6/12/2023 0 Comments Swans and Klons by Nora Olsen![]() ![]() In Harry Potter, for example, Harry’s move from childish oppression to magical power and fulfillment is accomplished through the discovery of a secret subculture living hidden in plain sight, recognizing one other through secret signs and rituals. And one of the main ways that the division between adult and child is explored, or dramatized, is by making more or less explicit parallels with the division between straight and gay. YA is, for obvious reasons, often focused on the process of growing up it tends to be structured around the division between adults and children. Rowling, for example, has famously said that Dumbledore was gay - but that revelation came at a Q&A with fans, not in the books themselves.īut while gay characters tend to be closeted or simply absent in YA, the gay experience is oddly and insistently prevalent. On the one hand, writers for young readers are often leery about presenting homosexuality. ![]() YA fiction often has a complicated relationship with gay content. ![]()
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