#Queer rep: demisexual gay mlm trans ace

[dontjudgemeimawriter]

Six of Crows X I Hunt Killers

Syndicate

(Working title)

Terran is an assassin in Calson City, where a criminal syndicate controls the city. 3 years ago, Terran covered up the death of Raymond, a traitor he was supposed to execute. Now he has to keep anyone from finding out what he's done all while grappling with realizations of morality, of wanting escape, and wanting to be a better person that he sees in Raymond. The safest option is to keep his cover, do his job, and keep Raymond far away from Calson City-- but that may come at the cost of the person he wants to be. The secret of Raymond being alive is threatening to come out amidst assignments, discoveries, and investigations-- all while Terran is surrounded by the Syndicate's watchful eyes.

Themes:

Escaping vs feeling trapped

Abuse, trauma, and masking

Morality-- learning, sacrificing, and compromising

Current Stage:

Drafting

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Links to excerpts

Info on the magic system

Playlist

Characters: Terran Raymond Mika

Content Warnings

Abusive Relationship, Anxiety, Attempted Murder, Child Abuse, Death, Emotional Abuse, Fire, Gun Violence, Hostages, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical Abuse, PTSD, Stalking, Torture

Note: I was fairly generous with these and took from the list m+s posted-- please ask me to expand on any of these. But yes it is a book that deals with both abuse and with criminals/assassins.

[lablass-2882]

Happy Pride Y'all

[jetwhenitsmidnight]

Queer book haul!!

I went book thrifting yesterday and picked up all these books! Can't wait to read them!!

YA contemporary

Let's Talk About Love - Claire Kann

Black ace FMC, Japanese-American LI, MF romance

Stay Gold - Tobly McSmith

Trans MMC, cis FMC, MF romance

We Are Okay - Nina LaCour

Sapphic MC

Exploration of grief

Fantasy

The Brilliant Death - Amy Rose Capetta (YA)

Nonbinary MC, genderfluid LI, all latine cast

Book one of a duology

Teo is a mafia don's daughter, who uses her magic to turn her family's enemies into decorative objects. When her father is poisoned, she must travel to the capital disguised as a boy in order to save his life.

Infinity Son - Adam Silvera (YA)

Gay rep

Book one of the Infinity Cycle trilogy

Urban fantasy

Two brothers live in a world filled with specters who violently steal the essence of magical creatures.

The Sunbearer Trials - Aiden Thomas (YA)

Trans boy MC, all latine cast, MM rivals to lovers romance

Book one of The Sunbearer Duology

Every decade, ten semidioses are selected to compete in the Sunbearer Trials, where the loser will be sacrificed to Sol. When Teo is unexpectedly chosen, he will have to compete against more powerful opponents in order to survive.

Amberlough - Lara Elena Donnelly (Adult)

MLM

Book one of The Amberlough Dossier trilogy

Le Carré meets Cabaret in this debut spy thriller as a gay double-agent schemes to protect his smuggler lover during the rise of a fascist government coup

YA Horror

These Fleeting Shadows - Kate Alice Marshall

Sapphic MC

Haunted house story

In order to receive her inheritance, including her ancestral home Harrowstone Hall, Helen must live on the grounds of Harrowstone for one full year or be left with nothing.

Blood Countess - Lana Popović

Sapphic MC

First book of the Lady Slayers series

Toxic lesbian vampires???

Anna works as a scullery maid for the Countess Elizabeth Báthory but is elevated to the position of chambermaid when Elizabeth takes a liking to her. And then the murders

Historical romance

Something Fabulous - Alexis Hall

Demisexual MC, MM romance

Grumpy x sunshine

A delightfully witty romance featuring a reserved duke who’s betrothed to one twin and hopelessly enamoured of the other.

[everythingsbetterunderthestars]

What are your favorite lgbtq+ books?and tv shows and movies?🏳️‍🌈

Okay finally have some time for this so let’s go!

Books first (these are only my absolute favourites if you want more recommendations I have many more that I love):

- Red, white & royal blue (by Casey McQuiston) (mlm and hinted poly if I remember correctly) (romance)

- Crier’s War/Iron Heart (by Nina Varela) (wlw) (fantasy, sort of sci-fi?)

