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This Book Is Gay
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The bestselling young adult non-fiction book on sexuality and gender!
Lesbian. Gay. Bisexual. Transgender. Queer. Intersex. Straight. Curious. This book is for everyone, regardless of gender or sexual preference. This book is for anyone who's ever dared to wonder. This book is for YOU.
This candid, funny, and uncensored exploration of sexuality and what it's like to grow up LGBTQ also includes real stories from people across the gender and sexual spectrums, not to mention hilarious illustrations.
Inside this revised and updated edition, you'll find the answers to all the questions you ever wanted to ask, with topics like:
- Stereotypes--the facts and fiction
- Coming out as LGBT
- Where to meet people like you
- The ins and outs of gay sex
- How to flirt
- And so much more!
You will be entertained. You will be informed. But most importantly, you will know that however you identify (or don't) and whomever you love, you are exceptional. You matter. And so does this book.
This book is for:
- LGBTQIA+ teens, tweens, and adults
- Readers looking to learn more about the LGBTQIA+ community
- Parents of gay kids and other LGBT youth
- Educators looking for advice about the LGBTQIA+ community
Praise for This Book is Gay:
A Guardian Best Book of the Year
2018 Garden State Teen Book Award Winner
"The book every LGBT person would have killed for as a teenager, told in the voice of a wise best friend. Frank, warm, funny, USEFUL."--Patrick Ness, New York Times bestselling author
"This egregious gap has now been filled to a fare-thee-well by Dawson's book."--Booklist *STARRED REVIEW*
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Book Details
ISBN:
9781728254326
EAN:
9781728254326
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
320
Authors:
Juno Dawson
Publisher:
Sourcebooks Fire
Published Date: 2021-07-09
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Breezy but thorough."This Book is Gay" is aimed at young queer folk. However, the author never talks down to her audience and she covers the entire range of topics for any of us who have come out as queer and for those thinking of coming out.This would also be great for straight people who might want to learn about our LGBTQ communities.Highly recommended.
I enjoyed it, although some things could have been changed or not added at all lol
I work in education, and I got this as a quick read, and it was so awesome that if I worked with older students, I would share it with them, especially those who are questioning their identities.
Super informative whether you are gay or not. Totally recommended for anyone who wants to know from the very basis what being LGBTQ means
I bought this book primarily because it had been placed on several “banned books” lists. Which just goes to show how afraid of facts some people are. There are only two restrained nude line drawings, one of a man and one of a woman. And their inclusion isn’t frivolous, the drawings are to enhance the educational value of the text. The text itself is factual and very matter of fact (and occasionally funny). There’s no attempt to appeal to prurient interests, only to curiosity, and to answer that curiosity with factual information, accompanied by personal quotes from a variety of people.
