This Book Is Gay Paperback – September 7, 2021

This book is so amazing.I feel like I need to read it through a second time. So many things resonate in this book. This manual would have been so incredibly useful and informative in the 90s, and I don't care what that says about my age.Bless you, Juno&team, for putting together something so thorough and thoughtful.This book should be required reading in all schools, IMHO.My eyes are more clear in so many ways.Always wear a condom.

Juno Dawson has written a must read for anyone wishing to better themselves and the world. Learning is the key to understanding; understanding is the key to love and peace. There is no "right" truth, no matter what anyone says.

Pros:- very informative- quick read (i finished it in a couple days)- quite funny and witty- lots of resources cited in the back of the bookCons:- mostly talks about gay men. briefly talks about other people in the LGBT community.- limited infomation for lesbians, transexuals, asexuals, etc.- doesn't give a lot of help if you're still questioning. I mean things that'll help you decide on whether or not you might be gay, pansexual, bisexual, asexual, etc. Like I said, it mostly speaks on behalf of gay, lesbian, and bisexual people.

This is one book that I would recommend to everyone. You do not have to be gay to understand and enjoy this book. It answers any questions you might have about many different important things that we should all be educated on. Literature like this is extremely important. Read this book!

I bought this book primarily because it had been placed on several “banned books” lists. Which just goes to show how afraid of facts some people are. There are only two restrained nude line drawings, one of a man and one of a woman. And their inclusion isn’t frivolous, the drawings are to enhance the educational value of the text. The text itself is factual and very matter of fact (and occasionally funny). There’s no attempt to appeal to prurient interests, only to curiosity, and to answer that curiosity with factual information, accompanied by personal quotes from a variety of people.

I hope my granddaughter will find this book helpful.

Well written with facts, humor and anecdotes. Non judgmental. Answers a lot of questions in well organized and self-contained chapters. Shame people want to ban it. The chapter on sex starts with a trigger warning and it's handled better than most public school Sex Ed classes.

Reading this infuriated me. Not because it is an LGBT focused book, but because as an actual gay man I felt like queer/LGBT+ kids deserve better than this! The truth of matter is a whole entire book could be written just about being a gay young man, or just about being a non-binary individual. This book feels hastily written and a disgrace as a resource for things LGBT teens actually need to know. Tell me: WHY does the "Cheat Sheet" section with vocabulary words include "Scat: Eating poop," but NOT even the word "versatile"? How many gay men do you know eat poop?! There are multiple reasons why NOT to get this book or put it in your school library.1) OUT OF DATE/INACCURATE INFORMATIONThis book has a section on it about HIV. Great! But it doesn't even elaborate how signifcantly damaging this was to our beauitful community! No mention of Cleve Jones, no mention of the AIDS Quilt, no mention of Princess Diana. All what it says is that if you don't want HIV, wear a condom- which is far from true. It's virtually IMPOSSIBLE to get HIV if you do oral, frotting, hand jobs- basically anything that's not anal. Not only this, but this book treats HIV like a death sentence. No where does it mention anywhere U=U. For indiviudals living with HIV, there is modern day medicine that makes them live long and fulfilling lives. It mentions viral loads, but thanks to modern medicine HIV+ people can become undetectable, therefore unable to transmit the virus.2) LACKING QUEER HISTORY, FOCUSES ON WRONG PEOPLEWill & Grace and Sex and the City? Really? These are two shows mentioned at the end of the book important for the LGBT community to know. What a slap in the face to LGBT elders! The year is 2023. The modern day gay rights movement started in 1969; prior to that the first gay rights movement in the whole world began in Berlin, Germany but then was quickly squished by an evil man named Hitler. This book does not begin to touch the surface at all with queer history. It briefly covers the Stonewall Riots, which did start our modern movement today, but does not even bring up key figures like Marsha P Johnson or Syliva Rivera. It doesn't share the origin of the gay pride flag created by Gilbert Baker in San Francisco, it does not show the evolution of the pride flag which now also has the trans flag in it thanks to Daniel Quasar.Yet for some reason, it's SO important that the author decided to include "Scat" in the vocab section?! Scat is the fetish of eating/smearing feces during sex. It is NOT a LGBT concept. So why is it in this book?! If Juno wanted knowledge on the queer community's fetish side, why not have a section dedicated to the history of cruising. Gay men used to be so terrified of interacting verabally that we used to wear handkerchiefs in our back pockets. This was called the Handkerchief Code. Bottoms wore their hanky on their right side, tops wore their hanky on their left, vers men had both. This was a discerete way of communicating to other men what you wanted. That is 10000% more interesting than including scat!Why does this book include scat, but not fisting, bondage, puppy play, leathermen, etc.? It just feels SO vastily out of place, and quite frankly, off putting. Scat isn't even huge in the gay community. But our leather community has been fundamental! The Folsom Street Fair began because of AIDS and being proud of our LGBT identity. This book doesn't even have the leather flag, but it does have the vocab word for eating poop.3) ALREADY OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE YOUNGER GENERATIONThe first version of this book came out in 2014. Simply put, this book is WAY out of touch with modern day gay issues. Want the truth? The younger generation is already extremely accepting of one another and they could easily google what this book provides. It does not begin to cover what queer kids are focusing on now. Kids today know and understand what Grindr is, they don't need this book. In 2023, high school/college kids are obsessed with starting their own OnlyFans. What is OnlyFans? It is a website where you can upload your own NSFW content and charge people to watch. It's HUGE with the younger gay community. This book doesn't even address issues associated with social media that queer kids are obsessed over in the modern age.I'll be honest. This book reads a lot like an older queer trying to be cool and hip for a baby gay. I was born in 1995, now 27, grew up in a time where it was still not allowed to marry another man, and now I own hundreds of LGBT non fictional books. The truth is, if you're trans/want to learn more about being trans, I highly recommend reading Susan Stryker's Transgender History. It will provide an indepth look at pronouns and more queer history and understanding than this will. If you're gay/want to learn more about being gay, I highly recommend reading anything by Eric Marcus and his "Making Gay History."This book just ain't it, people.

