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...
Young adult
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
Kristy H (1252 KP) rated Dead to Her in Books
Mar 19, 2020
I hate to say it, but this book really just wasn't for me. The writing felt cheesy and stilted, and for most of the book, I just couldn't get into the plot. It had a slow start--we're introduced to Keisha, who has obviously married the much older "Billy" for his money, and we learn that Jason (and Marcie) have secrets of their own. But we don't get to learn any of these secrets, and so the plot is just a drawn out introduction to everyone, with constant teasing to these supposedly explosive secrets. I just felt like yelling, "get on with it already!"
Then things do finally move on, but they take some outrageous turns that felt a bit melodramatic and, at times, completely unbelievable. This is a really strange, weird read. There's voodoo and black magic, a lesbian storyline, and some very odd, often unlikable characters. I really wasn't invested in anyone. And while I am typically really excited for a lesbian plotline, this one felt forced, and the LGBTIA treatment of the characters was often pretty despicable: a gay party-planning couple is treated really derogatory and mocked, as well as portrayed in really stereotypical fashion, while lesbians are called "dykes" and just not really shown any respect at all. Ugh. Maybe I was being over-sensitive, but I wasn't impressed.
The book picks up a bit near the end, and there are a few good twists, but overall, not enough to redeem it for me. Others seem to enjoy this one, so take my review with a grain of salt, but this was a 2.5-star read for me.