SIGNAL BOOST: SAY YES TO GAY YA

[xsethsownstarx]

Originally posted by darkspirited1 at SIGNAL BOOST: SAY YES TO GAY YA
This comes from an article by rachelmanija entitled, Say Yes to Gay YA.
(click the link for the full article)
Our novel Stranger has five viewpoint characters; one, Yuki Nakamura, is
gay and has a boyfriend. Yuki's romance, like the heterosexual ones in
the novel, involves nothing more explicit than

Comments

[nnoi]

Hmmm very strange there is a lot of gay young adult lit out there A TON I would almost go as far as to say there is more REAL gay lit for the young adult audience then the adult audience mostly because the lack of pornographic content forces an actual storyline but there are a lot out there. So it is strange these authors are meeting such resistance.

[xsethsownstarx]

It does seem strange.. I wonder though if maybe they're submitting to the wrong publishers? Maybe the problem is that bc most of the characters are straight they are offering it to more straight-based houses? Idk like maybe there are specific publishers that deal with the gay young adult?

[rachelmanija]

I thought you would be interested to hear that we sold Stranger (aka "the Yes Gay YA novel") to Viking. Click on this link for a post with more details. Thank you so much for your support!

[rachelmanija]

Thank you for your support!

To continue to support YA fiction with LGBTQ characters, I have proposed creating Permanent Floating YA Diversity Book Clubs. If you wish to participate, the link will explain how to begin one, join one, or simply pass on the word.