The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali is a powerful exploration of the sometimes difficult challenge of navigating cultural identity and sexuality… read more

With middle grade books increasing in scope and availability, a growing number of middle grade novels are featuring diverse protagonists… read more

From the deft pen of Emma Donoghue comes the highly enjoyable second entry in her children’s chapter book series about the Lottery family… read more

You Know Me Well is one of only a few YA novels where queer teens are friends with other queer teens, where our culture, our community, our insecurities, and our very bad jokes are on full display… read more

Husky tells the story of Davis, an overweight, smart, likeable, and genuinely decent boy on the cusp of facing middle school, where a whole new set of rules, rituals, and priorities face him and his cohort of friends… read more

“I get to present sexuality and gender in a way that I hope gives kids more options than I felt I ever had.”… read more

Nancy Garden, author, editor, LGBT activist, former theater maven and teacher, died suddenly on the morning of June 23 of a massive heart attack. She was 76…. read more

In the vast sea of YA novels, there used to be a dearth of stories for the LGBTQ community. Slowly but surely, though, new young authors are penning fiction that reflects a more authentic, diverse world. Julia Watts’ Secret City is an important addition to the genre…. read more

“A librarian who read the book recently contacted me and said, ‘I loved your book, I just wish there had been more gay content in it.’ Of course my response was, ‘Me TOO!’ I wish I had been able to knock down the closet door at 16 and take the world by storm.”

Aaron Harzler explores sexuality and religion in his young adult memoir Rapture Practice, published this month by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers…. read more

This October author Kristin Cronn-Mills’ second novel Beautiful Music for Ugly Children (Flux) hit bookstore shelves. The young adult novel tells the story of a transgender teenager’s journey into love, acceptance, and adulthood. It has been described as a novel “so sharp, so moving, so real, and so good, you want to press it into everyone’s… read more