If you’ve read The October That Changed Everything, you know who that lesbian character is. If you have yet to read it, I will not include spoilers here. But suffice it to say that this character has a good reason for keeping her secret.

The story takes place at a pivotal moment in American history. Besides being the autumn when the threat of nuclear war hung over our collective heads, 1962 was a year when huge changes were underway in American society. Amo...