dear YA authors

to those who already write queer characters:

thank you.

more please.

to those who don’t:

listen, if i have to sit through one more poorly written

poorly edited because teenagers would’t know good writing

if it bit them on the nose love story

i. want. lesbians.

i want bisexual werewolves making out with prom kings

and the smartest girl in the class.

i want time travelling lesbians who don’t exist

simply for the straight boy fantasy.

i want femme trans* boys and punk butch trans* girls

and non-binary kids dong their math homework

on board galaxy-class starships.

i want non-traditional narratives

and queer people of colour.

i want books about queer kids who like queer kids

that aren’t just about that.

i am tired of your heteronormalitive bullshit.

do you know what a book can mean in my hands?

queer representation means

i am not alone.

i am not a monster.

i am not unwanted.

i am not worthless.

i am no one’s dirty little secret.

do you know how many queer and transgender kids

commit suicide each year?

to the ya authors who already write queer characters:

thank you.

more please.

to those who don’t - 

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