I was going to do this a long time ago
SO HERE'S THE GAY (and it's not just books anymore I'm including shows and shiz too)
1. They Both Die at the End
I. Freaking. Love. This. Book. Sad books are my favourite, and so are gay books, so this was perfect.
This book takes place in a world where people get calls the day they're going to die. Then, they get special treatment from everyone around them. There's an app that people can make friends on so they aren't lonely on their death day, and that's how our main characters (Mateo and Rufus) meet. They live their last day together, fall in love, and die at the end of the day.
2. Simon vs the Homo Sapien's Agenda
I'm sure you've all heard about the movie "Love, Simon". Well, it's based on this book. The book is, of course, better than the movie. And it's just as gay.
The movie adds a lot of things to the plot for drama. But the book isn't for drama. It's about Simon's struggle when Martin threatens to out him to the whole school, and how he wants to know who Blue is. Blue is a guy in his school that he'd been emailing, and they fell in love. Simon keeps on thinking he knows who Blue is, but he's usually wrong.
This book reminds me of my own experiences with accepting myself. It's full of confusion and not really knowing what you want. It's basically a sequel to Simon vs the Homo Sapien's Agenda.
It's about Leah, a bisexual that falls in love with another girl but refuses to accept it. She keeps refusing to be in love with this girl because she thinks she's straight. There's also this whole thing that happens with this girl about racism. But I'm not going to say much else about that because it would be spoilers.
I can't exactly rate this because I havent finished it yet, but everyone I know that's read it says it's amazing.
It's about these two guys that meet in a post office. One of them is there to send a "break up box" to his ex. They talk for a while, and then leave. They have no idea who the other is, but they want to find each other. That's as far as I've read so far.
5. Orange is the New Black
Now, I'm obviously not going to mention the... mature scenes.
I used to refuse to watch this show because I thought it was overrated, but it's not. I heard that it was about lesbians in prison, so of course I had to watch it.
All I can really talk about is the first season to avoid spoilers. So, basically, we've got some lesbians in prison. Piper was in a relationship with Alex before, but then Piper left her. She ended up with some guy named Larry. Then she went to prison, which was the same prison as Alex. And so, drama.
I didn't think a show meant for kids could be so emotional, but I was wrong.
Most of you have probably already watched She-ra, but I'm going to do a short summary anyways. It's about this girl who finds a magical sword, and whenever she uses it she turns into a princess. She meets this other princess and her friend, who at first don't like her but they become friends later. Together, they try to get more people to join their rebellion so they can stop the evil bad guys.
This show is about, well, it's pretty self explanatory.
Basically, it's about these three gay dudes that turn into drag queens with powers when they need to save the world. That's pretty much it.
This movie was more emotional than I thought it would be.
It's about this guy who wants to... uh... do things with his girlfriend. But he doesn't actually want to, he just convinces himself he does. He actually fell in love with this guy who helps him realize he's gay. And there's a lot of drama, but I can't say much about that without spoilers.
This show isn't all about the gay, but a lot of the main characters are LGBTQ+.
This show is about all the things that happen in the school (Degrassi). There's some drama, protests, boy trouble, rivalry with other schools, an arc about a genderfluid character, an arc about abortion, an arc about homophobia, and so on. The representation in this show is great.
And, well, that's all I've got! Feel free to add to this list.