Queer Anxieties of Young Adult Literature and Culture RN Prometheus brought the gift of

Prometheus brought the gift of enlightenment to humanity and suffered for his benevolence

these nurses cared for their patients with compassion

' Heather Fowlie

while Muriel plainly saw what Germany's future was becoming

narratives used not only to defend slavery but argue against it

Queer Anxieties of Young Adult Literature and Culture RN Prometheus brought the gift ofYoung adult literature featuring LGBTQ characters is booming. In the 1980s and 1990s, only a handful of such titles were published every year. Recently, these numbers have soared to over one hundred annual releases. Queer characters are also appearing more frequently in film, on television, and in video games. This explosion of queer representation, however, has prompted new forms of longstanding cultural anxieties about adolescent sexuality. What