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"At that time, for that kind of reader, fairies were more realistic than gay people."
When Malinda Lo published her first Young Adult fantasy novel, Ash, some readers weren't ready for her inclusion of lesbian characters. The bestselling US author talks with fellow YA novelist, Bangladeshi Irish Adiba Jaigirdar about changing attitudes to LGBTQ fiction as well as their perspective as queer Asian writers. Presented by Erica Gillingham.
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