Queer Youth in Fiction

Highlighting ‘James Finn — The Blog’

I also use the blog to update stories that I originally published with Th-Ink Queerly, but that seem especially relevant or interesting later on. For example, today I polished up and revised a story about the crisis of homelessness among LGBTQ youth in the United States.

I pay very little attention to my blog, though, so I was quite surprised when I was poking around today and discovered that I’ve amassed quite a lot of followers.

In fact, I think there are enough of you that sending a letter to subscribers would be a good idea. I’m not going to highlight a bunch of stories, because if you already subscribe, you’ve probably already had a chance to read them.

Naturally, I won’t be mad if you poke around and read some more!

Most of you probably know me as an LGBTQ activist, essayist, and polemicist. If you read my stories in Th-Ink Queerly or on my little blog, that’s what you mostly see.

I write fiery rants and tug at heartstrings in order to try to make the world a little friendlier and safer and more welcoming for LGBTQ people.

I spend more of my time than anything, though, writing fiction. Writing is my passion in life, and telling stories is my passion of passions. But if you know me at all, you can probably figure that I don’t do art for art’s sake. Not that there’s anything wrong with that!

My fiction is as driven as I am. I tell stories that I think are important, that I feel passionate about.

I tell stories to shine lights on ugly problems that a lot of people would rather not look at. I do it out of love and empathy and solidarity.

I think I’m pretty darned entertaining sometimes — when I’m in form. At least a lot of people tell me they enjoy my fiction. Some of them go out of their way to get me to send them more, so I guess they must be mostly telling me the truth.

I’m highlighting one series today, one that I’m especially proud of, and one that received rave reviews on Medium when the chapters first hit the street.

Have you heard of conversion therapy? Reparative therapy? Meet Caleb, Travis, and Matt/Marlene — kids whose lives are profoundly impacted by religiously-based homophobia and discredited “medical” practices that have been shown to be not only entirely ineffective, but to correlate strongly to increases in already-high LGBTQ suicide attempts.

Meet Amanda, a quirky, courageous social worker who bucks the system to fight for queer kids.

I dare you to make it through these stories without breaking out a box of tissues! If you haven’t read these yet, give them a chance. I guarantee that you’ll learn something shocking.

Well, it does. I need to shine a spotlight on that practice, and fiction is an awesome way to do that.

Please click now and read! Help me spread the word by clapping, commenting, tweeting, and sharing! I won’t be the one thanking you for it.

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