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Booklist-Fiction & Nonfiction Books with LGBTQIA characters and authors

Written by Rebecca

February 13, 2022

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  •  YA books with LGBTQ authors.
  • Fiction and nonfiction booklist

A booklist with modern-day stories that discuss gender and sexuality for teens and young adults. 

8-12, MIDDLE GRADE READERS

NON FICTION

1. The Gender Wheel by Maya Christina Gonzalez

2. You Be You! He Kid’s Guide to Gender, Sexuality, and Family by  Jonathan Branfman

3. Be Amazing, A History of Pride by Desmond Is Amazing

4. Rainbow Revolutionaries by Sarah Prager

5. Out! How to Be Your Authentic Self by Miles McKenna

FICTION

1. Ciel in all Directions by Sophie Labelle about a trans Teen

2. Cheer Up! By Crystal Frasier YA Graphic Novel

3. Sports by Emilie Dufresne

4. Heartstopper by Alice Oseman

5. My Brother’s Husband by Gengoroh Tagame

6. Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki

13+, SECONDARY READERS

NON FICTION

1. The ABC’s of LGBT by Ash Hardell

2. Queer, There, and Everywhere, 23 People Who Changed the World by Sarah Prager

3. Out! How to Be your Authentic Self by Miles McKenna

4. Rainbow Revolutions, Power, Pride, and Protest in the Fit for Queer Rights by Jamie Lawson

5. A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities by Mady G and Jules Zuckerberg

6. The New Queer Conscience by Adam Eli

7. All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson

FICTION

1. The Lost Coast by A.r. Capetta       

2. Our Dining Table by Mita Ori a Graphic Novel

3. When You get the Chance by Tom Ryan

4. You Brought Me the Ocean by Alex Sanchez

5. Our Dining Table by Mita Ori

6. When you Get the Chance by Tom Ryan

7. The Lost Coast by A.R. Capetta

 

8. Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

9. What Makes You Beautiful by Bridget Liang

10. Quiver by Julia Watts

 

 

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