2019 STONEWALL HONOR BOOK When their daughter Rosie was born, Eric and Stephani Lohman found themselves thrust into a situation they were not prepared for. Born intersex - a term that describes people who are born with a variety of physical characteristics that do...

Racism, extremism, anti-democratic sentiment - our increasingly polarized world is dominated by a type of thinking that doubts others' positions but never its own. In a powerful challenge to fundamentalism in all its forms, Carolin Emcke, one of Germany's leading intellectuals, argues that we...

Media are central to our experiences and understandings of sex, whether in the form of familiar 'mainstream' genres, pornographies and other sex genres, or the new zones, interactions and technosexualities made possible by the internet and mobile devices. In this engaging new book, Feona...

What exactly does being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender mean? How has the gay rights movement helped to change society's view of the LGBT community during the past century? What is it like to have same-sex parents? How do people "come out" to their...

The claim that 'LGBT rights are human rights' encounters fierce opposition in many parts of the world, as governments and religious leaders have used resistance to 'LGBT rights' to cast themselves as defenders of traditional values against neo-colonial interference and western decadence. Queer Wars...

Ian Thorpe's achievements in the water are nothing short of phenomenal. He has won a record-holding 11 World Championship titles and ten Commonwealth Games gold medals. He has broken 22 world records and won five gold, three silver and one bronze Olympic medals.Having been...

Although he started out as a teacher without aspirations to be an activist or politician, Harvey Milk found himself captivated by the history-making movements of the 1960s. He would eventually make history of his own by becoming the first openly gay elected politician in...

A Very British Cover-up Lord Boothby and Ronnie Kray almost brought down the Establishment... and how the Establishment saved itself. In July 1964, the Sunday Mirror ran a front-page story headlined: PEER AND A GANGSTER: YARD ENQUIRY.While withholding the names of the principal subjects,...

Go beyond traditional approaches to therapy, research, and teaching Psychotherapy works toward change, but has traditionally focused solely on the individual. Today it is understood that discrimination and other adverse social conditions adversely affect the mental health of minority groups. Activism and LGBT Psychology...

Exploring LGBT Issues in Strategic Communication with Theory and Research. Despite representing significant portions of the advertising, marketing, and public relations work force, the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) community has largely been ignored by scholarly research in strategic communications. With the exception...

Multiple Identities, Multiple Challenges In this new book, the successor to the classic in the field Counseling Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Substance Abusers: Dual Identities by Dana G. Finnegan and Emily B. McNally, Michael Shelton reviews the empirical literature and synthesizes what we...

How Big Business Went from LGBT Adversary to Ally An accurate picture of the LGBTQ rights movement's achievements is incomplete without this surprising history of how corporate America joined the cause.Legal scholar Carlos Ball tells the overlooked story of how LGBTQ activism aimed at...

LGBT Stories from Red States Ten years ago, Samantha Allen was a suit-and-tie-wearing Mormon missionary. Now she's a senior Daily Beast reporter happily married to another woman. A lot in her life has changed, but what hasn't changed is her deep love of Red...

People with variations of sex characteristics (VSC) are born with chromosomal, gonadal, and/or anatomical diversities that do not fit the typical definition of male or female. This book develops a social science of VSC, Intersex, and Disorders of Sex Development (DSD). Issues of bodily...

PRE-ORDER NOW - 1st September 2026 Intersex, Ageing, and Intersectionalities explores intersex lived experience through a Western intersex lens. Intersex people comprise almost two percent of the population and are born with physical variations that defy binary, medical definitions of male or female anatomy....

This is a book of queer ideas, queer questions and queer inspiration. It provides hands-on advice and guidance on all aspects of creating and staging your own piece of queer theatre, including: *Identifying the queer story you want to tell, generating your material, and...

PRE-ORDER NOW - 21st September 2026 Embarking on a non-monogamous relationship can be a daunting experience, stirring up old wounds that bring anxiety, fear and confusion - something Lola Phoenix understands all too well. Now reimagined as a fully illustrated graphic guide based on...

The definitive history of LGBTQ music, from Stonewall to RuPaul, and its impact on culture and American lifeFrom the underground dancefloors of the Seventies to the global charts of the Nineties, LGBTQ artists and audiences shaped music’s sound, style, and spirit. In Mighty Real, veteran...

Michel Foucault’s seminal The History of Sexuality (1976–1984) has since its publication provided a context for the emergence of critical historical studies of sexuality. This collection reassesses the state of the historiography on sexuality a field in which the German case has been traditionally...

Live your best, unashamedly unmasked Autistic life with this invaluable resource featuring tools for navigating friendships, family, work, love, and life, from the author of Unmasking Autism.***PRE-ORDER NOW - 5th November 2026 So you've discovered what 'masking' is, how you're doing it, and the potential...

'This will book will broaden your horizons... We cannot hope to understand the diversity of the universe if we fail to accept the diversity of what it is to be a human being' — Robin Ince What if the world around us is far...

Gender transition is different for everyone—get the support you need for your unique journey Gender Transition For Dummies is an essential resource for transgender and non-binary readers who are considering the various elements of what is often called gender transition. It starts at the...

Learn about incredible story of Virginia Woolf! The modernist writer and feminist. Born into an artistic household, little Virginia loved writing. At nine years old, she started a newspaper about her family, delighting relatives with her wit and wisdom.But life took a sad turn...

In this momentous 50th book in the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Elton John, the piano wizard who rocketed to stardom with his music. As a child, Elton started playing his grandmother's piano in Harrow, London....

Part of the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of David Bowie, the starman who dazzled audiences with his music. As a child, young David lived with his family in a tiny house on an ordinary street, but he had...

PRE-ORDER NOW - 18 Jun 2026 An integrated and inclusive approach to understanding and treating individual and systemic trauma in sexual health therapy What if the challenges your clients face with intimacy are rooted in trauma they can't yet name? Drawing on decades of...

PRE-ORDER NOW - 21 August 2026 Community-Developed Guidelines for Creating Safe and Affirming Therapy and Care Spaces Sex work has often been maligned, stigmatized, and plagued by damaging myths about the industry and the people involved in it. This even extends to the care...

PRE-ORDER NOW - 21 August 2026 For years, books on diet and wellbeing have been written by and for straight and cis people. It's time for that to change. This book recognizes the unique health needs of LGBTQ+ people, and the ways identity, social...

PRE-ORDER NOW - 21 July 2026 Honest Advice on Navigating Relationships from Monogamy to Polyamory One spouse, two-point-four kids, a golden retriever and a white picket fence. That's the goal, right? For some people that sounds perfect. For others, the monogamous 'default' feels restrictive...

Whether you're queer, trans, questioning, or anything in between, coming out to the folks in your life can be nerve-racking and stressful. Luckily, writer Kristin Russo (This is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids) and cartoonist Ravi Teixeira are here to guide you...