Saying I love this book is an understatement. This book is THE book that made me want to read more and value educational LGBT books because there is a lack of education of it in our schools.Easy to read read and follow. I'm down to my third copy of the book because I believe it should be read more and I donated the previous two books to LGBT organisms.This is a Sex-Ed book, even for straight people. It does go through the ins and outs of gay culture now. It is an interactive book, there are places to draw and write.For a ADHD person like myself, opening the book at any page, I'm sure I will learn something new or understand something better. This book is a very good start to have arguments in LGBT topics and arguments.Overall, this is is one of the best books I've read and actually use and reread very often.

Excelente libro sobre la comunidad LGBT, explica muchas cosas y de una manera fácil y entendible

I loved this book, and I wish it had been around when I started wondering about my sexuality. It doesn't take itself too seriously, and handles all the basics without getting hysterical. It also covers likely reactions of family and friends - possibly the biggest barrier to coming out. It makes you feel ok about being gay, and that's so important for young people. It also made me giggle a lot, because Juno Dawson's take on so many aspects of gay/straight life is hilarious. Life is far too short to take seriously, and this book really gets that. All parents should also read it, whether or not anyone in the house is gay. Definitely one to buy, read, and then put on the most available bookshelf in your house if you have rising teens. Don't freak out if it goes missing. It's probably doing the rounds of all the questioning young people in your children's circle, and you will be known as the coolest parent for having bought it and made it available (especially if the spine is well-creased).

Sehr direkt, sehr witzig, sehr klar, sehr pointiert und empathisch geschrieben ist dieses Buch ebenso kurzweilig lesenswert wie hilfreich für Menschen, die eine queere Identität für sich entwickeln und selbstbewusst leben wollen wie auch für alle, die sich z.B. als Eltern, Lehrer, Therapeuten etc. mit Fragen sexueller Identität, unterschiedlicher sexueller Präferenzen, Coming Out Fragen und queeren Lebensformen intensiver beschäftigen wollen. Ich habe das Buch gelesen, weil mich interssiert hat, wie ein solches Buch 2015 aussieht im Unterschied zu ähnlich gelagerten Werken, die ich in den Achtzigern und Neunzigern gelesen habe, und ich muss sagen: die Lektüre hat einfach auch Spaß gemacht, selbst wenn einem die Themen vertraut sind und man seinen eigenen Weg gefunden hat.

Funny, witty, informative...this book has it all, and is the perfect manual for those coming out, or dealing with societal stigma. It covers all spectrum including trans, and some other topics that are bound to peak your interest.The little drawings and charts are hilarious