ABC's of Lgbt+: Understanding and Embracing Your Identity

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ABC's of Lgbt+: Understanding and Embracing Your Identity | Ashley Mardell

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This is a really good overview of gender identity and sexual identity.

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ABC's of Lgbt+: Understanding and Embracing Your Identity | Ashley Mardell

About to start listening to this while trying to finish knitting a scarf I‘m making for my charity box.

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Kenyazero

The ABC's of LGBT+ | Ashley Mardell

It's #AsexualAwarenessWeek. I'm somewhere on the ace spectrum (combined with elements I haven't defined yet), so I figured I'd post about it!

The ABCs of LGBT+: where I 1st found words to kind of describe my sexuality (I'm still working on that).

The Diviners: 1st book I found an explicitly ace character in.

Let's Talk About Love: 1st book with an MC with very similar experiences to my own. It was validating, and painful.

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Kenyazero Elatsoe: my most recent read with an explicitly ace MC.

I also wanted to include the 1st story I found a demisexual character in: Avialae! (I forgot to include it in my graphic) 3y

Chelleo Thanks for sharing…wasn‘t aware of the week and will look into it ands few of these titles further (edited) 2y

Kenyazero @Chelleo I hope you enjoy them! 2y

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Kenyazero

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I picked this up in a book store a while back and thought it looked like an interesting resource for someone like me who has no easy descriptors for her sexuality. It's given me some ideas, and some things to think about. I'm still working on it, but I've learned a lot about other sexualities and identieis in the meantime! The writing was highly accessible. #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtbook #queerbook 🖤🤍💜

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BeansPage

The ABC's of LGBT+ | Ashley Mardell

So is most of you may know I have the Read Harder Reading Log that I am working through this year and one of the challenges is to read a book w/a LGBT main character, written by a LGBT author. I'm looking for a book that has a storyline/plot to it as the challenge dictates having a main character. I know there must be lots and lots.

Can you guys suggest some for me please? 😃

Andrew65 An early entry, written in 1987. This is the first of a series written by Val McDermid.

Report for Murder (Lindsay Gordon Crime Series, Book 1)

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage

This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story

kellyann28 I don't know if this fits what you are looking for (I dont know exactly what the Read Harder challenge is) but:

The Miseducation of Cameron Post

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TheSpineView Good story!

The Lies We Tell Ourselves: How to Face the Truth, Accept Yourself, and Create a Better Life

mreads Police procedural thriller, lesbian female detective main character and in a committed relationship. Also works if you are doing #booked2019 challenge.

The Dime

Alfoster This was a really good one!

Defense of an Other

Johanna414 If you want something quick,

If I Was Your Girl

CaroPi One that I really like

The Heart's Invisible Furies

imabusybee I am doing this too. You should check the Goodreads group they have hundreds of books list for each challenge 5y

BeansPage @imabusybee ooooo 😗 what is the Goodreads group called? 5y

BeansPage @Andrew65 @BookHoarder32 @kellyann28 @TheSpineView @mreads @Alfoster @Johanna414 @CaroPi thank you all so much for your wonderful suggestions. I am looking them all up to see which one will be the best for me to read. Tough decisions ahead... they all look amazing! 🤩🤩🤩 5y

imabusybee @TheReadingMermaid Read Harder Reading Challenge. Its pretty cool. 5y

PerksOfBeingABookworm I love love love this book! It‘s a quick read and one of the first lesbian books to have a happy ending. It was published in the 80s (I think), but has stood the test of time.

Annie on My Mind

BeansPage @imabusybee joining now! Good luck in your challenge! 🎉 5y

BeansPage @PerksOfBeingABookworm stacked ✔️ 5y

tracy.m.ng This is awesome challenge. I know this won‘t qualify, because Jodi Pocult isn‘t LBGT, but she is defiantly an ally (she supports her son‘s LBGT identity). But I enjoyed “Sing you home” and how people evolve and change and how love wins. 5y

IndoorDame I read and really enjoyed Dreadnaught by April Daniels this year. It‘s a YA urban fantasy novel that I think would fit your challenge. 5y

BeansPage @tracy.m.ng unfortunately a few years ago I read my very first book by her which happened to be My Sister's Keeper and got so mad at it that I threw it across the room and vowed not to read any of her books LMAO 😂😂 IDK maybe I'll give her another try... 🤔 5y

BeansPage @IndoorDame thanks hon! 🤗 5y

writerlibrarian Poppy Brite New Orleans books are just fabulous.

Liquor: A Novel

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bullbunny Have you read this book yet?

Ship It

dragondrool Anything by Caitlin R. Kiernan. Also, The Miseducation of Cameron Post was good. 5y

PerksOfBeingABookworm You could also check out Carol. I watched the movie, the book is on my shortlist TBR.

