I love this book, and I wish I'd had it when I first came out. It can be really hard to have confidence to be out and proud in a world that considers the community to be outsiders all too often still. If you're not quite sure where you fall, this book can also help you find words for your identity. Non-binary and Agender are also included, which was a pleasant surprise. With a friendly, easy to read format, this is a guide for both self discovery and self growth. Highly recommend.

I really love the idea of this book! The workbook has tons of activities and worksheets that make it easy to categorize who you feel you are, and seeing these labels and descriptions in front of you can truly help those who are struggling to define themselves. Personally, this is a workbook that would have helped me a lot in high school, but now I'm more secure in my identity and these worksheets were more reinforcement than help. I also like that there were sections about more than just queer identity. It really takes the reader through a personal journey of discovery. One criticism I have is in the title: transgender people are queer because they are transgender. So saying "queer and transgender" is redundant and unnecessary. Overall, I highly recommend this book to anyone struggling with their identity in any way, shape, or form.

I'm always happy to read an #OwnVoices book, and this was no exception. Disclaimer: I received this book from netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

There are quite a lot of things to mention about this book, yet at the same time, I'm not quite sure how to word them all. As an educative work on queer identities, it does an exellent job, not only in what it teaches, but also in whom it includes. The book exells in it's intersectionality, and with an identity inclusion only topped by Ash Hardell's 'The ABC's of LGBT'. I wouldn't say it's, as they say, "all-inclusieve", as there are quite a lot of identities out there, and it might be difficult to fit them all in one short book, but overall it felt good to find a text covering so many different experiences. It's not all-compasing, but really quite inclusive. In adition, all the information is presented in a manner that feels neither dry not academical, but rather friendly, and easy to understand.

I did, however, also come across several things I was less pleased with, though not all are neccecarily to blame on the author. The ebook can only be discribed as poorly planned, or at least porely executed. It's quite clear that the book is meant to be read in it's physical form, leaving pretty much all the workbook tasks looking squed, out of order, and difficult to understand. I also failed to find even a single picture throughout the book - which is nitpicky, I know, but it feels odd to me that a workbook, and a queer one at that, should be nothing but a wall of text.

Also, whilst there were several things I loved about the book, it felt a bit like "Baby-Queer's First Self-Help Book". Not that that's a bad thing at all, as I would have adored to have access to such a fundamental overview over a queer experience. Now however, as I have already made it past most of what the book learns on my own, it probably has less of an inpact than it could have had.

A lovely read I would definetly reccommend to anyone struggling with their identity, or who simply wants to explore it further - 4/5 stars.

This insightful #OwnVoices nonfiction resource would enhance any collection of therapeutic tools, as Dr. Anneliese Singh brings both personal and professional understandings to this book as a multiracial South Asian Sikh non-binary femme psychologist!

This is a good quality, valuable workbook for members of the LGBTQIA community looking for a useful tool to help them build personal resilience and explore their identities. Although it is primarily directed at gay/lesbian and trans identities, the content can apply to anyone on the LGBTQIA spectrum, and even to straight allies.

The exercises in the workbook help the reader to define their identity, to whatever degree they wish, and to discover their personal strengths and weaknesses, societal privileges and disadvantages, tools and strategies to build their resilience, and more.

While the book has its flaws, the overall approach and generally good quality of the content are deserving of praise. Even if readers only take away one or two new skills, or are simply encouraged to grow their self-awareness, they will have gotten something of value from the book.

Depending on the quality of the physical book and its availability, I would recommend this title for purchase for my library system.

This #ownvoices LGBTQ-focused self-help workbook is encouraging and hopeful, while still helping people work through LGBTQ-related stressors. It's also intersectional, although a bit of ableist language does sneak in. The case studies were especially helpful, and I would have liked to read more of those in the latter chapters of the book. Singh's book would be a great resource for leaders of LGBTQ support groups for teens and adults alike.

This is an amazing book that I will recommend for purchase by our Family Resource Library. We are expanding our LGBTQ book section and I think this will fit in nicely with the rest of the collection.