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In this powerful, extensively researched, and deeply personal memoir, Kenny Ethan Jones, trans activist and writer, offers an authentic and in-depth insight into the trans experience. Drawing on his own experience, experts and the stories of others, Kenny unpacks the reality of living with gender dysphoria, navigating the difficult intersection of being Black and trans, the complexities of accessing gender-affirming care, the big debate about trans youth and so much more.

Linda Gromko, MD, is a board-certified family physician who has worked with the transgender community for more than 20 years. She explains the basics of gender identity, sexual orientation, puberty, puberty blockers, hormone treatments, and gender-affirming surgeries. She shares years of her patients' wisdom and practical information on getting through every day in the best way possible - from coming out to parents, to school issues, to coping with depression, to love and sex.

Ricardo Morán ha realizado un acto sin precedentes, en una sociedad tan prejuiciosa como la peruana, ha decidido actuar únicamente movido por el amor. Claro que esto no hubiese tenido mayor repercusión si él no fuese gay y el acto de amor no fuese atreverse a ser padre soltero de una hermosa pareja de mellizos. En Yo soy tu padre podrá enterarse, atento lector, de todo el largo viaje de mas de 13 años de Ricardo Morán para llegar a cumplir el sueño tan ansiado de ser padre.

Queer Cosmos is a contemporary, fresh look into astrology, personal insight, and relationships for the LGBTQ+ community! Astrologer Colin Bedell from Cosmopolitan and QueerCosmos.com has brought together 15 years of research, client interviews, and astrological mastery to create a spiritual guide for not only resistance and resilience, but also personal insights and relationship compatibility.

In this groundbreaking, compelling and essential book, author and activist Ellen Jones sets out exactly how LGBTQ+ people continue to face discrimination, looking at education, sports, religion, marriage, mental health and much more. In searing prose, punctuated with personal accounts from LGBTQ+ people from across the globe, Jones sets out not only the issues but also practical actions, both big and small, that all of us can take to help create a more equal society.

Same-sex couples (gay dads, lesbian moms, or other queer couples) are faced with many different options when choosing to have a family that includes beautiful children. In Journey to Parenthood, author, activist, and father Eric Rosswood guides and helps prospective LGBTQIA parents explore adoption, foster care, assisted reproduction, surrogacy, and coparenting. Each section includes a description of a specific family-building approach, followed by personal stories from same-sex couples and individuals who have chosen that particular path.

Ian’s nobody’s fool, so he has to question it when he and Jing were kidnapped. Jing has been taking care of him since they left home at eighteen and lied about their ages to land their erotic dancing job. And why is Ian attracted to that tall moody alpha who helped save them? It’s a little mind blowing to learn you’re attracted to a forever mate, and unlike Jing, Ian can’t control himself. He wants Kurt and he’s going to get him. What’s worse is finding out that your parents, the people who raised you, weren’t really your own parents but two people who kidnapped you and ...

Moments of Glad Grace is a moving and witty memoir of aging, familial love, and the hunt for roots and belonging. The story begins as a trip from Canada to Ireland in search of genealogical data and documents. Being 80 and in the early stages of Parkinson’s Disease, Joe invites his daughter Alison to come along as his research assistant, which might have worked very well had she any interest - any at all - in genealogy.

"Pride & Prejudice: Healing Division in the Modern Family" is a heartfelt exploration into the intricate balance between celebrating one's identity ("pride") and confronting ingrained biases ("prejudice"). Dr. Matt R. Salmon shares his experience growing up queer in a family and religion that condemned it. Drawing upon professional expertise and unique life experiences, this book offers a fresh perspective on the challenges and opportunities that arise in families with LGBTQ+ members.

How would you cope if your family rejected you, your religion abandoned you and society labeled you an outcast? Read the compelling stories of 25 LGBTQAI+ role models who journeyed from strength to strength to become their authentic selves. This collection is a profound exploration into the lives of 25 individuals spanning ages 21 to 80 from the LGBTQAI+ community. It's not just a series of narratives but a chronicle of courage, resilience, and the quest for authenticity in a world that often presents challenging and hostile environments for those who deviate from societal norms. Through ...

