History Literature / SimonVsTheHomoSapiensAgenda

Albertalli's second novel, ''The Upside of Unrequited'' (2017), takes place in the same continuity and includes references to several characters, as does her third novel ''Leah on the Offbeat'' (2018) which returns to Shady Creek with Simon's best friend Leah as the narrator and main protagonist. A further novella, ''Love, Creekwood'', was released in 2020; this time, the story is told through a series of emails sent between several returning characters (Simon, Bram, Leah, Abby, Garrett, Nick, and Taylor) during their Freshman year of college. ''Literature/ImogenObviously'' (2023) is officially a stand-alone novel but also has subtle ties to the Simonverse.

Albertalli's second novel, ''The Upside of Unrequited'' (2017), takes place in the same continuity and includes references to several characters, as does her third novel ''Leah on the Offbeat'' (2018) which returns to Shady Creek with Simon's best friend Leah as the narrator and main protagonist. A further novella, ''Love, Creekwood'', was released in 2020; this time, the story is told through a series of emails sent between several returning characters (Simon, Bram, Leah, Abby, Garrett, Nick, and Taylor) during their Freshman year of college. ''Imogen, Obviously'' (2023) is officially a stand-alone novel but also has subtle ties to the Simonverse.

Albertalli's second novel, ''The Upside of Unrequited'' (2017), takes place in the same continuity and includes references to several characters, as does her third novel ''Leah on the Offbeat'' (2018) which returns to Shady Creek with Simon's best friend Leah as the narrator and main protagonist. A further novella, ''Love, Creekwood'', was released in 2020; this time, the story is told through a series of emails sent between several returning characters (Simon, Bram, Leah, Abby, Garrett, Nick, and Taylor) during their Freshman year of college.

* HasTwoMommies: Molly, Cassie, and Xavier Peskin-Suso in ''The Upside of Unrequited'' are the children of a lesbian couple, Patty and Nadine.
** {{Discussed}} in ''Love, Creekwood'', where it's mentioned that Simon and [[spoiler:Bram]] and possibly also Leah and [[spoiler:Abby]] plan on being parents one day.

* TriangRelations: Leah, Nick, and Abby are involved in a variation on Type Eleven throughout the first two books, with Leah historically crushing on Nick (who is one of her oldest and best friends), while Nick begins a relationship with Abby, a more recent addition to the friend group. [[spoiler:The second book reveals that Leah and Abby are both bisexual and interested in each other as well as Nick... and in fact, Simon might have misread Leah's interest in Nick in the first book, since according to her own account she was well over Nick and pining for Abby by that point.]]

* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: The Spiers, hands down, especially his father. It makes Simon uncomfortable when some of his father's jokes toe the line of UnfortunateImplications.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Abby, Leah, and Nick's anger at Simon for meddling in their affairs is completely understandable, the fact they abandoned him after he was [[ForcedOutOfTheCloset forcibly outed]] seemed unnecessarily cruel. [[LackOfEmpathy Abby and Nick were straight (so probably couldn't comprehend being blackmailed with something like that)]], and Leah herself was closeted (and must have understood the decision of coming out on your own terms). It was something that could ruin his entire life and did lead to him getting actively harassed at school, and nearly losing someone he deeply loved because they were afraid to be associated with him. [[WhatTheHellHero Even though Simon did do them wrong]] interfering, you can be angry at your friends [[DisproportionateRetribution without throwing them to the wolves]]. Sometimes [[AFriendInNeed standing by someone now and getting an apology later is more important than being right]], especially after learning he was being blackmailed into doing it and experiencing just what it's like to have someone manipulate you for their own gain.

* EveryoneHasStandards[=/=]HiddenDepths: Simon is shocked when Taylor — who's basically TheFriendNobodyLikes on the fringes of Simon's group, due to being quite [[AlphaBitch self-absorbed and arrogant]] — immediately and publicly becomes the first person to jump to his defence when he's the victim of homophobic bullying.

* {{Transgender}}: The series is notable for having pretty diverse LGBTQ+ rep — including gay, lesbian, bi, pan, and non-specifically queer characters who all get major roles — and while there haven't been any trans protagonists, a few minor characters are trans:
** One of Molly's twenty-six historical crushes in ''The Upside of Unrequited'' is off-handedly mentioned to have been a trans guy.
** Ava from ''Leah on the Off-Beat'' is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.

** Abby briefly appears a few times in ''The Upside of Unrequited'' via phone calls and texts with Molly, while Nick is mentioned frequently. Simon gets a nod early on, and later makes a brief cameo texting Molly on Abby's phone when the latter falls asleep at his house.