Say Yes to Gay YA
Sep. 12th, 2011 03:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dragonimpA literary agent offered to represent a YA manuscript - on the condition that one of the main characters be made straight or have his POV and any mention of his sexuality cut.
These authors aren't the only ones with a story like that. It's 2011 and this kind of unseen discrimination is happening - and not just with sexuality; authors have been told to change characters' race, disability, even gender. That article talks about it much better than I could, and also has list of books to consider if you want to "vote with your wallet" in support of diversity in books.
These authors aren't the only ones with a story like that. It's 2011 and this kind of unseen discrimination is happening - and not just with sexuality; authors have been told to change characters' race, disability, even gender. That article talks about it much better than I could, and also has list of books to consider if you want to "vote with your wallet" in support of diversity in books.