The Price of Salt, or Carol

jenniferw88 Have you read ?

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

BeansPage @VioletMoonBooks @writerlibrarian @bullbunny @dragondrool @PerksOfBeingABookworm @jenniferw88 thank you all so much for your lovely suggestions. I am looking them all up currently. Thank you again! 😘🤗😘🤗😘🤗😘🤗😘🤗😘🤗 5y

Andrew65 @TheReadingMermaid You‘ll have to let us know what you choose. 5y

BeansPage @Andrew65 I will my friend 🤗💖🤗 5y

bullbunny No problem 5y

jenniferw88 Oh, and Alan Hollinghurst too! I recommend

The Swimming-Pool Library

monalyisha

Juliet Takes a Breath

BeansPage @jenniferw88 @monalyisha oooo 😗 more good ones! Thank you! 5y

tracy.m.ng Ohh! @TheReadingMermaid I totally understand-Jodi Pocult has some hit and miss books and my sister keeper—the movie version is actually worse, ugh. But yes I definitely enjoyed “sing you home.” Definitely shows the complexity of people more 5y

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The ABC's of LGBT+ | Ashley Mardell

I found out about YALSA‘s #hubchallenge, a reading challenge where participants read award winners with YA/teen appeal from the previous year, from @Bkwrm7 . Today‘s the official end date and I didn‘t quite hit the goal of 25 (only 2 left!), but I found a lot of good stuff and really considered how I talk about/purchase books for teens. Plus I‘m going to finish the 2 I have currently in progress so I complete it for *myself* 😂

Bkwrm7 Nice; I'm impressed! I failed this so hard - didn't keep up with tracking and only made it through a handful, but loved most of what I read. Glad you did better! My favorite was probably You Bring the Distant Near. 6y

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jenniferw88

ABC's of Lgbt+: Understanding and Embracing Your Identity | Ashley Mardell

Pinching @Books.Bottles.and.Babies idea! Tagging this book so that you know you can do both genders for me character wise! 😉

jfalkens Harry or Hermione? 7y

SpeculativeFemale Quentin or Julia from The Magicians. 7y

cobwebmoth Elizabeth Bennet or Mr. Darcy?😊 7y

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jenniferw88 @jfalkens Hermione! 7y

jenniferw88 @SpeculativeFemale Quentin I think - it's a while since I read the books! 7y

jenniferw88 @cobwebmoth Mr Darcy! 7y

mrsamandahood Edward or Rosalie? 💜 (edited) 7y

Lcsmcat Frederick Wentworth or Sydney Carton? 7y

AngelErin Lupin or Snape? 7y

AngelErin Sorry I didn't do both genders. Oops 😬 7y

Scurvygirl Job snow or Daenerys 7y

rubyslippersreads Jane Eyre or Mr. Rochester? 7y

jenniferw88 @AngelErin you don't have to do both genders, it was just a heads up! Snape (I had a crush on Alan!) 7y

jenniferw88 @mrsamandahood you are going to have to help me here - which book are they from?! 7y

jenniferw88 @Lcsmcat Sydney Carlton - not a big Persuasion fan! 7y

jenniferw88 @Scurvygirl Daenerys (I think she's going to win) 7y

jenniferw88 @rubyslippersreads Mr Rochester definitely (Jane Eyre is just too plain!) 7y

mrsamandahood Sorry @jenniferw88! From Twilight! I was trying to come up with a pair quickly and they came to mind! 🙈 7y

AngelErin @jenniferw88 Oo nice choice! I'll admit I had a crush over him too hehe. 7y

jenniferw88 @mrsamandahood I haven't read the books, but Rosalie as Rob Pat betrayed the HP films and portrayed Edward instead! 😁 7y

Kaylamburson Making you choose from three: Katniss, Peeta, or Gale from The Hunger Games? 7y

jenniferw88 @Kaylamburson Gale! 7y

CindyMyLifeIsLit Dr. Lydgate or Will Ladislaw from Middlemarch? Also, the fact that you had to ask who Edward and Rosalie were just made my day!! (In my opinion, you're better off not knowing!) 😜 7y

jenniferw88 @CindyMyLifeIsLit tricky but Dr Lydgate - he could give me advice on why I was ill until I managed to see a doctor! 7y

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ABC's of Lgbt+: Understanding and Embracing Your Identity | Ashley Mardell

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Just as great as I expected from watching some of Ash's YouTube videos! It covers around 80 identities; including some I was unfamiliar with, and gives people who claim those identities the chance to tell their stories. Of necessity each section is fairly brief, but they're still informative (and footnotes add helpful links to more info.) It's got more on gender than sexuality, btw, but I LOVED seeing a good amount on ace spectrum orientations.

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