Abstract:

To begin this review by stating that The Heart Has Its Reasons is both groundbreaking and long overdue in the study of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning (GLBTQ) young adult literature feels clichÈ, but in actuality, it understates the potential impact of this analysis. The book opens with a brief "timeline of events relevant to GLBTQ youth" beginning in 1969 (the year which coincidentally saw both the Greenwich Village Stonewall Riots and the publication of the first young adult novel with GLBTQ content) and leading up to 2004 (the year Massachusetts became the U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage).

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