How I Knew I Was a Klutz
It’s been a blast writing for the good folks and readers of Gay YA—I believe in the core of my being that young readers need these stories, especially as there are so many nincompoops out [...]
Finding an Audience
I've looked at stories, characters, plot devices, layering, the writer's mission, and some of the tropes around gay YA and genre fiction this past month or so, but left to examine among many other aspects [...]
Pushing Fluids: Guest Post by Sara Ryan
When I met her, she was married to a man. Now her partner is a woman. When I met her, she was an ardent lesbian who couldn't imagine what it would be like to be attracted [...]
Gomorrahs of the Deep, a Musical Coming Some Day to Off-Broadway Part 3!
We are happy to bring you the third and final part of Gomorrahs of the Deep, a Musical Coming Some Day to Off-Broadway by Steve Berman, a gay musical short story from his upcoming anthology. Missed [...]
Giving Back to LGBT and Ally Teens
I know what it’s like trying to find a scholarship that really fits who you are. It seems they want a little more of this or a little more of that. Well, I decided to [...]
The Persistence and Power of Labels
Lately I’ve been listening to a lot of Jessie J, particularly one song from her debut album, titled “Who You Are”. We appear to be living in an age of anthemic songs about “loving who [...]
When Darkness Falls
A little explosion happened on the Internet this weekend when Meghan Cox Gurdon, writing for The Wall Street Journal, took aim at contemporary young adult literature for what she saw as too much gruesomeness, violence, [...]
Gomorrahs of the Deep, a Musical Coming Some Day to Off-Broadway Part 2!
We are happy to bring you Part Two of Gomorrahs of the Deep, a Musical Coming Some Day to Off-Broadway by Steve Berman, a gay musical short story from his upcoming anthology. Missed Part 1? Catch [...]
Jacob Woods on HIV
Jacob Woods writes at his blog Good as Gay about lgbt and related social science topics that interest him. He is a psychology student and the president of the Gay Straight Alliance at Itasca Community College [...]
Gomorrahs of the Deep, a Musical Coming Some Day to Off-Broadway
Today, we are excited to bring you a musical gay love story, written by Steve Berman. It will be released in a February 2012 anthology, but you get to read it here FIRST ! Stay [...]