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Love_Is_Love: An Anthology for LGBTQIA+ Teens
Love_Is_Love is a forthcoming collection of beautiful stories, poems, personal essays, and artwork for LGBTQIA teens. We hope Love_Is_Love will help lend support to LGBTQIA teens struggling to deal with the pervasive homophobic and transphobic rhetoric that can make the world feel like a terrifying and unsafe place. All of the proceeds collected from this anthology will be donated to The Trevor Project, an organization that has been saving the lives of LGBTQIA teens since 1998. We would also like to dedicate Love_Is_Love to young adults whose lives were cut short because of bigotry, cruelty, and ignorance. Matthew Shepard, Brandon Teena, Lashai Mclean, Paige Clay, Mollie Olgin, Tiffany Gooden, Gabriel Fernandez, and countless others, you ARE ALL LOVED, MISSED, AND CHERISHED.
74 pages, Paperback
Published January 24, 2019
About the author
Emma Eden Ramos
6 books41 followersEmma Eden Ramos is a writer and student from New York City. Her middle grade novella, The Realm of the Lost, was recently published by MuseItUp Publishing. Her short stories have appeared in Stories for Children Magazine, The Storyteller Tymes, BlazeVOX Journal, and other journals. Ramos' novelette, Where the Children Play, is included in Resilience: Stories, Poems, Essays, Words for LGBT Teens, edited by Eric Nguyen. Three Women: A Poetic Triptych and Selected Poems (Heavy Hands Ink, 2011), Ramos’ first poetry chapbook, was shortlisted for the 2011 Independent Literary Award in Poetry.
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February 21, 2019
This was an absolutely beautiful read, and something I wish I had had when I was younger and going through many of my own struggles. I can't recommend it enough. There were times it brought me to tears with how heartfelt and beautiful the writing in this collection was. The icing on the cake is that all proceeds go to The Trevor Project. This anthology makes the world a better place in so many different ways, so if you get the opportunity, order your own copy and be a part of that!
April 25, 2020
The anthology begins with a dedication to LGBTQIA+ teens everywhere and a quote from Lin-Manuel Miranda: “We rise and fall and light from dying embers, remembrances that hope and love last longer And love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love cannot be killed or swept aside.” In “Namaste” by Serena Agusto-Cox, the speaker selects photos for a scrapbook with care, and
On paper
We love ourselves,
friends, times together
But inside
dark shadows char the edges
sneers of peers, bully barbs
Pull it back
breathe deep into the belly
weighed down
release the shoulders
blow shadow wisps away with breath
The story “This is Me in Grade Nine” by Kevin Craig shares the first day of high school and how family and friends support Kristy. When she prepares for school, her brother says “sis” and “The sis comment hits me in the feels in a way I don’t expect, so I usher Dillon out of my room as quick as I can. I will not cry, I will not cry. That top is waiting for me. I can’t wait to have those sleeves to shake around. First, however? Shower, hair, and make-up” (63).
Every poem, story, and artwork in the anthology is a must-read. Love is love is love.
On paper
We love ourselves,
friends, times together
But inside
dark shadows char the edges
sneers of peers, bully barbs
Pull it back
breathe deep into the belly
weighed down
release the shoulders
blow shadow wisps away with breath
The story “This is Me in Grade Nine” by Kevin Craig shares the first day of high school and how family and friends support Kristy. When she prepares for school, her brother says “sis” and “The sis comment hits me in the feels in a way I don’t expect, so I usher Dillon out of my room as quick as I can. I will not cry, I will not cry. That top is waiting for me. I can’t wait to have those sleeves to shake around. First, however? Shower, hair, and make-up” (63).
Every poem, story, and artwork in the anthology is a must-read. Love is love is love.
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