Book Reviews : My Top 4 LGBT+ Novels
To celebrate Australia legalising same-sex marriage lets take a look at my favourite Young-Adult novels with leading LGBT+ characters. As someone who identifies as straight and has never experienced the challenges faced by the LGBT+ community I found these novels enlightening and it sparked a deep desire to be an ally. You may read on safely, there are no spoilers here. 1. The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth One of the most thought-provoking novels I have read in recent years. Family members send Cameron Post to a Christian conversion camp and this novel focuses on not only Cameron’s experience but also the experiences of a wide-range of characters that are all on various levels of acceptance of their sexuality. While reading this novel I became truly horrified that conversion therapy exists and vulnerable young people are put through that kind of experience. My heart broke in two for all the teenagers to the extent I felt compelled to reach out to ...