Friends with tribal Chiefs, Territorial Governors, Army Generals, Cavalry Majors, and the Mormon Prophet. A loving family and a newborn son. What’s wrong with living in a time of post-war peace? Change. Connal Lee found the world about him changing faster than he could keep up. Life in the Territories of Oregon and Utah in 1859 will never be the same again. Gold and silver discoveries in Virginia City and Pike’s peak brought swarms of prospectors and settlers crossing the intermountain west, creating even more friction with the Indians. Slavery debates in the eastern States turned ...

Dustin Lance Black, the Oscar-winning screenwriter and activist, explores attitudes towards surrogacy. He shares his own journey to have a child, with husband Tom Daley, through surrogacy. Dustin beautifully and thoroughly explores how the question of surrogacy links to wider societal questions: how much control do women legally have over their body? Do we have a right to know our genetic history? How can LGBTQ+ couples shield their children from homophobia?

In Forest Euphoria, Kaishian shows us this making of a scientist and introduces readers to the queerness, literal and otherwise, of all the life around us. Fungi, we learn, commonly have more than two biological sexes—and some as many as twenty-three thousand. Some intersex slugs mutually fire calcium carbonate “love darts” at each other during courtship.

Madres del triángulo rosa es una mirada sincera hacia atrás, desde el momento en el que su hijo mayor, en su habitación de adolescente, le confesó que no le gustaban las mujeres. Ella, una mamá de esas que entrega todo por sus hijos, se dijo a sí misma que lo amaría por encima de todo, pero luego se dio cuenta de que era más fácil decirlo que hacerlo, que ella tenía aún el corazón lleno de prejuicios.

Language is a key path to awareness, acceptance, and empowerment. It's central to understanding the world and the communities we live in, but it can often be tricky to keep up with correct and ever evolving terminology. This easy-to-use dictionary introduces the most essential vocabulary surrounding LGBTQ+ identities. Whether you're questioning your own identity or simply interested in learning more, this useful guide will help you navigate the world with knowledge, understanding, and kindness.

Between Shadow and Sun chronicles Tina White's fifty-year journey to womanhood: her efforts to make sense of life as a man; her awkward first steps into the world as a woman; her struggle to honor and love her family. It also captures the family's struggles to cope.

Have you ever stumbled in conversations, felt a little uncomfortable, or maybe even had a feeling that you said the wrong thing? Do you ever get the feeling you might be "off base" but had no one to ask? Take heart and a breath because you are not alone. LGBTQ+ ABC’s for Grownups was written for you—you who want to know more.

You're That B*tch welcomes you into Bretman Rock's world—from how his childhood in the Philippines, his family, Filipino culture, and being a first-generation immigrant helped shape him into who he is today. Peek into how Bretman became a social media sensation at the precocious age of 14, balancing living a glamorous jet-setting lifestyle on weekends while still serving lunch at his school’s cafeteria, running as a varsity track-star, and making honor roll during the week.

La orientación sexual de nuestros hijos es un tema siempre espinoso por la carga de tabúes y conflictos sociales a su alrededor. En un formato accesible de preguntas y respuestas, y nutrido por testimonios y por la experiencia de los autores en el activismo y acompañamiento de familias diversas, este audiolibro se dirige a las inquietudes más comunes tanto en el ámbito práctico como en el emocional.

When Maeve DuVally came out as a transgender woman while working as a corporate communications manager at Goldman Sachs, she knew she couldn't do it quietly. DuVally intimately documents her struggle to be herself in this environment, initially keeping her identity a secret with wardrobe changes in the lobby bathroom after work. Eventually she declares herself and, to her surprise, Goldman Sachs embraces the effort. Surgery follows. When DuVally finally takes those first steps on heels through the corridors of this institution on the way to her first meeting as a woman, the listener cheers.