A Fuse #8 Production
Tag: LGBTQIA+
Seeing Yourself in a Story, a guest post by Michelle Mohrweis
Stories let us see ourselves doing things and having adventures. They let us imagine ourselves in those places and know that we are valid.
Grief, Hope, and Bittersweet Endings, a guest post by Victoria Wlosok
How to Find a Missing Girl can be fun, silly, and fast-paced and defined by grief and hope. The feelings are still there. They can co-exist. I know they do.
Book Review: The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet by Jake Maia Arlow
This is a great look at coping with illness, connecting with others, adjusting to new realities and identities, and accepting the infinite change that comes with being a person (and not a supercomputer without a body, Al's one true wish in life).
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Book Review: Cross My Heart and Never Lie by Nora Dåsnes, Matt Bagguley (Translator)
Growing up is hard. It is awkward. It does feel like a game. But Tuva has what it takes to get through this weird time of life---good friends, a loving parent, and a growing sense of self and identity. A really lovely look at all the changes that can come with being 12.
The Lightning Capital of the World, a guest post written and illustrated by Malavika Kannan
Love, fear, growing up, coming out, the pandemic, and the Orlando nightclub shooting all captured in ten full-color panels.
Jane Austen, Cowboys, and Comics, a guest post by Rey Terciero
The idea bubbled up practically overnight: the story of a young, gay, Hispanic teen (that’s me), who falls in love with a cowboy (that’s Texas), who may or may not be a killer (and that’s Jane Austen).
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Back in the (Literary) Saddle, a guest post by Jessica Burkhart
This is my love letter to all the equestrians who haven’t seen themselves on the page. I’m going to need your help and support to get my books into the hands of kids who want and need them, so I hope you go on this ride with me.
We Have Always Been Here; We Always Will Be, a guest post by Kate Fussner
Growing up, I loved fairy tales and Greek myths. As a young queer person, I was keenly aware of how LGBTQIA+ characters never appeared in these stories.
GROWING UP GAY IN THE 80s: Two very close friends dealing with the same secret in very different ways, a guest post by Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner, and Carlyn Greenwald
Even if the road ahead is scary, we’re optimistic for the future and grateful for how far we have come. TIME OUT, ultimately, is filled with that optimism.
Book Review: Pardalita by Joana Estrela, Lyn Miller-Lachmann (Translator)
Can I tell you it beautifully captures the delicate yearning that marks so much of adolescence? And will you know what I mean by that? Because it just does.
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