Say Yes to Gay YA

[ide_cyan]

Rachel Manija Brown (rachelmanija) and Sherwood Smith (sartorias) 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

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[quearbear]

This is disappointing. It wasn't really until I started reading books with queer characters that I began to accept and embrace my own homosexuality. We're part of the world deliberately erasing us is gross and saddening. I'll be writing some emails and letters.