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  • Steve's Story - Steve tells the story of his first sexual encounter at eighteen. I've added details and conversation, using what the person told me and agreed was likely said. The Homo Sapiens Agenda and The Miseducation of Cameron Post have been turned into blockbuster films, and just about every YA agent out there has “own-voices LGBTQ+ stories” on their manuscript wish list.

    However, don’t make the mistake of thinking there’s anything close to a surplus of these stories!

    This page is home to all the LGBTQ+ stories submitted to our Reedsy short fiction contest, whether as part of a related prompt or simply to tell an LGBTQ+ story that touches readers’ hearts and minds.

    From romance to drama to post-apocalyptic fare, some of the contest’s best entries have involved LGBTQ+ characters and narratives — as you’ll see from the many starred stories at the top of the page!

    It started with Fred's Story, and soon, more readers wanted to tell their stories.

    So, now after several have been told, and more are being worked on, I've put together this area to have them all together.

    Some are short, some longer, but all are straight from the person who's story it tells.

  • Fred's Story - This story of a high school student's first experience was related to me as true and actual.   series

  • James' Story - James tells the short story of his first gay sexual encounter at fourteen, with his fifteen year old cousin.

    It was cold, late, and he needed a jump.

  • Benny's Story - A new neighbor moves in the summer before high school. Simply sign up to our writing prompts newsletter to receive the next edition and unleash your inner creativity. A different story of sorts, and not all that pleasant. Some violence.   series

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    Trailblazing authors like David Levithan and Sarah Waters proved that readers were hungry for LGBTQ+ fiction and representation, and since the early aughties, this trend has only been on the rise.

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    But on the way home...

  • Mike and the wrestling coach - Mike wasn't sure he was the athletic type, but the wrestling coach is sure interested in spending some time with him.

  • I Needed A Jump - After the show at the school's student union, this sixteen-year-old had a dead battery. You'll be in with a chance of receiving our cash prize — plus the chance to appear in Prompted, our new literary magazine!

    • Short Stories

    “Campus” by Aaron H.

    Aceves (them.)

    “Say My Name” by Dahlia Adler, from At Midnight (Book Riot)

    “Birds Surrendered and Rehomed” by Kristen Arnett (Oprah Mag)

    “Honey and Cold Stars” by AR Capetta (Everyday Chimeras)

    “My Next Move” by Alexander Chee (The Good Men Project)

    “13 Crimes Against Love, Or, The Crow’s Confession” by Alexander Chee (Lodestar Quarterly)

    “The Shape of My Name” by Nino Cipri (Tor.com)

    “Your Eyes, My Beacon: Being an Account of Several Misadventures and How I Found My Way Home” by C.L.

    Clark (Uncanny)

    “The Cage” by A.M. Dellamonica (Tor.com)

    “The Tiger is a Metaphor” by Alison Evans (Slink Chunk Press)

    “Pineapple” by Sara Farizan (Foreshadow)

    “Epistolary” by Sacha Lamb (Foreshadow)

    “Paradise” by Nina LaCour (Foreshadow)

    “We Could Be Heroes” by Malinda Lo (Autostraddle)

    “Let All the Children Boogie” by Sam J.

    Miller (Tor.com)

    “Unknown Number” by Blue (Azure) Neustifter (Facebook)

    “Poland Itinerary, Class 3B” by Leeor Ohayon (Jewish Book Council)

    “They Called Us” by Natalie Parker (The Hanging Gardens)

    “The Spinner, the Shepherd, and the Leading Man” by Kris Ripper (Author’s Website)

    “Even if All Fall Away, I Will Not” by Brandon Taylor (them.)

    “The Last Eagle” by Natalia Theodoridou (Clarkesworld)

    “Poems Written While” by Natalia Theodoridou (Uncanny)

    “Ribbons” by Natalia Theodoridou (Uncanny)

    “Chokechain” by AJ White (Medium, later published in Transcendent 4)

    Essays

    “Queering Barbie” by Kristen Arnett (Buzzfeed)

    “The Queer Erotics of Handholding in Literature” by Kristen Arnett (Electric Lit)

    “Your Dog Doesn’t Care if You’re a Lesbian” by Kristen Arnett (Medium)

    “What Makes a Story Queer?” by Sarah Gailey (B&N Readers, originally written for B&N SFF Blog)

    “After I Divorced My Wife, ‘The Real Housewives’ Saved Me” by Molly Priddy (Vice)

    “Being Gay vs Being Southern: a false choice” by Brandon Taylor (Lit Hub)

    “The Light My Queer Heart Sees in Wounded, Broken Men” by Brandon Taylor (them.)

    “On Being Queer and Happily Single — Except When I’m Not“ by Brandon Taylor (them.)

    Novellas and Novelettes

    “Avi Cantor Has Six Months to Live” by Sacha Lamb  (The Book Smugglers)

    Stop and Stareby Katie Rose (f/nb romance)

    “Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time” by K.L.

    Szpara (Uncanny)

    Novels

    The Earl of Brass by Kara Jorgensen (ace m/nb historical fantasy)

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    First Time Tales

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    I've been asked to help readers tell their stories of their first times. Click on the previews to read each one, and remember to “like” and comment on your favorites, as well “follow” the authors you love.

    No such luck. What’s more, if you feel the urge to write, indulge it by entering the contest yourself!  series

  • Mitchell's Tale - Mitch's cousin discovers his browser bookmarks!

  • Casey's Tale - His sixteenth birthday party, and his first joint, leads to his first time - and not alone.

  • Jacob's Tale - Sixteen year old Jacob thought his big chance to lose his virginity would come while visiting relatives in San Francisco.

    First his best friends' life changes forever, then his own. and even more recently that their stories have become accepted fare for mainstream fiction.

    Fortunately, times have very much changed.

    150+ Lgbtq+ Short Stories to read

    The Best LGBTQ+ Short Stories

    Over the past fifteen years or so, LGBTQ+ and queer fiction has veritably exploded — what we might call a long-overdue reckoning after many years of literary scarcity.

    Not only do many incredible LGBTQ+ stories remain as-yet untold, but when you think about it, there are hardly any of them in the mainstream when compared to straight, cis narratives — which is why it’s such good news that this trend doesn’t seem to be going anywhere.

    Read the best new LGBTQ+ stories right here

    If you’re searching for brand-new LGBTQ+ and queer fiction (especially of the short variety) you’ll be pleased with what you find here.

    In all cases, the person has found the story good enough and wants to share it, so here they are.


    1. Jeremy's Tale - A teen in the early sixties who comes to find through taking swimming lessons that being a homosexual isn't as bad as he's been taught.   series

    2. Nathan's Tale - Nathan, thirteen, finds out how much fun it is to mess around with his two cousins.

      Because while it’s true that LGBTQ+ creators have long been part of the literary scene (Emily Dickinson, Oscar Wilde, Patricia Highsmith, Truman Capote, and countless more), it’s only recently that they’ve been able to acknowledge their identities without fear of persecution...