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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Very basic, but still a good book. Anyone with an lgbt+ person in their life should read it.
a somewhat decent introduction to the queer sphere (yeah that's what i'm calling it lol), though it does show it's age in some aspects (the usage of the term "transsexual" is a hug signifier of when this book was first written). it is, however, by no means a comprehensive guide to all things LGBT+ (if it were this book would be the size of tolstoy's war and peace LMAO)
i do have quite a few nitpicks i have with the book. one is that asexuality / the ace spectrum is pretty much brushed off to the side after chapter 2, which kinda bummed me out since i feel like delving a little deeper into it wouldn't have hurt. i also wish polyamory could've been brought up in the section about dating and relationships (and no, open relationships and polyamory are not the same thing.)
some of (and by some, i mean about 90% of the slang the author uses throughout the book honestly makes me roll my eyes (which is another signifier of when this book was first written). i get the point of the whole tome is to make learning about LGBT+ things engaging and entertaining, but "cray"? "shiz"? i have literally not used these words since like 2013, couldn't the slang have been updated for the 2020s? i can imagine other people my age (or today's teens) having the same reactions as me when reading this.
there are some other qualms i have with the book that i can't articulate well enough right now, so i might come back to edit this review when i have the mental energy to. it does do a good job explaining the basics in a way a cishet person would most likely understand, i'll give it that.
bottom line, it's an okay introduction to the spectrum of things LGBT+, though it's certainly not a definite guide. i strongly recommend doing further reading (a good additional starting point would be A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer and Trans Identities by Mady G and Jules Zuckerberg [which i feel does a lot more with a lot less])
hopefully as the years pass, this gay rainbow colored book is updated to reflect the concepts and terminology (and slang!) of today.
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