![]() ![]() ![]() Sometimes you want the catharsis of reading about a gay teenager coming out. ![]() Queer representation in fiction can provide education, validation and affirmation to young people and help normalise queerness - for teenagers exploring their identities, but also for readers of all ages and orientations who want to experience different perspectives or learn to be better allies.īut these hopeful queer stories are also important precisely because they are fun. Not just narratives about hardship - but narratives about hope. Not just tales of unrequited love, but sappy romantic comedies. Now, we have not just contemporary realism, but sci-fi and fantasy. Over the last decade, there has not only been an increase in the number of queer YA books being published (including by major publishing houses), but also a welcome and notable shift in the kinds of stories these books tell. ![]()
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