5/11/2023 0 Comments Girl Mans Up by M.E. Girard![]() ![]() The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. For any lover of queer YA or a library wanting to have a solid base of LGBTQ YA books, these seven novels are must-haves. The following queer YA coming out novels are some of my personal favorites that sit firmly within this YA subgenre while at the same time rising above its generic formula and expectations. ![]() ![]() But the great thing in recent queer YA is that even when queer authors are writing in the LGB teen coming out genre, they’re doing new and exciting things that subvert and challenge the genre conventions. In the fallout, things usually get a lot worse before they get better.” There are certainly plenty of novels that follow this model to a T, and they can be heavy and intense. Queer YA novelist Malinda Lo describes the general formula of the YA coming out / of age novel as: “character struggles with homosexual desire in a homophobic world character falls in tormented, transformative love character is unceremoniously outed. New to the coming of gayge genre? Looking to read or buy some of the best examples of the queer coming out YA genre? This list is for you! ![]()
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