Asher Diamond Is Definitely Gay
A dark comedy about identity, masculinity, and spectacularly bad decisions.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 2002. After years of homophobic torment, one locker room fight pushes 17-year-old Asher Diamond over the edge. So he does the unthinkable: he lies and says he’s gay to get his bully expelled. And somehow... it works.
Suddenly a hot commodity, Asher gets swept into South Florida’s queer teen scene—flirting with boys he doesn’t like (or does he?), skipping school for club nights, and becoming besties with Ethan, a real gay kid who might actually like him back. But as the lie grows bigger and gay prom looms, the line between performance and identity starts to blur.
ASHER DIAMOND IS DEFINITELY GAY is a 73,000-word YA novel that blends messy teen comedy with a bittersweet exploration of selfhood, deception, and the weird ways boys try to figure themselves out. It’s part satire, part heartbreak, and totally chaotic.
Perfect for fans of *Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda*, *Lady Bird*, and *The Perks of Being a Wallflower*, this novel speaks to anyone who’s ever been misunderstood—especially queer/questioning teens and millennials nostalgic for the early 2000s.