By the time Jessi Hempel reached adulthood, everyone in her family had come out, starting a chain reaction of revelations that made them all question their place in the world in new and liberating ways.

"In a world where queer people suffer from depression, anxiety, and other mental health challenges at rates much higher than the general population, affirming queer identities is incredibly important. Queer people are resilient, brave, and essential members of society-trailblazing for positive change and building up a stronger and more vibrant community every day. It's time to affirm these truths and so many more with Affirmations for Queer People....

Debunks the twenty-one most common myths and misconceptions about transgender issues. --Publisher. We have a lot of expectations about people based on their gender, and when someone doesn't fit into those expectations it can become difficult to handle, and perhaps even lead to hostility. But chances are you've met one (or more) transgender person, and not even been aware of it. Erickson-Schroth and Jacobs debunk the most common myths and misconceptions...

Nineteen-year-old Avery plans to end her life but changes her mind when she learns an asteroid is heading towards Earth, and with nine days left to live, long held secrets begin to come out and Avery finally begins to heal. Avery Byrne is queer; she's in love with her best friend, Cass; and she's suffering from undiagnosed clinical depression. On the morning Avery plans to jump into the river near her college campus, the world discovers there are...

Sixteen-year-old Baylee goes from having never been kissed to navigating two potential relationships, one with her long-time crush Freddie and the other with funny barista Alex, as the world begins to shut down from COVID-19.

"This book is a first-of-its-kind treatment of the political beliefs, behaviors, and sociopolitical lives of members of the BDSM, Furries, Polyamory, and Nudists communities. The groups also have a significant number of people who identify as bisexual. These are diverse groups that are often pushed to the periphery of society and when all are combined, are many times larger than the LGT community"-- "Over the past four decades, there has been significant...

"Ten years ago, Zelda led a band of merry adventurers whose knacks let them travel to alternate realities and battle the black rot that threatened to unmake each world. Zelda was the warrior; Ish could locate people anywhere; Ramon always knew what path to take; Sarah could turn catastrophe aside. Keeping them all connected: Sal, Zelda's lover and the group's heart. Until their final, failed mission, when Sal was lost. When they all fell apart. Ten...

"Collecting incisive, deeply personal conversations with LGBTQ+ trailblazers about how they leveraged the challenges and insights they had as relative outsiders to succeed in the worlds of business, tech, politics, Hollywood, sports and beyond, The Queer Advantage celebrates the unique, supercharged power of queerness"--

Both thought-provoking and eye-opening, this radical new history of seven queer lives, including Josephine Baker in Paris and E.M. Forster in Cambridge, illuminates the connections to where they lived, who they loved and the art they created, and celebrates freedom, survival and the hidden places of the imagination.

"Should I be upfront with someone I'm interested in that I'm ace or aro? How do I get people to respect my boundaries around intimacy? What if I don't want intimacy at all? It is selfish to pursue a relationship if I don't want romance? These questions are not only a source of deep anxiety and frustration for ace and aro people - but limit the heights that ace and aro folks believe they can reach for in their lives. These questions make us believe...