LGBTQIA + Resources
Books & Workbooks
The Queer and Transgender Resilience Workbook
This workbook teaches you how to challenge internalized negative messages, handle stress, build a community of support, and embrace yourself.Buy it here.
Queer: The Ultimate LGBT Guide for Teens by Kathy Belge
When do you decide to come out? To whom? Will your friends accept you? And how on earth do you meet people to date? Queer is a humorous, engaging, & honest guide that helps LGBT teens come out to friends & family, navigate their new LGBT social life, figure out if a crush is also queer, & rise up against bigotry & homophobia. Queer also includes personal stories from the authors and sidebars on queer history.
The Queer Mental Health Workbook by Dr. Brendan J. Dunlop
Using a range of therapeutic approaches, this comprehensive, down-to-earth self-help workbook is designed to be your personal mental health resource. It is filled with techniques and activities you can read, tailor and 'pick and mix' to improve your wellbeing as a queer person, at your pace.
'Twas the Night Before Pride by Joanna McClintick
A glittering celebration of queer families puts Pride gently in perspective - honoring those in the LBGTQ+ community who fought against injustice & inequality. Pride's a day that means "Together, we are strong!" This joyful picture-book homage to a day of community & inclusion is also a comprehensive history.
Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker
Queer illuminates the histories of queer thought and LGBTQ+ action in this non-fiction graphic novel. From identity politics & gender roles to privilege & exclusion, Queer explores how we came to view sex, gender & sexuality in the ways that we do; how these ideas get tangled up with our culture & our understanding of biology, psychology & sexology; & how these views have been disputed & challenged. Along the way we look at key landmarks which shift our perspective of what's 'normal'.
In Their Shoes by Jamie Windust
There is no one way to be non-binary, & that's truthfully one of the best things about it. It's an identity that is yours to shape. Combining light-hearted anecdotes with their own hard-won wisdom, Jamie Windust explores everything from fashion, dating, relationships & family, through to mental health, work & future key debates.
Podcasts
Queer Talk
A British podcast full of interesting interviews and positive news. Hosted by Mufseen Miah and Spencer Cooper.
Gay Therapy LA with Ken Howard, LCSW, CST
A podcast hosted by Ken Howard, the founder & director of GayTherapyLA. Ken has 29 years experience providing services for gay men in Los Angeles and nationwide. He and his associates help gay men achieve optimum quality of life in their personal lives and careers. Listen here.
Pride & Joy
All about having kids as an LGBTQIA+ person.
Queerology
If you're interested in theology, philosophy, & some deep thinking, this one's for you. This podcast asks big questions & attempts to better understand the intersection of faith & sexuality.
Making Gay History
This podcast highlights the sidelined history makers important in the LGBTQ civil rights movement. This podcast conducts original interviews & recorded archives.
Bad in Bed
This is the queer sex ed podcast everyone has always wanted, never had, & always deserved. Hosted by sex educators and journalists, Gabrielle Kassel and Bobby Box.