How to Love: A Guide to Feelings & Relationships For Everyone
Alex Norris
Isn’t it wonderful when love strikes? When you encounter someone beautiful and interesting and suddenly: feelings. But what do you do when that first crush squashes you flat, when sparks fly but fizzle out, when you and your other half just don’t click together?
Enter ‘How to Love’! Your funny, wise and very different guide to relationships of all shapes and sizes, covering topics from singlehood to jealousy to happily ever after – all delivered in Alex Norris’s clever, accessible and bright graphic style.
Welcome to Sex: Your No-Silly-Questions Guide
Melissa Kang
There’s no denying it – sex can be pretty tricky – and talking about it can feel weird and uncomfortable. But it doesn’t have to be!
‘Welcome to Sex!’ is packed with honest advice on everything you need to know. It’s inclusive, reassuring and all about keeping sex fun, real, and shame-free. With case studies, first person accounts and questions from real teens, it will help readers navigate their sexual debuts with confidence!
Your Gender Book: Helping You Be You!
Ben Pechey and Sam Prentice
If you are at the start of your journey with gender identity, or looking to help someone who is, this insightful guide offers a safe space to celebrate you becoming your true – and most joyful – self.
With fun activities, resources and LGBTQ+ role models throughout, this book sheds light on everything from gender identity, sex, pronouns and expression, to barriers, mental health, allyship and finding happiness.
Written in Ben Pechey’s trademark witty, upbeat and vibrant style, this empowering tool will help you engage with your gender creatively and become your most authentic self.
Twenty-Four Seconds From Now: A Regular Love Story
Jason Reynolds
Seventeen-year-old Neon is about to have sex with his girlfriend, Aria, for the first time. In 24 seconds to be precise. He’s hiding in the bathroom, nervous, wanting to do everything right.
Rewind. To 24 minutes earlier where Neon rushes from work, taking the gift of fried chicken to Aria’s house.
Rewind again. To 24 hours earlier when Neon’s big sister has advice about sex which makes him think he probably shouldn’t be listening to his friends. To 24 days earlier. To 24 weeks earlier. To 24 months earlier, when he and Aria first met.
This tender, sweet, wholesome piece of fiction discusses how to approach first sex, how to respect women, how to be gentle, how to make it about love. It shows us a refreshingly different side to male sexuality.
It’s Totally Normal! An LGBTQIA+ Guide to Puberty, Sex and Gender
Monica Gupta Mehta
Monica and Asha Mehta work together to answer your most pressing questions. Forget the penis-in-vagina basics – this is a queer friendly guide that’ll have you rethinking the very definition of sex.
Combining expert advice with the personal experiences of teens all over the world, prepare to plunge into the topics they don’t cover in sex ed.
আমরা কি সম্মতি সম্পর্কে কথা বলতে পারি?
জাস্টিন হ্যানকক
What exactly is consent? Why does it matter? How can you respect other people’s boundaries, and have them respect yours?
This book breaks down the basics of how to give and get consent in every aspect of life for readers aged 14 years and older. It’s a powerful word, but not everyone understands exactly what it means. This stylish guide explains clearly why consent matters – for all of us.
With honest explanations by experienced sex and relationships educator Justin Hancock, you’ll learn how consent is a vital part of how we connect with ourselves and our self-esteem, the people close to us and the wider world.
Queer Up: an Uplifting Guide to LGBTQ+ Love, Life and Mental Health
Alexis Caught
In this empowering and uplifting book, award-winning podcaster Alexis Caught sets out to help queer and curious teenagers explore their LGBTQ+ identity and understanding. Alongside the author’s personal experiences are first-hand stories from notable LGBTQ+ figures, providing a inclusive account of what it means to grow up queer.
With chapters on questioning, coming out, friends and family, love, sex, shame, pride and allyship, this is insightful, thoughtful and reassuring book is essential reading for any questioning teen and their allies looking to support them.
Coming Out Stories
Emma Goswell
Based on the hugely popular Coming Out Stories podcast, this empowering, humorous and deeply honest book invites you to share one of the most important moments in many LGBTQ+ people’s lives.
Whether you’re gay, pan, queer, bi, trans, non-binary, or an ally, this uplifting go-to resource is filled with helpful advice and tips on what to expect, and inspirational quotes from leading LGBTQ+ figures, to help you live your life as your most authentic self. Welcome to the family!
Welcome to St Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure
Lewis Hancox
Lewis has a few things to say to his younger teen self. He knows she hates her body. He knows she’s confused about who to snog. He knows she’s really a he and will ultimately realize this. But she’s going to go through a whole lot of mess (some of it funny, some of it not funny at all) to get to that point.
In Welcome to St Hell, author-illustrator Lewis Hancox takes readers on the hilarious, heartbreaking and healing path he took to make it past trauma, confusion, hurt and dubious fashion choices in order to become the man he was meant to be.
The Awesome Autistic Guide for Trans Teens
Yenn Purkis, Sam Rose and Glynn Masterman
Yenn Purkis and Sam Rose set out honest advice and strategies to help autistic trans and/or gender divergent teens to thrive exactly as they are.
