Interview with author Shannon LC Cate
Today we have author Shannon LC Cate talking about race and gender histories, the importance of small-press or self publishing, and of course, her book Jack. Find out more about Jack here! Question: Why did you [...]
Announcing GayYA’s August 2014 Book of the Month, and Other Updates!
Announcing our August 2014 BotM: Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block! Our August 2014 Book of the Month! Her life by the sea in ruins, Pen has lost [...]
Wait! This novel has GAY people in it!
Molly Beth Griffin I didn’t start writing my first novel assuming that it would actually be read by anyone but me and my graduate school advisor, and maybe the memory of my teenage self. It [...]
REVIEW: Silhouette of a Sparrow by Molly Beth Griffin
SILHOUETTE OF A SPARROW is GayYA’s July Book of the Month. We are giving away a signed copy in our monthly raffle, which you can enter HERE! Upon opening Silhouette of a Sparrow, I took its first-person narrative [...]
Interview With Kirstin Cronn-Mills, Author of BEAUTIFUL MUSIC FOR UGLY CHILDREN
Hey everyone! Today we have Kirstin Cronn-Mills, author of BEAUTIFUL MUSIC FOR UGLY CHILDREN (our June 2014 Book of the Month) talking about music, research, her book, and of course ice cream. Tune in! Victoria: [...]
Sexy Girl Sex! (and Why it’s Important)
Female sexuality in young adult and new adult fiction is a topic that has interested me for many years, and something that I’ve been wanting to write about for just as long. I’m glad I [...]
The Cross-Dresser in YA Literature
First let me say that I’m very happy and honored to be writing a blog post for Gay YA. What I’d like to talk about today is the representation of cross-dressers in YA literature. Though [...]
June Book Haul
Woah, it's June already! I don't know how that happened. I headed to the library last week and picked up my monthly quota of Gay YA, which I'm here to share with you all. On the [...]
Book Review: Caught in the Crossfire by Juliann Rich
Juliann Rich’s debut novel Caught in the Crossfire is a new and much needed story in Gay YA literature. The book is about a gay teen who is a devout Christian, and struggling to reconcile [...]
The Intersection of Art and Advocacy
My son came out to me at the age of 15, and I remember feeling totally overwhelmed with fear. Though I could provide safety and acceptance within our home, I felt powerless to protect him in a [...]