It can be any genre as long as it contains the above and it is a part of the narrative. It doesn’t even have to be the main part but it should be in there.
Books I’ve read and liked in this vein: Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda, Magic’s Pawn, Maurice, The Starless Sea…
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*Red, White, and Royal Blue* by Casey McQuiston and *They Both Die at the End* by Adam Silvera
I enjoy Richard K. Morgan’s stuff (it’s punchy, gritty action, but also socially aware). “A Land Fit For Heroes” is a series about three adventurers, the main one’s a gay man.
Check out pretty much anything by TJ Klune.
I loved Lightning Stuck Heart and the rest of the Tales of Verania series, as well as House on the Cerulean Sea. The Tales of Verania series is a raunchy high fantasy, whereas House on the Cerulean Sea is a cozy low fantasy
The House on the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
The City We Became by N.K Jemisin
Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell
Witchmark by C. L. Polk
The Blade Between by Sam Miller