Best Books for Gay Teens

When the teens in this novel find out that they are not allowed to create a Gay-Straight alliance in their high school, they decide instead to create The Geography Club. The Geography Club is a secret club which they assume will sound so boring that it will not attract any unwanted members. Funny and fast-paced, there are also two sequels: The Order of the Poison Oak and Split Screen.

This collection of short stories is written by several well-known young adult authors, and is the perfect book for any teenager dealing with his or her own sexuality or trying to work through the emotions of having a gay parent or friend.

Even though the main character of this story isn't gay, I think this is an excellent book for gay teens to show them that there are plenty of happy well-adjusted gay adults out there. In this story, a teenage boy spends the summer living with his gay uncle in Arizona while working at a horse ranch. The uncle’s story is only a subplot, but he is extremely likable and this story could be very helpful to teens who do not have any positive gay role models in their life.

Teenage drag queen Billy Bloom explodes onto the conservative scene at Eisenhower Academy to mixed reviews. Some are amused by his flamboyant antics while other literally want him dead.

Taylor Adams is shipped off to Straight to God, an institution which has promised his parents that they can“deprogram” troubled teenagers, and "cure" Taylor of being gay.

These 18 stories are all about love, all kinds of love, from the heart-breaking to the heart-warming.

It isn't easy for 16-year-old Parr Burrman to live in his small rural town in Missouri, once everyone finds out that his older sister Evie is a lesbian. And things get much worse for him and his family when Evie leaves the family farm to live with the daughter of the town’s banker.

While it isn't the first gay YA novel, it is certainly one of the most ground-breaking. This sometimes hilarious, sometimes heart-breaking story takes place in a "gaytopia" where everyone in the high school is accepting of homosexuality. Butch lesbian bikers cheer on the football team, and the gay straight alliance teaches the straight kids how to dance to the 80s pop that is played every morning instead of the Pledge of Allegiance.

This book features a love triangle between three high school boys, all of whom are at different stages of the coming out process.

This is a great novel whose main character stands up not only for the rights of gays in his school, but also to put an end to bullying in general.