Teen Voices: Unbroken
Welcome to our new series, Teen Voices. We are inviting LGBTQ and straight teens to share their experiences with Gay YA in this weekly series. Writing my online story Henny, I try my best to [...]
Author Guest Blog – Kelly York
(Editor's Note: Kelly York is the author of HUSHED. Check out our review of it here.) When I first started writing HUSHED, up until the point I started querying it to agents, I thought nothing [...]
Speaking into the Frost
I could probably list one hundred reasons why I write, but one of the most important is this: we only have so many opportunities in our lives to transform bad things into good. We only [...]
Being Queer Friendly in Your Library
Guest Post by Suzie Day http://cataloguethisblog.blogspot.com/ Not long ago, I asked a room full of about 30 queer youth, most in their early twenties, to raise their hand if they were bullied at school. [...]
Review: HUSHED
Hushed by Kelley York Young Adult Contemp Thriller (upper YA, dark) Entangled Publishing *Advance reader copy provided by the publisher. This in no way affected my review of the material. He’s saved her. He’s loved [...]
Guest Post by Jackie Dolamore
To most people, I'm a pretty typical girl who likes girl things, who has been with a guy for 12 years. Simple, uncontroversial. Few people probably realize I've ever felt ashamed or confused about gender [...]
Caribbean Life of a Gay Teenager
We asked Aju to talk to us about the experience of growing up gay in the Caribbean. If you would like to share the LGBTQ teen experience in your country, please email maria@gayya.org We'd love [...]
Review: Witch Eyes
Thanks to Dennis Upkins for allowing us to reprint his review of Witch Eyes by Scott Tracey. A boy who can see the world’s secrets and unravel spells with just a glance. Braden’s witch eyes [...]
A Letter to Young Writers
Congratulations, young writer, you live in a time unlike any other in modern history. It's a time filled with incredible opportunities not seen since the advent of the printing press.You live in a time where [...]
News: Opportunity For Young Writers
We were alerted to this great project, and we wanted to make sure y'all knew about it! From the press release: "Award-winning author Lyndsey D’Arcangelo announced a national story call-out for her new groundbreaking anthology [...]