Queer Literature

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_literature)

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbian_literature)

(http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/oped/12/06/ours-for-the-making-trans-lit-trans-poetics/)

(http://www.malindalo.com/2011/09/i-have-numbers-stats-on-lgbt-young-adult-books-published-in-the-u-s/)

Well Covered: Pulp Pride by Meredith Blake (http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/well-covered-pulp-pride)

“In the spirit of reading being fundamental and a picture being worth a thousand words, here are a few salacious covers from the golden age of pulp fiction along with what I can best glean are their plotlines.”

“The books tell tales of tropes we had hoped would have ended by now, i.e. a character hating men so she becomes a lesbian, and scenes that are still going strong, such as lesbians in jail cells. With some of them, we still have no idea what’s going on. Oh, well. The covers are still brilliant.”

“Poetry brings love to life and these incredible poets immortalized their love in their writings. Though many were afraid of persecution and hid their sexual orientation, others boldly came out in a time when homosexuality was completely condemned. Here we take a look at 10 of the greatest gay or bisexual figures in classic literature.“

We Two Boys Together Clinging by Walt Whitman

My Mouth Hovers Across Your Breasts by Adrienne Rich

“ Why should gay characters in fiction be confined to gay readers any more than characters set in futuristic/dystopic settings, or vampires, need only be read by teens in the future, or teens with fangs and a thirst for human blood? The answer, of course, is that they shouldn't be, and as teens experience worlds in which LGBT friends, family members, teachers, fellow students, and people throughout society are acknowledged as they are, one would expect that such characters would become simply part of any realistic depiction of what the world looks like—and that we would all grow to expect such settings not as controversial or only interesting to a certain set of people but simply as real. “

This series includes two characters, Alec Lightwood (shadowhunter) who is gay and Magnus Bane (warlock)who is bisexual. After meeting each other they begin to fall in love and eventually become one of the most loved and supported couples in the series.