Trans YA has come a long way in the past decade, with talented trans and nonbinary writers finally being given the resources and publication opportunities they deserve. (I should note, though, white authors are still overrepresented here — as they are in cis queer lit — and publishing needs to do better!). At the same time, we are witnessing a huge backlash with widespread challenges to and censorship of books by and/or about LGBTQ+ and/or people of color happening in the US right now. It’s alarming and disturbing. Here is an anti-censorship toolkit that you can use to help. Once you’ve helped get trans YA books like these in the hands of youth who need them, pick up one of them yourself. Take this quiz to find out which one is for you!
Hmm, I think “What was your favorite extracurricular or after school activity?(Required)” is broken, it tells me someone else already picked my answer.
Fixed :-)
same as alex! there were also duplicate answers on the prom outfit question
Fixed :-)
Aw, I wish I could see all the choices/descriptions without having to do the quiz a gajillion times!
See my comment below! 😊
Oh no, thanks for letting us know! This is beyond my capabilities, so I am trying to get someone to come in. I will write back here if it’s fixed!
IT IS WORKING NOW THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE FRIENDS!
I think “math” is missing from several of the answer choices. That was my high school sport (“mathletics”), favorite subject, and extracurricular activity. I’ve spent a decent amount of time in pursuit of books about people who don’t hate math, so maybe there just aren’t many options for the math lovers out there. :(
Ooh, that might be a good topic for Casey’s Ask a Lesbrarian column. Is it queer fiction that you’re interested in?
Oh, good idea! Yep, always looking for fiction about math nerds of any age. :) Queer math nerds would be extra awesome!
Unfortunately math didn’t match any of the characters from these books BUT I will say I am working on another quiz in which one of the options for what you want to be when you grow up is “mathematician” so stay tuned!
Sweet! I’ll keep an eye out. :)
I was missing chemistry (or other STEM subjects) too! Loved chemistry. It was all puzzles and learning how to blow stuff up, what’s not to love?
The Love Factor by Quinn Ivins is a sapphic romance set in the 90s between a statistics professor and a political science grad student. Actual statistics are key to the plot and I think I remember moderate math content.
https://www.ylva-publishing.com/product/the-love-factor-by-quinn-ivins/
It’s working now.
I got Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender!
It looks super cute and it has been on my wishlist for awhile. Might be time to actually read it. ;)
I got Pet by Akwaeke Emezi! It’s already on my to-read list, but now I’ve gone ahead and requested it from the library. :)
Yay!
i got Hell Followed With Us! it’s been on my tbr for months (probably from a previous post by Casey honestly) but none of the libraries i have ebook access to have it yet
It just came out like a week ago so hopefully they are just behind a bit! Do they have a form you can use to request it?
Ohhhh ‘Hell Followed With Us’… this looks great. Will be reading soon, thanks :)
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Can we get the full list of possible results? Because I probably want to read all of them!
I second this, as the trans YA book I should read this month is all of them, back to back to back.
The books are:
Cheer Up by Crystal Frasier
Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta
Boys Run the Riot by Keito Gaku
The Girl who Believed Beyond all Reason that She Could Fly by Sybil Lamb
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
Lakelore by Anna Marie McLemore
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Lakelore sounds EXACTLY like my jam! thank you for this awesome recommendation!
My pleasure!!
i loved it so much! i’m also a huge fan of everything else mclemore has written so i went in with good vibes