forum LGBT book club!!

Started October 01, 2018 by Deleted user

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hey I know this is for recommending LGBT+ books
but I'm writing one and idk if has good rep or not?

I officially have a whole new reading list now

Tell me about your story, Salty.

It's not completely focused on LGBT, it's more about mental illness, but the main character being bisexual is a huge part of the plot, and him coming out is also pretty big. I've also got a gay character, a lesbian, and somebody who's aromantic (but not asexual)

Oooh it sounds compelling and good. I'd read it.

Going off of that, does anyone have advice on writing a character who is aro but not ace? Like, I want to show that just because they don't love someone romatically they also aren't just 'using them for sex'. This is especially hard since I'm asexual so like….sexual attraction who is that?

yeah, that part is going to be pretty tricky for me lol

Don't feel like reading this SO Any super gay books out there I should read

this is literally a whole thread about gay books.

OOF nowI have to read OOF's again

Goes to read chat

I'm sad because no one's mentioned 'Symptoms of Being Human' by Jeff Garvin. It's about a gender fluid person trying to get through life and I really liked it.

"jess and chunk's road trip to infinity" It was alright, a little (read: a lot) cringey at times, but positive trans rep!

THESE ARE THE ONES I FOUND INTERESTING

• Chaotic love
• 27 hours

well i'm ..glad??

IDK I just felt like saying it

has anybody mentioned Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda

Nope

no but only because it is a LEGEND

okay but!!! there is a sequel with leah and lemme tell you its one of the first books i ever read to have a healthy wlw relationship!!! (Leah on the Off Beat)

Also the author did one called "The Up Side of Unrequited" that I haven't read, but has a wlw ship I believe?

Also the author did one called "The Up Side of Unrequited" that I haven't read, but has a wlw ship I believe?

ah not really. the mothers get married and the sister has a girlfriend, but the main romance is straight

Ah. Well I'm fine with a not-main romance.

true. any rep is rep

One a semi-related note….how many ships is too many ships for a story?

uhhmmm maybe like 7? don't want too many that people can't remember who is who

none
there is no such thing as too many ships

Okay I'm just worried because I have (in one story)
Jon/Peggy
Darius/Winifred
Nell/Therese
Samuel/Joan(???? maybe they'll just be friends but at the same time I really want an ace/ace romance!)
Huxley/Fern
Amira/Sara

Yeah in the book I'm writing I've got
Julian/Pandora (bad ship. very bad ship. do not ship.)
Julian/Mika (pure ship, pls ship)
James/Amira (also bad ship)
James/Cade
Lola/Alex
Brianna/Liam

And in other books (some same universe, some not)
Francesca/andrew (Our Supreme Lord and Overseer)
Izzy/Stephen
Leah/Beckett
Leah/Jayson
Erica/Teagan
Della/Theo
Geneva/Martha
Marya/Miriam
Lyra/Dima

Woah…