
Annie on My Mind
Nancy Garden · 1982
Among the first positive lesbian YA romances. Annie and Liza's love is warm, specific, and joyful before the world tries to punish them for it. Garden understood that teenagers needed to see love like theirs portrayed as real and good, not tragic or shameful. A quiet revolutionary act that still moves readers.
Romance · the Pro canon
The case for it, the case against, and the rest of the canon open with Pro.