Queer: The Ultimate LGBTQ Guide for Teens

by Kathy Belge

Paperback, 2019

Status

Checked out

Due 4/30/2022

Call number

HQ76.27 .Y68 B45 2019

Genres

LGBTQ+

Nonfiction

All Topics

Collection

LGBTQ Iowa Archives & LIbrary

Publication

Zest Books ™ (2019), Edition: Revised, 208 pages

Description

Teen life is hard enough, but for teens who are LGBTQ, it can be even harder. When do you decide to come out? Will your friends accept you? And how do you meet people to date? Queer is a humorous, engaging, and honest guide that helps LGBTQ teens come out to friends and family, navigate their social life, figure out if a crush is also queer, and challenge bigotry and homophobia. Personal stories from the authors and sidebars on queer history provide relatable context. This completely revised and updated edition is a must-read for any teen who thinks they might be queer or knows someone who is.

User reviews

LibraryThing member iBeth

This book has a reassuring yet breezy tone that seems perfect for its audience. I wasn't surprised to learn that the authors consulted with teens as they wrote the book. As a parent, I appreciated the way the book focused on empowerment and reassurance, e.g., it's ok to not have everything figured

out, it's ok to wait until you're comfortable, feelings come in many many varieties so it's ok if you don't exactly fit a stereotype, etc. I think the book would work especially well for young teens: it has advice for how to know whether you are gay, how to find out if the person who has a crush on you is gay, how to ask someone on a date, what you're supposed to do on a date, etc., though it does talk about sex too. There's a long table about STI's that would probably be quite helpful except that it's impossible to read on an e-reader.

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LibraryThing member timothyl33

A pretty informative guide, though sometimes it feels like it tries a little too hard to try to relate to teenagers by trying to be hip and quirky.

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