Queerbook

Queerness is everywhere and it always has been. But queer stories, culture and communities have been often hidden ...

Shortlisted for the SLA Information Book Awards 2025

"Engaging, witty and thoughtful ... full of a supportive kindness that LGBTQ+ teens may find indispensable." - Guardian

Queerbook is an invitation to discover and celebrate queer joy, past and present. It's a whistlestop tour of all the fun (and serious) queer stuff that the foghorn of straight culture drowns out, and that you deserve to know: heroes and histories, science and stories, art, spaces, music, film, TV, fashion - along with jargon-free breakdowns of terms from sexuality and gender identity, to code-switching, intersectionality, bi-erasure, straightwashing, and much, much more.

You don't need any specific interests to read Queerbook - all you need is curiosity and a desire to learn more about what it means to be LGBTQ+. So, say no to the Straightrix and enter the technicolour world over the rainbow ... Ready? Queer we go!

Cover illustration by Madelen Foss