Say Yes to Gay YA

[leavethesky]

Originally posted by feministsf at Say Yes to Gay YA

http://blogs.feministsf.net/?p=1585

Rachel Manija Brown and Sherwood Smith were told by a literary agent that their Young Adult novel would be represented - if they made a gay character straight or wrote him out altogether.

They refused.

They have written a blog entry about the gatekeepers of publishing who

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Saw this post by cleolinda today, thought it might be useful to you since it's a bit of an update and the situation seems much more complex than it was initially.