Covering a huge range of topics including coming out, masking, building a sense of pride and much more, it is an essential resource for living happily and authentically.
Bad Queer
Gayathiri Kamalakanthan
Surya knows exactly who they are. Coming out as non-binary to their queer parents and best friend? A total non-event. Catching feelings for Blessing – the boy in drama club whose smile makes their heart race? That’s trickier.
As their final year of school unfolds and the two of them grow closer, Surya starts to question: Does Blessing really see them? Or just a version of them that doesn’t exist? They’d ask their best friend for advice, but she’s busy falling in love too…
A luminous and romantic debut verse-novel navigating first love as a non-binary teenager. With gorgeous illustrations throughout, ‘Bad Queer’ draws us deeply into queer friendship, family secrets, and the necessary act of loving yourself. This is a love letter to queer futures – tender, curious, and fiercely alive.
Porn is Not Sex Ed!: A Young Person’s Illustrated Guide to Debunking Sexuality Myths
Jess Melendez
Every wondered why it feels so awkward to talk about pornography? Here to guide you through those tricky topics is sexual health expert Jess, who will uncover common porn misconceptions and support you to becoming a porn literacy expert!
Designed for you to read on your own, while encouraging you to seek the support of a trusted adult to discuss the topics with, this guide explores how porn shapes our lives, covering everything from body image, anatomy, consent, safe sex and much more. Keeping you informed about what you might find in the media, this book helps you identify what porn is, understand the differences between sexual fantasy and reality and have healthy conversations about porn with others.
With fun activities, conversation prompts and self-reflection exercises, you’ll have all the tools you need to navigate porn safely, discuss topics important to your own health and sexuality and feel empowered!
Sad Girl Hours
Anna Zoe Quirke
Saffron struggles with seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and is dreading autumn and winter. She took time off in her first year at university and can’t afford to do the same this year if she’s going to achieve her dream of being an astrophysicist. She’s managed to keep it a secret from her friends – fearing that they won’t want to spend time with her if they see her at her lowest – but it’s getting harder.
Especially when she meets Nell. Nell – wannabe poet, autistic and proud, and lover of autumn and winter – is determined to show Saffron everything these seasons have to offer. The two grow close, and when Saffron confides in Nell, romance blooms.
But with Saffron struggling to keep a lid on her mental health and Nell figuring out her own sexual identity, things soon spiral out of control.
Step Bi Step: The Ultimate Guide for Bisexual, Pansexual and Queer Young People
Laura Clarke
Am I really bisexual if I haven’t kissed someone of the same gender? How do I handle people sexualising my identity? What does it mean if I like one gender more than others?
With advice from bi+ activists and influencers including Megan Jayne Crabbe, Sofie Hagen, Pearl Mackie, and Zachary Zane, this is your guide to thriving as a bi, pan, or queer young person.
Tackling everything from myths, misconceptions and biphobia, to coming out, dating and sex, Laura Clarke – sex educator and LGBTQIA+ expert – will help you explore, reflect on, and embrace your bi+ identity.
Pride Power: The Young Person’s Guide to LGBTQ+
Harriet Dyer
Pride has different meanings for different people. It can be about protesting for equal rights for everyone, a celebration of our differences and identities, and a way of finding your tribe and a supportive community that values you and accepts you wholeheartedly.
Pride Power is a celebration of the LGBTQIA+ community and will help you to navigate pronouns and key terms, learn about the fascinating history of Pride and modern queer culture, highlighting game-changers and unsung heroes alike, from Marsha P. Johnson to Nick and Charlie in Heartstopper.
Rainbows, Unicorns, and Triangles: Queer Symbols Throughout History
In the past, being different has often been dangerous, and people couldn’t always be open about how they wanted to dress, what gender they wanted to be, and who they loved.
Within these pages, you’ll learn about how LGBTQIA2S+ people have used signs and symbols throughout history to communicate with each other, create safe spaces, and celebrate who they are! You’ll recognise the rainbow flags of Pride Month, but what about the Labrys, the Lambda or the Lavender Rhino?
This illustrated guide takes you on a journey through everything from the green carnations of Oscar Wilde and the violets of Sappho to the black rings of asexuality and the reclaimed pink triangles of persecution.
A Kids Book About Being Non-Binary
Hunter Chinn-Raicht
This is a kids book about non-binary identities. But what does being non-binary mean? For some people, the question and its answer may be new or a little confusing. It’s okay to not know what it means! That’s where all good conversations start. The journey to understanding starts with an open mind and an open heart.
This book is an introduction for anyone who doesn’t feel like their gender matches how other people see them, and helps to start discussions about non-binary with kids aged 5-9.
Homebody: An Ode to an Abode
Theo Parish
Hello! I’m Theo. I like cats, Dungeons & Dragons – and I’m trans and non-binary. Ever since I was young, I’ve been on a journey to explore who I am. To discover the things that make me – me.
Sometimes it can feel like the world is trying to fit you into a box, to label you one way or another, but there is nothing more wonderful than finding your true authentic self, whoever you are. Whether you are transgender or cisgender, we are all searching for ways to make our houses feel like homes.
In ‘Homebody’, Theo tells the heartwarming story of discovering how to live life on their own terms.
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