James Hampton of Rogue’s Portal (now Geek’d Out) interviewed ‘Lemonade Summer’ creator Gabi Mendez! See the full interview here.
“RP: What inspired you to focus on queer stories for kids? What do you hope to accomplish with this book?
Gabi: GM: I think representation is very important. The LGBTQ stories that reach major media honestly tend to be tragedies, and the stories for queer youth tend to be about the struggle of being closeted and coming out. This is absolutely a reality most of us go through, but while I don’t want to shy away from those narratives, I think we deserve more. Queer kids deserve to see themselves as pirates, as witches, as the kids we were just trying to navigate adolescence with the happy endings we seek.”