommend for their authentic, accurate, and respectful depictions of disability. Over a year’s worth of reading, collaboration and vetting went into this project, and it will continue to grow and evolve as more books with strong disability representation are added. (Sign up for our brand-new newsletter, as we’ll always let our subscribers know of new Honor Roll additions!) The Honor Roll is designed to help bring valuable disability representation into personal, library, and/or school collections; each of the books on this list has been thoroughly vetted and the Disability in Kidlit editors feel strongly that these books are worth reading and sharing.

Ready to read? Questions? Want to suggest a book? Find out all about the Honor Roll here →

earlgreyandpaperbacks: “ “the truth of love will transcend the romantic ideal do fairy tales” (Aka it’s gaaaaaaay) ” nothing makes me crazier than trying to decode publisher hints for queer content on the back of a book.

earlgreyandpaperbacks:

“the truth of love will transcend the romantic ideal do fairy tales”

(Aka it’s gaaaaaaay)

nothing makes me crazier than trying to decode publisher hints for queer content on the back of a book.

Jun 30 2016

fleamontpotter:

all workplaces should come with a screaming room where you can just go and scream for a few minutes and then return to your duties like nothing happened

lgbtqreads replied to your post:lgbtqreads replied to your post:Thoughts on…
I literally just got it last week - they’re brand new! Also, for backlist purposes, Kekla Magoon’s 37 THINGS I LOVE (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER) is an Under the Gaydar YA by an author of color.

Thanks for letting me know; I’ll keep my eye out for these!

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