Description

Celebrate Pride with this friendly, positive and uplifting book for young people who are queer or curious – and their allies who want to support them.

“A kind-hearted, insightful and wonderfully positive book for teens.” Attitude

In this empowering and uplifting book, award-winning podcaster and psychotherapist Alexis Caught helps queer and curious teenagers explore their LGBTQ+ identity, focussing on allyship, community and the importance of mental health.

With plenty of first-hand accounts from people in the LGBTQ+ community and chapters on questioning, coming out, friends and family, love, sex, shame, pride and allyship, this insightful, thoughtful and reassuring book is essential reading for any questioning teen who wants to find out more.

Publisher Review

Featured in The Bookseller's January 2022 previews. -- Fiona Noble * The Bookseller * For those that want to learn more or seeking a little bit of friendly guidance, this is the book for you. * Gay Times * Included in list of most anticipated LGBTQ+ books of 2022 * Gay Times * a kind-hearted, insightful and wonderfully positive book for teens [...] There is so much joy and warmth in these pages, Queer Up, is the coming out and self- acceptance guide we all needed growing up. Thoughtfully compiled and accessibly designed, every school and local library, youth resource centre or group should have this sensitive, supportive and special book on its shelves. * Attitude * An empathetic and inclusive reference book for young and older adults alike. -- . * The School Librarian *