As part of National Coming Out Day, The National Student has put together a list of great books in which one or more of the characters is LGBTQIAP+.
Seven Ways We Lie
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Paloma High School is ordinary by anyone's standards. It has the same cliques, the same prejudices...
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27 hours: Nightside Saga Series, Book One
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ZERO HOUR MEANS WAR Rumor Mora fears two things: hellhounds too strong for him to kill, and...
Science fiction fantasy LGBTQ
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From the award-winning author of Break and Teeth comes a raw and honest exploration of complicated...
Young adult LGBTQ
Queens of Geek
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Charlie likes to stand out. She's a vlogger and actress promoting her first movie at SupaCon, and...
LGBTQ Young Adult
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
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William C. Morris Award Winner: Best Young Adult Debut of the Year * National Book Award Longlist ...
Fiction LGBTQ Gender studies
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Entertainment Weekly has been highlighting the best LGBTQIA representation in pop culture by putting together a list of young adult novels that showcase the wealth and diversity of the LGBTQ spectrum.
Wild Beauty
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Love grows such strange things. Anna-Marie McLemore's debut novel The Weight of Feathers garnered...
Young Adult LGBTQ Fantasy Romance
Spinning
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Ignatz Award winner Tillie Walden’s powerful graphic memoir Spinning captures what it’s like to...
LGBTQ Young Adult
They Both Die At The End
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n September 5th, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give...
Mask of Shadows
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"I love every aspect of this amazing book―a genderfluid hero, a deadly contest, and vicious...
Young Adult LGBTQ Fantasy
Gentleman's Guide To Vice And Virtue
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SIMON VS. THE HOMOSAPIENS meets the 1700s in this hilarious and swashbuckling standalone teen...
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Lou Grande (148 KP) created a video about in LGBTQ+ Media
May 28, 2018
A look through the very best mainstream LGBTQ+ movies ever made.
Love, Simon (2018)
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Simon Spier, a closeted gay teenager in high school, balances his friends, family, and a blackmailer...
LGBT Homosexuality Dramedy Romantic Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
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Winner of three Academy Awards®, including Best Director, Brokeback Mountain is a sweeping epic...
Philadelphia (1993)
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Hailed as a landmark film that dazzles with deep emotion and exceptional acting, PHILADELPHIA stars...
Moonlight (2016)
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The childhood, adolescence, and adulthood of a gay black man named Chiron growing up in a rough area...
Coming-of-age LGBT
Eilidh G Clark (177 KP) rated Tales of the City in TV
Jul 2, 2019
ClareR (5721 KP) rated The Once and Future Witches in Books
Oct 15, 2020
As far back as I can remember (and that’s quite a long way), I’ve loved fairytales, myths and legends. The original stories, if you will. Witches didn’t fare well in these stories, but they were always the characters that I wanted to know more about. What motivated them? Why were they ‘evil’? How did they do THAT?! I wanted to be the ‘good’ version! So this book has ticked a lot of boxes for me. They’re witches, they’re good, normal, women, and they want to make ALL of their lives better.
The main three characters reflect the three stages of a woman’s life (maiden, mother, crone) and also reflect the kinds of lives that many women would (and still do) live.
James Juniper, the youngest, wants to come in to her own power - whether that’s as a suffragist or a witch. She believes that you don’t have to choose: she’s a true fighter and is willing to stand up for her beliefs.
Beatrice Belladonna has escaped her life with the family years ago and works as a librarian: knowledge is her greatest power. Finally, Agnes Amaranth is an unmarried mother who wants to protect her unborn child.
They’ve all been damaged by their abusive father, and this story is as much about them rebuilding their relationship as it is about women coming in to their own power.
The Once and Future Witches has a lot to offer all ages of reader. It makes you think about not just women’s rights, but also race, LGBTQI+ rights, survival, and just standing firm for what you believe in. It shows through the example of the three estranged sisters, that we are all stronger if we stand together.
I didn’t want to stop reading this - I inhaled it, couldn’t put it down, went to bed early two days in a row just to read it, and thought about it in between times. And I’m still thinking about it. If you like witches, you’ll like this. If you like a good story, you’ll love it. If you want to read a book that encompasses all of this and has relevance to our lives today, here’s your book.
This is going to remain a firm favourite for me for a long time. Perhaps I’m one of the future witches?
Many thanks to Little, Brown and NetGalley for my copy of this book.