Interview with Tess Sharpe
Tess Sharpe is the author of Gay YA's May Book of the Month Far From You-- which has quickly found a place on my Favorites shelf. This book features a bisexual and disabled protagonist, and I [...]
Review of FAR FROM YOU by Tess Sharpe
FAR FROM YOU is GayYA's May Book of the Month. We're giving away a signed copy to two lucky winners in our giveaway, which you can enter here, and discussing the book as we read [...]
May Book Haul
Hey everyone! So I'm going to be starting a new thing: book hauls! If you're unfamiliar with the term, it basically means I'm going to be slightly self-absorbed and hope you care about my very [...]
Review: Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
Review by Alex Mccoy Craig and Harry, ex-boyfriends, are trying to break the Guinness World Record for longest kiss. Peter and Neil, who've been dating for a while, are trying to figure out whether they're [...]
Haircuts, the Media, and Free Electrons
About a year ago today, I announced to my friends that I was going to be somewhat spur-of-the-moment and chop off my waist-length hair for charity. I wasn't expecting huge applause, or great concern, or really [...]
Stereotypes
It wasn’t long ago that you’d be hard pressed to find a YA book with a gay character in it all. We’ve come a long way. Yet there’s still a long way to go. While [...]
Authenticity and the Coming Out Process
AUTHOR GUEST BLOG: J. Lee Graham The coming out process, for people of all ages, always and forever will be, a transformational and sacred journey. It is not a [...]
Find Us Other Places on the Internet!
We now have a Facebook page and a tumblr! Our aim is to give each social media outlet, respectively, a different angle. So there's a reason to follow us everywhere! 😉
YA Latina Lesbians: On Mayra Lazara Dole’s Down to the Bone
by Sonia Alejandra Rodriguez Down to the Bone (Harper Teen & Bella Books, 2012) In Mayra Lazara Dole’s [1] Down to the Bone (2012) Laura, a Cuban-American high school junior, is forced to [...]
Industry Week Guest Blog: Anna Mickelsen
I’m not a young adult librarian, but I’m a longtime reader of young adult fiction, particularly stories that feature lesbian characters. As a reader, I can confirm that we’ve come a long way since the [...]