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[tiggymalvern]

Say Yes to Gay YA! Rachel Manija Brown and Sherwood Smith share their story of a publisher who would only accept their novel if they made the gay character straight or removed him entirely. Thanks to lady_ganesh for the heads up.

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[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

And in the latest (revolting) development, the agents have come out and basically called Sherwood and Rachel big ol' poopyheads. Classy!

[tiggymalvern.livejournal.com]

Good. The original posters were classy enough not to identify the specific publishers, but levelled a more generalised complaint at industry attitudes. If the publishers have now outed themselves as the bigots in question, I couldn't have asked for more.

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

There are a few people actually buying it, which...grrr, argh.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your support!

To continue to support YA fiction with LGBTQ characters, I have proposed creating Permanent Floating YA Diversity Book Clubs. (http://rachelmanija.livejournal.com/976665.html) If you wish to participate, the link will explain how to begin one, join one, or simply pass on the word.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

I thought you would be interested to hear that we sold Stranger (aka "the Yes Gay YA novel") to Viking. Click on this link (http://rachelmanija.livejournal.com/1075926.html) for a post with more details. Thank you so much for your support!