Gay storys

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.

So I grew up in a fairly religious environment. 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!

No such luck. I've added details and conversation, using what the person told me and agreed was likely said. I noticed it was... And when I was 15 years old, I moved to the United States, specifically Reno, Nevada. 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.

First his best friends' life changes forever, then his own. And it was a communit...

X-Men & Real-Life Heroes Inspire Gay Man to Become a “Super Lawyer”

Hi, I’m Rick Anderson.

I was probably about four...

Gay Teacher Goes From Closeted Student to Queer Role Model

My name is Philip Marcus. I’m from Harrison, New Jersey. As long as I can remember, I knew that I was different. I’m one of three boys, grew up ... I knew that I was gay. I grew up in the Clear Lake, Friendswood area in my early childhood in the eighties and nineties.

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!

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