Gaysians

Set in Seattle in the early 2000s, the novel follows AJ, a young gay Asian American man who has recently come out and moved to the city. After a chance encounter at a bar, he befriends a group of other gay Asian men.^[1]

Gaysians won the 2026 Stonewall Book Award and the 2026 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Original Graphic Novel/Anthology.^[2][3] It was also named to Kirkus Reviews' Best Fiction of 2025.^[4]

Publishers Weekly called the novel a "warmhearted tale of found family."^[5] Kirkus Reviews gave it a starred review, calling it "a tender and compelling coming-of-age story" and writing that it is "more than anything, perhaps—a story about how the family we're born into may compel us to create a chosen family."^[6]

In a starred review, BookPage called the novel "a brilliant and beautifully drawn celebration of found family and belonging."^[7]