In recent years, there has been substantial progress on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights in the United States. We are now, though, in a time of incredible political uncertainty for queer people. LGBTQ Social Movements provides an accessible introduction to...

Understanding the role of language within the formation of a sense of self has been revolutionised by developments in social theory, particularly post structuralism. There is now a new emphasis on the way in which subjects are vulnerable in the face of powerful discourses...

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...

PRE-ORDER NOW - 19th November 2026 Transgender and gender expansive (TGE) young people are exposed to disproportionately high amounts of traumatic experiences, compared to their cisgender peers. However, mental health professionals sometimes report feeling ill-equipped to support TGE teens, as structural factors related to...

PRE-ORDER NOW - 19th November 2026 Trans voice practice is often framed as a purely technical process: adjust your pitch, change your resonance, move your inflection, and you're done. But in reality, voice is deeply personal, and progress rarely happens in a straight line....

PRE-ORDER NOW - 21st August 2026 Meet Monkey. Tickletastic Monkey. He's the best tickler in the world, ever; even his mum says so and there's nothing he loves more than tickling ALL his friends at playtime! But what happens if some of his friends...

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PRE-ORDER NOW - 21st January 2027 How am I supposed to flirt? Am I overdoing it? How do I find someone who truly gets me?Dating and relationships can be tough, especially if you are queer, trans, neurodivergent or all of the above. From reading...

PRE-ORDER NOW - 21st October 2026 Queer and neurodivergent students have their own unique set of needs in a classroom setting. In this affirming guide, Julia Rutkovsky draws on her experience as a clinical social worker and psychotherapist to explain how education professionals can...

PRE-ORDER NOW - 21st January 2027 There is no shortage of sex books telling you how it's supposed to work. What they rarely offer is the invitation to pause, reflect, and discover what genuinely resonates with you. Especially for queer neurodivergent adults, navigating intimacy...

Transatlantic knowledge of the queer underground punk scene that ultimately became queercore developed through the spirit of DIY resistance that guided earlier feminist artists as queer musicians pushed back against the homophobia and sexism that remained pervasive in hardcore punk. Queercore officially got its...

In Cisgender, Perry Zurn turns an incisive yet playful eye toward the “norm” against which transgender gets defined. A cisgender person is informally understood as someone who doctors called male or female at birth, became a boy or girl, and finally lived as a...

This month-by-month guide to inclusive and accessible yoga features rituals, poses, and tips for authentic living, finding community, staying safe, coming home to yourself, leaning into queer joy, and much more. Discover a fresh approach to yoga that views the eight limbs through a...

An empowering and educational picture book by a New York Times bestselling author, proving that colours are for everyone, regardless of gender. Pink is for boys.. and girls.. and everyone! This timely and beautiful fully illustrated book rethinks and reframes the stereotypical blue/pink gender...

PRE-ORDER NOW - 19th August 2027 Starving for love. Starving for control. Starving for acceptance.What if we asked ourselves - what are we starving for?Eating disorders are a prevalent issue amongst queer men but are historically underrepresented. Sunni Patel knows this all too well,...

BEING gay in football - as fan or player - is to risk the homophobia that has run through the game for years. But things are changing. Gradually a few brave professional players have come out.And someone like NEIL BEASLEY now feels able to...

The Untold Story of Lesbian Love in Japanese Anime and Comics"By Your Side is the complete Yuri resource I only ever dreamed could exist. Decades in the making, this glorious collection surveys, analyzes, and contextualizes Yuri with unparalleled detail and enthusiasm. Friedman graces readers with...

PRE-ORDER NOW - 27th August 2026 Gender is one of the most contested topics of our age, as ideologies are weaponised by the far right and real trans lives are targeted. But what are we talking about when we talk about gender? What are...