3.72 avg rating — 831 ratings

"Goode juggles themes of sexuality AND race AND religion (and hip-hop too!). Totally jealous of how freaking awesome these girls are."

3.81 avg rating — 76,622 ratings

"Very sweet, very utopic (a school where the star football player is a totally fabulous diva lady? Never thought I'd want to go back to high school, but sign me up!). Amazing to read a YA book where the gay main character is so comfortable with who he is. Even more amazing? This book was published in 2003."

3.61 avg rating — 658 ratings

"Set in Iowa!"

3.69 avg rating — 415,016 ratings

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"A younger-grade series starring two awkward, quirky, and super adorable bffs, one of whose parents happen to both be dads. The amazing thing about the first volume in "The Popularity Papers" is how seamlessly Julie's two fathers are woven into the story (their story is somewhat more developed in a later volume). That and the fact that this series is totally appropriate for kids as young as late elementary school--and there aren't a whole ton of juvenile books featuring gay characters."

3.93 avg rating — 8,075 ratings

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"YA eco-dystopian."

3.87 avg rating — 975 ratings

"Rumor has it, Brown experienced resistance from a particular publisher who wanted the gay character to be rewritten as straight. Brown's response? To find a different publisher. We haven't read this one yet (it hasn't been published yet!), but WAY TO GO, Rachel Brown! Totally supporting this one."

4.03 avg rating — 23,205 ratings

"It's not the main character who's gay, but this one's worth a read. Hilarious and utterly heartbreaking."

3.63 avg rating — 8,059 ratings

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"Great story but even greater cover. YA book covers are chock full of hormone-driven straight teens making out; it's about time we acknowledge that two dudes or two girls kissing is just as normal and beautiful (unless, you know, PDA isn't your thing). "

4.02 avg rating — 56,853 ratings

"Groundbreaking YA lesbian fiction published in the dark days (1982!). Kinda dated, but a total classic."

3.75 avg rating — 7,167 ratings

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"A sweet, gentle manga about two young (like, fifth grade-young) transgender kids tiptoeing into the scary, lovely world of adolescence."

3.93 avg rating — 10,724 ratings

"Set in Iowa!"

3.95 avg rating — 3,211 ratings

"A nonfiction YA memoir about a boy who grows up in an ultra-conservative, religious family and has to break a few rules to figure out his own path."

3.83 avg rating — 22,037 ratings

"The first YA book to broach the idea of teens and trans issues."