Representations in Award-Winning LGBTQ Young Adult Literature from 2000-2013.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and queer (LGBTQ) young adult (YA) literature is increasing in popularity, with novels like Bil Wright's Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy winning the two LGBTQ YA honors--the Lambda Literary and Stonewall Book Awards--as well awards commending their cultural diversity. Despite the upsurge of celebrated LGBTQ YA literature, a study of the protagonists in Lambda- and Stonewall-winning YA novels from 2000-2013 reveals three findings: the dominance of White, gay, male characters contradicts the trend toward strong female protagonists in mainstream YA; stories about lesbians are primarily tragic; and there are no bisexual protagonists.
a School of Education, Boston University , Boston , Massachusetts , USA.
Laura M
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Jiménez
D001363:Awards and Prizes; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005260:Female; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008091:Literature / Q000266:history; D008297:Male; D019529:Sexuality; D063106:Transgender Persons
LGBTQ literature; Lambda Literary Awards; Stonewall Book Awards; lesbian literature; young adult literature