{"id":702,"date":"2020-06-27T22:34:30","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T22:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/?p=702"},"modified":"2020-06-27T22:35:18","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T22:35:18","slug":"celebrate-pride-books-with-lgbtq-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/2020\/06\/27\/celebrate-pride-books-with-lgbtq-characters\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Pride: Books with LGBTQ+ Characters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Happy Pride month! Although we should read books celebrating pride all year, I wanted to make a list of books that feature LGBTQ+ characters before June ends! One book on this list, All Boys Aren’t Blue<\/em>, is a nonfiction book written by a Black queer author. These books represent various experiences on the Pride spectrum and immerse readers into contemporary, fantasy, and drawn worlds. I personally recommend Little & Lion<\/em>, a story about a bisexual Black and Jewish girl navigating the changing relationship with her brother amidst conversations of mental illness. Clap When You Land<\/em> also features family relationships as two girls discover they are sisters when their father dies in a plane crash and it is revealed he had two families. Another book on this list I enjoyed is Bingo Love<\/em>, a comic spanning generations about two women who fell in love as teens and then reconnect as older adults.<\/p>\n

I am working on individual reviews of a couple of these books, and I invite you to do the same! Shoot me an email if you’d like to write a review on Uni Reads for any of these books. Have a favorite book not on this list? We’d love to post it.<\/p>\n

If you’d like more book lists and content, check out YA Pride<\/a>, a blog advocating for inclusive and affirming content in YA Lit.<\/p>\n

I made note of where you can find online copies through\u00a0OverDrive<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Hoopla<\/a>\u00a0via the\u00a0Champaign Public Library<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Urbana Free Library<\/a>. If you need help finding books at your local library or with anything else, don\u2019t hesitate to ask!<\/p>\n

Please note<\/strong>: Books that are available as physical copies through the Uni High Library are noted with a call number in case you reference this list once we are able to return to campus. Some of these books are on order and we will update the call number ASAP.<\/em><\/p>\n