- Solitaire (by Alice Oseman) (yes I count this as a queer book even if it isn’t the main subject) (aroace spectrum + pan and possibly other stuff) (YA)

- Radio Silence (by Alice Oseman) (mlm + demisexual + bi and possibly other stuff) (YA)

- I was born for this (by Alice Oseman) (trans gay + bi) (YA)

- Loveless (by Alice Oseman) (aroace and LOTS of other stuff: lesbian pan and nonbinary, possibly others I don’t remember everything) (YA)

- If this gets out (by Sophie Gonzales and Cale Dietrich) (mlm) (romance)

- Ace of spades (by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé) (mlm and wlw) (thriller)

- They both die at the end (by Adam Silvera) (mlm) (YA? idk how to describe this book)

- History is all you left me (by Adam Silvera) (mlm) (YA)

- Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe/Aristotle and Dante dive into the waters of the world (by Benjamin Alire Sáenz) (mlm) (YA, coming of age, sort of romance, I don’t really know)

- Lark and Kasim start a revolution (by Kacen Callender) (nonbinary + trans + polyam) (uuuuuuhh I guess romance but also coming of age maybe? I have NO idea how to describe this book but it is criminally underrated why is no one talking about it it’s a masterpiece please read it)

- Giovanni’s room (by James Baldwin) (mlm) (uhm. weird)

- This is how you lose the time war (by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone) (wlw) (sci-fi but more fantasy honestly, sort of romance I guess)

- Last night at the telegraph club (by Malinda Lo) (wlw) (romance)

- Six of crows/Crooked Kingdom (by Leigh Bardugo) (mlm + maybe other stuff in the background I don’t really remember) (fantasy)

- The priory of the orange tree/A day of fallen night (by Samantha Shannon) (wlw + mlm + aroace + nonbinary + trans, there’s basically a bit of everything in there) (fantasy)

- The witch king/The fae keeper (by H. E. Edgmon) (trans + mlm + wlw + ace + polyam + nonbinary, there’s also a lot in there) (fantasy)

Okay now for tv shows my all times favourites are:

- Heartstopper (romance)

- Young Royals (drama, romance)

- Heartbreak High (drama, comedy)

- Half bad: the bastard son and the devil himself (fantasy)

- Good omens (fantasy, comedy)

- Sex education (comedy, drama)

- She Ra and the princesses of power (cartoon, fantasy)

- The owl house (cartoon, fantasy)

- Interview with the vampire (fantasy, horror)

- Everything sucks! (comedy, drama)

- Orange is the new black (comedy, drama)

- Years and years (dystopia)

- Buffy the vampire slayer (this is my absoute favourite show ever, but the queer rep only arrives season 4) (fantasy? Don’t know how else to describe it)

And now for the movies:

- Fanfiction (coming of age?)

- Elisa & Marcela (romance)

- Pride (uuuuuhh demonstration lmao? Idk comedy?)

- But I’m a cheerleader (comedy)

- Red, white & royal blue (romcom)

- 120 BPM (er… drama?)

Hope this helps, sorry again for not answering sooner😭 if you want more recommendations I’d be glad to help, just need to find the time to answer lol but I’d genuinely be super happy :)

Also if you have any questions about these don’t hesitate to ask me!

[haveyoureadthisqueerbook]

Tash Hearts Tolstoy, Kathryn Ormsbee, ace

Transmogrify! 14 Fantastical Tales of Trans Magic, edited by g haron davis, trans and many other things

The Secret History, Donna Tart, mlm

Black Water Sister, Zen Cho, lesbian

Spell Bound F T Lukens, nb/m romance

In Deeper Waters, F T Lukens, mlm

So This is Ever After, F T Lukens, mlm

Hench, Natalie Zina Walschots, bi main character

Legends and Lattes, Travis Baldree, wlw

She Drives Me Crazy, Kelly Quindlen, wlw

The Atlas Six, Olivie Blake, idk everyone's bi

These Violent Delights, Micah Nemerever, mlm

The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry, C M Waggoner, wlw

The Girls I've Been, Tess Sharpe, wlw

Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses, Kristen O'Neal, bi main character

Between Perfect and Real, Ray Stoeve, trans main character

Kemosha of the Caribbean, Alex Wheatle, wlw

Tarnished are the Stars, Rosiee Thor, aro and wlw rep

Golden Boys, Phil Stamper, mlm

Vespertine, Margaret Rogerson, aroace

Malibu Rising, Taylor Jenkins Reid, lesbian part-main-character (one of four)

