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YA lit has some of the best-written lit out there. It's full of angst, fun, love and laughter, meaningful experiences, and philosophical discussion. Not to mention memorable characters. It's the place where young adults go when they want to or need to escape. It's also the place where young adults can get a view of the larger world picture if they're from a small town. Gay young adults have few positive role models. It is outrageous that a publisher would try to pressure an author into changing a gay character into a straight one. (makes you wonder about all the other books on their YA list - what characters have been changed in those books?)

I just read this (thank you serena_dragon!) and thought I'd pass it on:

Originally posted by

darkspirited1 at SIGNAL BOOST: SAY YES TO GAY YA

This comes from an article by

rachelmanija entitled, Say Yes to Gay YA.
(click the link for the full article)

Our novel Stranger has five viewpoint characters; one, Yuki Nakamura, is
gay and has a boyfriend. Yuki's romance, like the heterosexual ones in
the novel, involves nothing more explicit than kissing.

An agent from a major agency, one which represents a bestselling YA novel in the same genre as ours, called us.

The agent offered to sign us on the condition that we make the gay
character straight, or else remove his viewpoint and all references to
his sexual orientation.

This isn't about that specific agent; we'd gotten other rewrite requests before this one. Previous agents had also offered to take a second look if we did rewrites… including cutting the viewpoint of Yuki, the gay character.

It's time to stand up and demand change. Spread the word everywhere if you are just as angry and outraged by this.

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As I promised here is the recipe:

TIRAMISU’

Ingredients:
* 4 egg
* 100 grams white sugar
* 500 grams mascarpone cheese
* 1 3/4 cups heavy whipping cream
* 350 grams lady fingers (see how many you have in the package)
* 1 cup coffee (of course espresso)
Topping extras
* unsweetened cocoa powder (dust)

Procedure
* Combine egg yolks and sugar with the mixer as long as it became frothy and light.
* in another bowl use the mixer to soft the mascarpone. When it became frothy and light add the egg and sugar together and mix very well all together until is fluffy.
* in another bowl beat the egg whites until stiffs then mix them with the mascarpone egg and sugar very very well: now the cream is done !
* Now wet the lady fingers in the coffee (not too much just in order to leave the coffee taste on them) and put them in a pan you’ll use to serve the tiramisu.
* Cover the lady fingers with the mascarpone cream and dust on top with the cocoa powder.
* And now …. Chill it in the fridge for at least 2 hours … best is to do it at least 12 hours before serving it and only after that enjoy your tiramisù . The tiramisù don’t need to be cooked but you need very fresh eggs. If you can’t find mascarpone you can use a soft cheese (the one you use for cheesecake and add a little bit more sugar). If you can’t find lady fingers biscuits let me know I’ll give you the recipe.

ENJOY AND GET WELL!

ohhhh, thank you so much for this - just reading it is delicious! I think I'll be able to find mascarpone, but if not, I'll use the Philly Cream Cheese and add a bit of sugar. And if I can't find lady fingers, I can always make them (I've a recipe around somewhere). But I've seen them in the bakery section. And I can get salmonella free eggs. I always use my little Bialetti for my espresso in the mornings. I can get fresh roasted coffee from the coffee farms here (arabica beans - yum...)

thanks so much!

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