I’m a bit sad it took me until age 27 to make it there. I was recently visiting Portland, Oregon and made the trip to the epic Powell’s Books downtown, which is the BIGGEST BOOKSTORE I’ve ever been to. Yay for libraries and bookstores that stock queer YA titles! Especially when some young adults aren’t getting the support they need from family or friends (or they’re just afraid they won’t), books are such an essential resource. I have a soft spot for queer YA: I think it’s so incredibly important for queer teens to be able to read books that reflect themselves and for other teens to be able to read about queer teens. Having started reading Beth Goobie’s young adult novel Hello, Groin this morning (I’m liking it so far-although the title is a bit unfortunate), I decided it was time to do some talking about queer young adult books on this blog.
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