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How Do LGBTQ Novels Affect Young Adult Literature?

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The LGBTQ community has not always been widely accepted. In fact, on December 10, 1924 The Society for Human Rights was “founded by Henry Gerber in Chicago.” Further, on June 26, 2015, “the US supreme court ruled that the US constitution guarantees the right for same-sex couples to marry in all 50 US states.” Furthermore, LGBTQ novels primarily feature a protagonist who undergoes the process of telling others about their homosexuality, or a character that is living within the LGBTQ community. Also, LGBTQ novels teach readers that they should accept other’s sexual identities, even if their identity differs from our own. The LGBT theme is suited for young adult literature, because readers can use literature based upon this topic to navigate their …show more content…

Although Melissa and his parents see him as a girl, within his mind he is male. As a child he speaks of endless night praying to wake up as a boy, but to no avail. One night Melissa and J kiss, but Melissa is taken aback by kiss J. He explains that he was asleep during their kiss, but Melissa does not believe this and kicks him out of her bed. After that night Melissa sends an e-male to J saying that she would like to put their friendship on hold for the time being. Melissa explains that she feels violated by what J did in her bed that night, and that if J were a boy it would be considered rape. Over the following days, J skips school and embarks on his transformation forma girl to boy. J makes a bind that flattens his chest, giving him the appearance of a boy. After J meets a garlanded blue at Starbucks downtown she invites J back to her house. However, J is frightened that Blue will discover his breasts when they make out. to avoid making out with Blue, J lies, and says that he cannot make out with Blue because of recent relationship. J’s parents tell him they are understanding and tells J that he can be anything he would like to be. Although J realizes that they are actually referring to jobs and education attainment after his father says “you’ll always be my baby girl.” This inability for his parents to understand J as a transexual individual results in J packing his bags and running away to begin surgeries to transform him into a

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