LGBTQIA - Young Adult Books With Genderqueer Characters

(Genderqueer)

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Toni and Gretchen have been together since the middle of high school. But when Toni goes away to Harvard and experiments with her gender identity in a quest for self-discovery, Gretchen is left out of the loop at NYU and wanting the person she was with before, even if it means understanding who Toni wants to become. 

Football player Adonis must decide whether to take a stand against his friends when Alan, the new kid in school, is bullied by his fellow football players and schoolmates for dressing in girl's clothes.

(intersex)

Alyx was born interex. After a traumatic bullying event in her native Walnut Grove, California prompts she and her mother to relocate to her mother's hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Alyx aksi makes the decision that she identifies as a girl despite her parents' decision to raise her as a boy and allowing her to choose later. Knowing she can't undergo surgery that would allow her to fully identify as a girl for two years, Alyx changes her last name at her new school and is off to a new start despite feelings of PTSD from the bullying. When she joins the basketball team jealousy from a teammate threatens to unravel all that she's started to build.

(Asexual)

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Sam and Ramona meet Tom during an audition for an arts college and all three form a bond over music. They find themselves navigating the deepening relationships that develop amongst them when they form a band and begin spending time together. 

In this second book in the series Magnus is introduced to Alex Fierro, a gender fluid teen who, "has startling eyes, an impressive sweater vest and a tendency to hit people." Alex leads the charge of Magnus and his crew as they go in search of Thor's missing hammer.

Two first-year students at Wellesley College have competing relationship advice Instagram accounts—Sophie anonymously runs "Dear Wendy," and Jo anonymously runs "Sincerely, Wanda," which is known for snarky replies to "Wendy." However, Sophie and Jo become fast friends when they work together on a project for their Gender and Women’s Studies class, not realizing the other is their mortal social media enemy! Despite the dating advice Sophie and Jo gave, Dear Wendy is about the love between best friends.