I meant to say Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron another retelling of the fairy tale, but with a black lesian main character. * Correction: You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson is a great book, but about a person of color, not LGBTQ+. The Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson, 2014 Will Grayson, Will Grayson by JOhn Green and David Leviatan, 2010įangirl by Rainbow Rowell and Carry On (the HP fan fiction series) Hamilton, first LGBTQ series, 1995, * not mentioned in episodeĪsh by Malinda Lo, bisexuality, variation on Cinderella Story, published 2009īeautiful Music for Ugly Children by Kirstin Cronn-Mills, novel with main character who is transitioning, 2012įreakboy by Kristin Elizabeth Clark, novel with main character who is transitioning, 2013 Luna by Julie Anne Peters - first YA lit w/ trans character, 2004 'Hello,' I Lied is a story about all kinds of lovefrom friendship to physical attraction to hero worshipas a teenager bravely confronts his sexuality. Kerr, first protagonist indetifying as bisexual, 1997 Ruby by Rosa Guy - first YA novel with LG teen of color, 1976įrom the Notebooks of Melanin Sun by Jacquelyn Woodson, LGBTQ characters of color, 1995 Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block - first positive potrayal of gay character, 1989

In 1997, she pub- lished ' Hello, ' I Lied, a novel in which the.

It Better Be Worth the Trip by John Donovan - first gay YA novel, published in 1969Īnnie on my Mind by Nancy Gardner - first lesbian love story wiht a happy ending, published 1982 Kerr has made her own recent contribution to this new harvest of gay YA fiction. Spring Fire by Marijane Meaker (pen name Vin Packer), 'Lesian pulp fiction' published 1952 Seventeenth Summer by Maureen Daly - first YA novel, published in 1942

Hello, I Lied by M.E. Kerr