Flamboyants, The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I’d Known by George M. Johnson, illustrated by Charly Palmer Published by Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2024.

by StandwithTrans7821 | Mar 3, 2026 | Book Review

March 2026 Flamboyants, The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I’d Known by George M. Johnson, illustrated by Charly Palmer Published by Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2024. Written for a young adult audience, this is a powerful introduction to fourteen...

I Shall Never Fall In Love by Hari Conner – Published by Harper Alley, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 2024

by StandwithTrans7821 | Feb 5, 2026 | Book Review

This YA graphic novel is a perfect selection for the queer tween in your life as we celebrate Valentine’s Day this month.  It is inspired by Jane Austen’s novel Emma and the Regency Romance formula, so it is packed with Austenian drama, heartache, scandal and yearning...

A Gentleman’s Gentleman by TJ Alexander – Published by Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House, 2025

by StandwithTrans7821 | Jan 7, 2026 | Book Review

This is the very best trans queer Regency Romance novel ever written in the history of this literary genre!  Let’s start with a definition, what is a Regency Romance?   Regency Romances are a subgenre of romance novels set in early 19th century England, during...

A World Worth Saving by Kyle Lukoff Published by Dial Books for Young Readers, 2025

by StandwithTrans7821 | Dec 4, 2025 | Book Review, Media

A World Worth Saving by Kyle Lukoff Published by Dial Books for Young Readers, 2025 If you’re up for reading a fantasy dystopian novel geared for trans teens that fuses Jewish mythology and folklore with contemporary concerns, this novel is for you.  Kyle Lukoff...

Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki Published by Tor Books, 2021

by StandwithTrans7821 | Nov 7, 2025 | Book Review, Media

Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki Published by Tor Books, 2021 A defiantly joyful fantasy adventure set in California’s San Gabriel Valley, with cursed violins, Faustian bargains, and a queer alien courtship over fresh-made donuts. Renowned classical violin...

Obie is Man Enough – by Schuyler Bailar. Published by Crown Books for Young Readers, 2021

by StandwithTrans7821 | Oct 9, 2025 | Book Review, Media

Obie is Man Enough by Schuyler Bailar. Published by Crown Books for Young Readers, 2021 As this novel begins, Thirteen-year-old competitive swimmer Obie must part ways with his closest friends on the only swim team he has ever known, because Coach Bolton, of Bolton’s...