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QYA in the 80s

  • One of the first positiveish YA books
  • Two girls come back together in the end
  • Young proto-gay gets a new teachers
  • He really likes the teacher,but not all the students do
  • Teacher is ultimately fired on the grounds of his sexuality
  • Divorced Parents
  • While at her dads for the summer she learns her mother is a lesbian
  • Father thinks it is not the right place to raise children
  • First YA book to deal with AIDS
  • Teen learns his older brother is gay and has AIDS and struggles with this information
  • Published in 1989
  • Magical realism
  • Shows an alternative queer family

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