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10 YA Novels with LGBTQ Characters

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Queer lit is my favorite category of YA lit. Even as a heterosexual, cisgender woman, I still relate to these characters and am often moved by their stories. I think it’s important for queer readers to be able to find stories that reflect them, but I also think it’s important for all readers to seek… Continue reading 10 YA Novels with LGBTQ Characters

October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard by Lesléa Newman

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October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard by Lesléa Newman Published: September 25th 2012 by Candlewick Source: local library Synopsis (Goodreads): On the night of October 6, 1998, a gay twenty-one-year-old college student named Matthew Shepard was lured from a Wyoming bar by two young men, savagely beaten, tied to a remote fence, and left… Continue reading October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard by Lesléa Newman