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Transgender and non-binary characters booklist by BookTrust

It's important for everyone to see themselves in books - and to discover other people's experiences, too.

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Created date
22nd June 2022
Updated date
22nd June 2022
Audience
Young People
Young People Thirteen to Eighteen
Young People Under Thirteen
Parents and Carers
Schools
Youth Work Professionals
Topics
Bisexual
Gay
Genderqueer
Non-Binary
QTIPOC
Transgender
Format
Print Book
Type of resource
Fiction
Non-fiction

How to be Ace by Rebecca Burgess

When I was in school, everyone got to a certain age where they became interested in talking about only one thing: boys, girls and sex. Me though? I was only interested in comics."



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Created date
19th July 2022
Updated date
19th July 2022
Audience
Young People Eighteen Plus
Parents and Carers
Schools
Youth Work Professionals
Topics
Asexual
Format
Print Book
Type of resource
Non-fiction
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Welcome to St. Hell : my trans misadventure

A groundbreaking memoir about being a trans teen. Lewis has a few things to say to his younger teen self. He knows she hates her body. He knows she's confused about who to snog. He knows she's really a he and will ultimately realize this...

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Created date
31st August 2022
Updated date
31st August 2022
Audience
Young People Fourteen To Eighteen
Topics
Transgender
Format
Print Book
Type of resource
Autobiography
Graphic Novel
A purple book cover with six children holding non binary, panseuxal, genderqueer, lesbian, transgender, progress, bisexual, aromantic and intersex flags and a blue balloon holding the asexual flag.

What Does LGBT+ Mean? by Olly Pike

This book explores identity, assigned sex, gender, love, sexuality, discrimination, privilege, allyship, pride and more. Some of the chapters can already be watched as animated videos at youtube.com/popnolly.

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Created date
15th February 2022
Updated date
28th March 2022
Audience
Young People Under Thirteen
Parents and Carers
Schools
Topics
Aromantic
Asexual
Bisexual
Gay
Genderqueer
Heterosexual
Intersex
Lesbian
Non-Binary
Pansexual
QTIPOC
Queer
Transgender
Format
Print Book
Type of resource
Advice
Non-fiction
A green book cover with a shield made of sequins. Camp is in gold at the top with two blue figures joining hands in front of a rainbow tent and a tree either side.

Camp by L. C. Rosen

Sixteen-year-old Randy Kapplehoff loves spending the summer at Camp Outland, a camp for queer teens. It's where he met his best friends. It's where he takes to the stage in the big musical.

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Created date
15th February 2022
Updated date
15th February 2022
Audience
Young People Thirteen to Eighteen
Topics
Gay
Queer
Format
Print Book
Type of resource
Fiction
illustration of a young black teenager in her pyjamas standing within a city with a purple floor and the buildings are made of beige bricks.

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

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Created date
10th March 2022
Updated date
10th March 2022
Audience
Young People Thirteen to Eighteen
Topics
QTIPOC
Transgender
Format
Print Book
Type of resource
Fiction
the times i knew i was gay text is written in large capital letters. There is a illustration of a white girl with short ginger hair holding her face with one hand.

The Times I Knew I Was Gay by Eleanor Crewes

'It's for everyone. Candid, authentic and utterly charming' Sarah Waters, author of Tipping the Velvet

'Funny and super relatable' Alice Oseman, author of Heartstopper



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Created date
11th March 2022
Updated date
11th March 2022
Audience
Young People Thirteen to Eighteen
Topics
Gay
Lesbian
Queer
Format
Print Book
Type of resource
Fiction