From an increase in rejections by editors to more coded language and fewer direct descriptions of the content of LGBTQ+ books, it is more difficult to find new books with LGBTQ+ content in the U.S. now.
“I think queerness in big books is very largely being buried by publishers, not necessarily by authors,” she said. “I feel like that’s kind of my biggest takeaway of this round of the Trump administration. [Publishers] are not necessarily not buying them, but they’re not necessarily being loud about the fact that they did buy them, and they’re letting people find out they’re queer in other ways.”
by MiddletownBooks