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Celebrate Pride Month with LGBTQIA+ Teen Nonfiction
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Pride : an inspirational history of the LGBTQ+ movement
by S. A. Caldwell
Encouraging readers to take pride in their identity and the identities of those around them, this dynamic LGBTQ+ book chronicles groundbreaking events throughout history and introduces queer icons from ancient times to the present. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Continuum
by Chella Man
"Fine artist, activist, and Titans actor Chella Man uses his own experiences as a deaf, transgender, genderqueer, Jewish person of color to talk about cultivating self-acceptance and acting as one's own representation"
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This book is gay
by Juno Dawson
A British author of teen fiction offers basic information about the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender experience, including terms, religious issues, coming out, and sex acts, for people of all orientations, including the merely curious
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No Way, They Were Gay? : Hidden Lives and Secret Loves
by Lee Wind
"History has often ignored men who loved men, women who loved women, and people who lived outside gender boundaries. Lee Wind examines primary source letters, poems, and more to rethink the lives and loves of historical figures"
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Welcome to St. Hell
by Lewis Hancox
"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. It's a remarkable, groundbreaking graphic memoir from an unmistakably bold new voice in comics"
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Fine : a comic about gender
by Rhea Ewing
"Graphic artist Rhea Ewing celebrates the incredible diversity of experiences within the transgender community with this vibrant and revealing debut. For fans of Alison Bechdel's Fun Home and Meg-John Barker's Queer, Fine is an essential graphic memoir about the intricacies of gender identity and expression. As Rhea Ewing neared college graduation in 2012, they became consumed by the question: What is gender? This obsession sparked a quest in their quiet Midwest town, where they anxiously approached bothfriends and strangers for interviews to turn into comics. A decade later, their project has exploded into a fantastical and informative portrait of a surprisingly vast community spread across the country. Questions such as How do you identify? invited deep and honest accounts of adolescence, taking hormones, changing pronouns-and how these experiences can differ depending on culture, race, and religion. Amidst beautifully rendered scenes emerges Ewing's own visceral story growing up in rural Kentucky, grappling with their identity as a teenager, and ultimately finding themself through art-and by creating something this very fine"
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How to be ace : a memoir of growing up asexual
by Rebecca Burgess
"Brave, witty and empowering, this graphic memoir follows Rebecca as she navigates her asexual identity and mental health in a world obsessed with sex. From school to work to relationships, this book offers an unparalleled insight into asexuality."--Provided by publisher
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Queer as all get out : 10 people who've inspired me
by Shelby Criswell
"The author shares their life as a genderqueer person, living in the American South, revealing their own personal struggle for acceptance and how they were inspired by these historical LGBTQIA+ people to live their own truth. Featuring biographies of Mary Jones, We'wha, Magnus Hirschfeld, Dr. Pauli Murray, Wilmer "Little Axe" M. Broadnax, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Carlett Brown, Nancy Cardenas, Ifti Nasim, and Simon Nkoli"
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Beyond the gender binary
by Alok Vaid-Menon
"Poet, artist, and LGBTQIA+ rights advocate Alok Vaid-Menon deconstructs, demystifies, and reimagines the gender binary"
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Queer ducks (and other animals) : the natural world of animal sexuality
by Eliot Schrefer
Drawing on science, history, anthropology and sociology, this fascinating book explores same-sex sexual behavior in the animal world, putting to rest claims about the“unnaturalness” of queer behavior and showing that it is as natural as it is in our own species. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Coming out : insights and tips for teenagers
by Kezia Endsley
"This book addresses the hows and whys of coming out, as well as potential concerns teenagers may have-including how to know when you're ready to come out, who to tell first, and how to deal with unsupportive people. First-hand accounts from teenagers provide personal insight throughout"
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