The Henna Wars, Adiba Jaigirdar, wlw

I'm Afraid of Men, Vivek Shraya, trans author (autobiographical)

The Gilded Wolves trilogy, Roshani Chokshi, mlm and poly rep

That Inevitable Victorian Thing, E K Johnston, wlw and intersex rep

Girls of Paper and Fire, Natasha Ngan, wlw

Daja's Book, Tamora Pierce, wlw

If We Were Villains, M L Rio, mlm

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Taylor Jenkins Reid, wlw

Ramona Blue, Julie Murphy, sapphic but questioning main character

The Fascinators, Andrew Eliopulos, mlm

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, Hank Green, bi main character

On a Sunbeam, Tillie Walden, wlw

Wilder Girls, Rory Power, wlw

Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit, Jaye Robin Brown, wlw

We Are Totally Normal, Naomi Kanakia, mlm and some unaddressed trans undertones

Like a Love Story, Abdi Nazemian, mlm

Pet, Akwaeke Emezi

The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass, Adan Jerreat-Poole, nb gay queer rep

Finding Home series, Hari Conner, mlm

The Sea in You, Jessi Sheron, wlw

Love Letters, Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West, wlw

The Summer of Jordie Perez, Amy Spalding, wlw

I Was Born for This, Alice Oseman, trans, mlm, and unlabelled main characters

Radio Silence, Alice Oseman, demisexual and bi main characters

Ash, Malinda Lo, lesbians

Our Wives Under the Sea, Julia Armfield, trans and wlw main characters

Confessions of Frannie Langton, Sara Collins, wlw

A Taste of Gold and Iron, Alexandra Rowland, mlm

Even Though I Knew the End, C L Polk, wlw

Huntress, Malinda Lo, wlw

Hope that's better, sorry I missed the submissions form! I checked everything against your list so these are all new.

These are finally all queued! Thanks for your patience :)

[montilyets]

i love your lgbtqia+ book recs and would love some for a reading challenge i'm doing in 2022. basically me and a friend are doing a reading challenge where we both have to read 5 books per letter of the lgbtqia+ acronym, and i'm wondering what your top 3 are for each of them, if you have them? bonus for books by POC.

oh this is such a fun idea! i haven’t read any books with intersex main characters yet, mostly because those i’ve encountered were not written by intersex authors and often heavily criticized by intersex readers. for the rest of the letters i should be able to come up with 3 (or more if i have more faves). authors of color are marked with an asterisk. everything’s under a cut because this post is kinda long, which is also why i’ve only really listed the books. if you need info regarding content warnings or anything else lmk.

Lesbian:

everyone in this room will be dead someday by emily austin

queen of coin and whispers by helen corcoran (also A for demisexual rep)

girls of paper and fire by natasha ngan*

you know me well by nina lacour and david levithan (also gay)

Gay:

winter’s orbit by everina maxwell (also bi)

a tiny piece of something greater by jude sierra*

after the dragons by cynthia zhang*

boyfriend material by alexis hall

the witch king by h.e. edgmon* (also trans)

Bisexual:

iron widow by xiran jay zhao*

perfect on paper by sophie gonzales

the princess trap by talia hibbert* (and their much better known take a hint, dani brown, of course)

autoboyography by christina lauren

Transgender:

the singing hills cycle by nghi vo* (nonbinary)

the passing playbook by isaac fitzsimons* (trans boy, also gay)

cemetery boys by aiden thomas* (trans boy, also gay)

she who became the sun by shelley parker-chan* (genderqueer x2, also sapphic, bi, gay and ace spectrum rep)

the brilliant death by a.r. capetta (genderfluid, also bisexual)

cheer up: love and pompoms by val wise and crystal frasier (trans girl, also lesbian)

Queer/questioning:

the lost coast by a.r. capetta (mc labels herself specifically as queer)

summer bird blue by akemi dawn bowman* (questioning aro-spec + ace)

gender queer: a memoir by maia kobabe (gender + sexuality questioning in the form of a graphic novel-type memoir)

Aromantic/asexual (spectrum):

the mistletoe motive by chloe liese (demisexual)

beyond the black door by a.m. strickland (demibiromantic ace)

something fabulous by alexis hall (demisexual mlm)

For the + I’ll include some pansexual rep <3:

down among the sticks and bones by seanan mcguire

the first sister series by linden a. lewis (also ace, bi, and nonbinary)

i can’t think of any others which is why i should read more actually