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He's got a brand fresh job working maintenance for a beauty salon. But with his long hair, feminine features, and calm demeanor, maybe Alex can be of use in other ways... After quitting his horrible job at a hardware store, Alex is free but aimless. To cheer him up, his older sister, Grace, surprises him with a pick-me-up trip to the salon for a much-needed haircut. Though what was only meant to be a simple trim results in an unexpected employment offer as the salon's new in-house maintenance male. Alex must adjust to his new job surrounded by constant feminine force, all while crushing difficult on ...
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12 Must-Read Coming-of-Age LGBT Novels
Though one could generate the case that lgbtq+ literature dates back to centuries B.C.—the moment Homer wrote of Achilles and Patroclus and the “union of their thighs”—you’d be hard-pressed to find a book about a teen who identifies as an LGBT individual. Until now.
Over the last few decades, there has been an uptick in coming-of-age stories starring homosexual protagonists, both on the page and on the screen. Finally, these stories are organism given a voice and their much-deserved due.
And speculate what! You don’t hold to be gay to enjoy gay literature! Whether you're simply wanting to look beyond your control experience, or you're an LGBT youth seeking a character like yourself, the following classic and contemporary coming-of-age LGBT novels chronicle the road to first loves, acceptance, and self-discovery. And that’s something everyone can relate to.
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By Stacey Donovan
Teenager Virginia “V” Dunn is down on her luck. Her beloved pup, Lucky, was hit by a car; her finest friend is avoiding her; her mother’s drinking issue is escalating; and her father is afflicted with a rare illness. F
I don’t believe in the idea of guilty pleasures. I even used to run a pop society blog centered around the fact that they shouldn’t be a thing—we should never have to sense guilty about something that brings us pleasure. Growing up queer, it can be really easy to be made to touch guilty about what you might secretly love, because it might not fit the rigid yet opposite gender norms you never really adhered to. Therefore, it can also accept a long time for you to feel pleasant enjoying what you appreciate without shame or ridicule—from other people or from yourself. Internalized homophobia at its finest!
As a teenager, I rarely felt comfortable reading YA books, let alone gay YA books, because I felt so disconnected and rejected by my age group—having never really shared the same interests or ideals of people my have age, and often entity bullied for it—that I did anything I could to subtly and hush set myself apart from kids my age. Adults called me an former soul, which I was, but I also didn’t feel free to dwell my own life, and I faced the consequences of acting more grown up than I actually was when I reached early adulthood.
There’s a notion in gay culture that we actually
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