A character comes to terms with, and shares, their queer identity.
Coming-out stories follow a character realising or revealing their sexuality or gender identity — to themselves, a partner, family or the world. In romance it often intertwines with a first queer relationship; in historical fiction the stakes can be life or death.
Becky Albertalli, Victoria Simó Perales
Ocean Vuong
Leslie Feinberg
Nancy Garden
David Levithan
Adam Silvera
Jane Rule
Le Nguyen Trung
Mike Curato
David Leavitt
Isabel Quintero
Katherine V. Forrest
Marion Dane Bauer
Danielle Steel
Michael Barakiva
Alex Sánchez, A. Sanchez
Walter Baxter
Nick Burd
Racquel Marie
Ashley Herring Blake
Eley Williams
Maureen Johnson
Jim Grimsley
Nancy Toder
Alex Sánchez
Sarah Tregay
Deborah Hautzig
April Daniels, Daniels, April (Young adult author)
Diane Salvatore
S. J. Goslee
Liz Kessler
Robert Rodi
Rita Mae Brown
Tom Lennon
Toby Johnson
Lisa C. Moore
Will Walton
Kate Davies
Rita Mae Brown
David LaRochelle
Keith Boykin
Tom Dolby
Adam Mastoon
Laura Keane Zametkin Hobson
Wallace Hamilton
Cat Clarke
Elaine Beale
Patrick Jones
A character comes to terms with, and shares, their queer identity. Coming-out stories follow a character realising or revealing their sexuality or gender identity — to themselves, a partner, family or the world. In romance it often intertwines with a first queer relationship; in historical fiction the stakes can be life or death.
Popular coming out books include Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (2015), On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (2019), Stone Butch Blues (1993), Annie on My Mind (1982) and Two Boys Kissing (2013).