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* TheBeard: Tony’s parents think Joni and Paul are dating so they can still hang out with Tony despite Paul and Tony both being gay.
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* BiWildered: Kyle has had relationships with both boys and girls and struggles with his identity and attractions, claiming to be either gay or entirely straight at various points of his life. However, he wishes he was either attracted solely to men or solely to women, and when Paul suggests he ''is'' bisexual, Kyle rebels against the label and refuses to claim it.
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* QueerShowGhetto: A book, but still applies. The audience for the book is overwhelmingly full of queer teens.
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* CharacterNarrator: The book is narrated in FirstPersonPerspective from Paul's point of view.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: PlayedWith with Paul and Tony, as neither of them are heterosexual, but their relationship is strictly platonic (despite what Tony's mother might think).
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* NewTransferStudent: Noah just transferred to their high school as a senior before the school year started. Since the town is extremely...quirky, to say the least, Noah is not at all used to the society.
* NoBisexuals: While Kyle could definitely be called bisexual and angst about it quite a lot--wishing he was either attracted solely to men or solely to women, and claiming he is at various points of his life--when Paul suggests he ''is'' bisexual, Kyle rebels against the label and refuses to claim it.
* NoBisexuals: While Kyle could definitely be called bisexual and angst about it quite a lot--wishing he was either attracted solely to men or solely to women, and claiming he is at various points of his life--when Paul suggests he ''is'' bisexual, Kyle rebels against the label and refuses to claim it.
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* QueerShowGhetto: A book, but still applies. The audience for the book is overwhelmingly full of queer teens.
* QuirkyTown: The unnamed town in New Jersey Paul lives in is ''incredibly'' accepting of queer people and has a number of odd little shops and places to visit to add to the intense whimsy of the book.
* QuirkyTown: The unnamed town in New Jersey Paul lives in is ''incredibly'' accepting of queer people and has a number of odd little shops and places to visit to add to the intense whimsy of the book.
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*HeterosexualLifePartners: PlayedWith with Paul and Tony, as neither of them are heterosexual, but their relationship is strictly platonic (despite what Tony's mother might think).
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* BestFriend: Paul has Joni and Tony as his best platonic sidekicks on his love adventure.
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* ChildhoodFriends: Joni and Paul have known each other so long they consider each other's parents family.
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* HighSchool: The book is set in one and a significant number of the scenes take place there.
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* LikeBrotherAndSister: Joni and Paul, due to having known each other so long, and Paul being...well, gay.
* TheQuarterback: Gender inverted. The quarterback is trans girl Infinite Darlene.
* TheQuarterback: Gender inverted. The quarterback is trans girl Infinite Darlene.
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* ShoutOut: There's a lot of these. The most memorable is the last line of the book: "And I think to myself, ''What a wonderful world''.
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* HighSchoolDance: The Dowager's Dance is one of these, although the characters ditch it at the end to part in a cemetery instead.
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* CastFullOfGay: There are straight characters in the series--Paul's family, Noah's family, Joni...but mostly Paul is friends with other queer people and hangs out with them, so they fill the ranks of the cast.
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Not to be confused with the webcomic ''Webcomic/BoyMeetsBoy''.
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''Boy Meets Boy'' is a YoungAdult novel by Creator/DavidLevithan published in 2003.
The book follows Paul, a teenager in a city widely accepting of gay people and other queer individuals. When his school gets a new transfer student, Noah, he and Paul fall in love and being dating, while Paul works on planning the school Dowager Dance. Things between them are complicated by Paul's ex-boyfriend, Kyle, have a sexuality crisis regarding his bisexuality, and Paul's best friend the town over Tony's homophobic parents. With Noah believing Paul is cheating on him, they split up, leaving Paul to plan a way to win him back.
''Boy Meets Boy'' was one of the first books in English accepting of gay teenagers and the simple rom-com level plot was endearing and explosively popular among queer teenagers for years after its publication.
!! ''Boy Meets Boy'' contains examples of:
* CampGay: ''Several'' examples, but most relevantly, Paul, whose teachers identified him as obviously gay even from kindergarten.
* FagHag: Joni is best friends with Paul and Tony and is rarely seen with other friends.
* FlowersOfRomance: Noah brings Paul flowers on their first date.
* ForcedOutOfTheCloset: A variant: Tony's family finds out he's gay after discovering an issue of ''The Advocate'', a gay magazine, in his bedroom.
* {{Gayngst}}: Tony, primarily because he's a teenager with homophobic parents. TruthInTelevision.
* GiftOfSong: Zeke's serenade for Noah is one of these.
* GrandRomanticGesture: Paul spends the last section of the book devoted to these, trying to make up with Noah. He ropes in all of their friends and basically every single minor and major character in the book to help him. It works.
* NoBisexuals: Averted. Kyle is bisexual, although he struggles with this identity because he doesn't like the word, and he is attracted to both men and women. He initially tries to define himself as strictly "Straight" or "Gay" but can't fit in with either term.
* RomanticComedy: One of the first gay rom-coms, especially in a book, especially for teenagers.
* SerenadeYourLover: Paul can't actually sing, but he has a DJ friend who can, and after listening to his love troubles, Zeke writes a custom song just to serenade Noah with.
* TransRelationshipTroubles: Seems to be averted. Infinite Darlene has plenty of men interested in her despite her well-known sex change and gender identity, but she doesn't really date anyone in the book.
''Boy Meets Boy'' is a YoungAdult novel by Creator/DavidLevithan published in 2003.
The book follows Paul, a teenager in a city widely accepting of gay people and other queer individuals. When his school gets a new transfer student, Noah, he and Paul fall in love and being dating, while Paul works on planning the school Dowager Dance. Things between them are complicated by Paul's ex-boyfriend, Kyle, have a sexuality crisis regarding his bisexuality, and Paul's best friend the town over Tony's homophobic parents. With Noah believing Paul is cheating on him, they split up, leaving Paul to plan a way to win him back.
''Boy Meets Boy'' was one of the first books in English accepting of gay teenagers and the simple rom-com level plot was endearing and explosively popular among queer teenagers for years after its publication.
!! ''Boy Meets Boy'' contains examples of:
* CampGay: ''Several'' examples, but most relevantly, Paul, whose teachers identified him as obviously gay even from kindergarten.
* FagHag: Joni is best friends with Paul and Tony and is rarely seen with other friends.
* FlowersOfRomance: Noah brings Paul flowers on their first date.
* ForcedOutOfTheCloset: A variant: Tony's family finds out he's gay after discovering an issue of ''The Advocate'', a gay magazine, in his bedroom.
* {{Gayngst}}: Tony, primarily because he's a teenager with homophobic parents. TruthInTelevision.
* GiftOfSong: Zeke's serenade for Noah is one of these.
* GrandRomanticGesture: Paul spends the last section of the book devoted to these, trying to make up with Noah. He ropes in all of their friends and basically every single minor and major character in the book to help him. It works.
* NoBisexuals: Averted. Kyle is bisexual, although he struggles with this identity because he doesn't like the word, and he is attracted to both men and women. He initially tries to define himself as strictly "Straight" or "Gay" but can't fit in with either term.
* RomanticComedy: One of the first gay rom-coms, especially in a book, especially for teenagers.
* SerenadeYourLover: Paul can't actually sing, but he has a DJ friend who can, and after listening to his love troubles, Zeke writes a custom song just to serenade Noah with.
* TransRelationshipTroubles: Seems to be averted. Infinite Darlene has plenty of men interested in her despite her well-known sex change and gender identity, but she doesn't really date anyone in the book.
