Lupe
by Aida Salazar I grew up watching impromptu drag shows in my living room. Many of my (very Mexican and straight) mother’s friends were men. They happened to be gay. Her best friend, Lupe, was like family. He and Mami knew each other from back in the pueblo when they were little and played dolls together. They both managed to [...]
Fan Fiction: By Us, For Us
by Kayla Ancrum As the days blur together and book shipping times get longer, people are beginning to reinvest their time in fan fiction. The art form is hardly without prejudice. Even mentioning it here might elicit some wincing or an eye roll or two. Most of the serious [...]
Celebrating Queer Joy through Stories
by Auriane Desombre In my sophomore year of college, one of my best friends made me watch Avatar: The Last Airbender. I didn’t think I would like it, but he basically tied me to a chair and forced me to watch, and, a handful of episodes in, I was proved extremely wrong. I loved it. So much so [...]
We Are Connected
by Adib Khorram Queer bookish joy. That brief seemed like an easy one at first. There’s lots of moments of queer bookish joy! I love joy! I love books! I’m queer! This was supposed to be easy! But I forgot. The quarantimes make everything hard. There are days when I feel almost normal. [...]
Love, Respect, and Celebration: The Legacy of Queer Literature
Caleb Roehrig has written several YA novels starring queer characters, including mystery, heist, and vampire novels. Buy them from one of the author's favorite indies, Literati Bookstore or The Book Cellar! by Caleb Roehrig In 2011, three and a half years before I wrote the manuscript that would become my debut novel, my husband [...]
We Can Be Heroes
This Summer, YA Pride has been running a pre-order campaign for three upcoming books by queer Black authors. The Summer of Everything is one of those books! We're at 11 pre-orders for it now, and would love to get to 25-- just 14 away! If you pre-order the book and tweet or email us proof of purchase (contact@yapride.org), we [...]