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LESBIAN CHARACTERS AND PAIRINGS

Gravel Queen by Tea Benduhn

How Beautiful the Ordinary edited by Michael Cart

The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth

The Dark Wife by Sarah Diemer

Down to the Bone by Mayra Dole

Annie on My Mind  by Nancy Garden

Good Moon Rising Nancy Garden

Sister Mischief by Laura Goode

Perfect by Ellen Hopkins

A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend by Emily Horner

The Bermudez Triangle by Maureen Johnson

Torn by Amber Lehman

Gravity by Leanne Lieberman

Ash by Malinda Lo

Huntress by Malinda Lo

My Tiki Girl by Jennifer McMahon

Kissing Kate by Lauren Myracle

Tripping to Somewhere by Kris Reisz

The End by Nora Olsen

Between Mom and Jo by Julie Anne Peters

Far From Xanandu by Julie Anne Peters

Keeping You A Secret by Julie Anne Peters

Rage by Julie Anne Peters

She Loves You, She Loves You Not by Julie Anne Peters

Luna by Julie Anne Peters

Grl2Grl by Julie Anne Peters

The Will of the Empress by Tamora Pierce

Scars by Cheryl Rainfield

Empress of the World by Sarah Ryan

The Rules for Hearts by Sarah Ryan

Inferno by Robin Stevenson

The Sweep Series by Cate Tiernan

Please Don’t Kill The Freshmen by Zoe Trope

Pink by Lili Wilkson

Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger

Love & Lies by Ellen Wittlinger

 

GAY  CHARACTERS AND PAIRINGS

Vintage: A Ghost Story by Steve Berman

Baby Be-Bop by Francesca Lia Block

The Value of X by Poppy Z. Brite

The Vast Fields of Ordinary by Nick Burd

Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You by Peter Cameron

How Beautiful the Ordinary edited by Michael Cart

Dance on My Grave by Aidan Chambers

With or Without You by Brian Farrey

The Screwed-up Life of Charlie the Second by Drew Ferguson

My Heartbeat by Garrett Freymanm-Weyr

The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold

Jumping off the Planet by David Gerrold

Bouncing off the Moon by David Gerrold

Leaping to the Stars by David Gerrold

Two Parties, One Tux, and A Very Short Film About the Grapes of Wrath by Steven Goldman

Mariposa Club by Rigoberto Gonzalez

The Price of Living by J. Lee Graham

Last Exit to Normal by Michael B. Harmon

Geography Club my Brent Hartinger

The Order of the Poison Oak by Brent Hartinger

Double Feature: Attack of the Soul-Sucking Brain Zombies/Bride of the Soul-Sucking Brain Zombies by Brent Hartinger

The Elephant of Surprise by Brent Hartinger

Jack by A.M. Homes

Tricks by Ellen Hopkins

Totally Joe by James Howe

Freaks and Revelations by Davida Wills Hurwin

Freak Show by James St. James

Another Kind of Cowboy by Susan Juby

Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher

My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park by Steve Kluger

Out of the Pocket by Bill Konigsberg

The Last Herald Mage trilogy by Mercedes Lackey

Absolutely Positively Not by David LaRochelle

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Leviathan

Boy Meets Boy by David Leviathan

Wide Awake by David Leviathan

Love is the Higher Law by David Leviathan

Absolute Brightness by James Lecesne

Dramarama by E. Lockhart

The Year of Ice by Brian Malloy

Twelve Long Months by Brian Malloy

The Wicked Lovely Series by Melissa Marr

The Straight Road to Kylie by Nico Medina

Hero by Perry Moore

Sunblood by Maria Mora

Shine by Lauren Myracle

Exiled to Iowa. Send Help. And Couture. by Chris O’Guinn

Sprout by Dale Peck

Blood Hound by Tamora Pierce

Do You Know That I Love You by Mark A. Roeder

Obscura Burning by Suzanne van Rooyen

In Mike We Trust by P.E. Ryan

Saints of Augustine by P. E. Ryan

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Saenz

The Rainbow Boys Trilogy by Alex Sanchez

So Hard To Say by Alex Sanchez

Swimming in the Monsoon Sea by Shyam Selvadurai

A Really Nice Prom Mess by Brian Sloan

Stick by Andrew Smith

Big Guy by Robin H. Stevenson

The Blue Lawn by William Taylor

Drama by Raina Telgemier

Please Don’t Kill THe Freshmen by Zoe Trope

Peter by Kate Walker

Dishes by Rich Wallace

My Heartbeat by Garret Freymann-Weyr

A vigil for Joe Rose by Michael Whatling

Bad Boys by Diana J. Wieler

Teenage Rewrite by Brandon Williams

What They Always Tell Us by Martin Wilson

Hushed by Kelly York

TRANS, POLY AND QUEER PAIRINGS AND CHARACTERS

I Am J by Chris Beam

Speaking Out– Anthology edited by Steve Berman

Mariposa Club by Rigoberto Gonzalez

Jumpstart the World by Catherine Ryan Hyde

Freak Show by James St. James

F2M: The Boy Within by Hazel Edwards and Ryan Kennedy

Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher

Radiant Shadows by Melissa Marr

The End by Nora Olsen

Luna by Julie Anne Peters

Blood Hound by Tamora Pierce

Parrotfish by Ellen Wittlinger