Queerly Autistic, Erin Ekins
Queerly Autistic, Erin Ekins
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Queerly Autistic
The Ultimate Guide For LGBTQIA+ Teens On The Spectrum

Author: Erin Ekins

Narrator: Erin Ekins

Unabridged: 5 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/21/2021


Synopsis

In this empowering and honest guide for LGBTQIA+ autistic teens, Erin Ekins gives you all the tools you need to figure out and explore your gender identity and sexuality. From coming out to friends and family, staying safe in relationships and practicing safe sex, through to self-care and coping with bullying, being out and about in the LGBTQIA+ community and undergoing gender transition, this book is filled with essential information, advice, support and resources to help you on your journey, and also works as a primer on all things LGBTQIA+ for non-autistic teens who are just figuring it all out. Written by an inspirational autistic queer woman, this is a must-read for every autistic teen wanting to live their very best queer life.

Reviews

The bi/pan lesbian part left me in such a sour mood. These labels are harmful to lesbians, bisexual + pansexual people. Even the definition for the label lesbian at the start of the book is incorrect (not all lesbians are women, many are non-binary) a better way to define this would be: a lesbian is......more

Goodreads review by abi

i honestly don't really know how to rate this. some parts of it i am in total agreement with, and some parts of it are just so misinformed that it completely took me out of the reading experience. i have minor gripes like the book being slightly repetitive in the advice and resources it gives but i'm......more

I am 25 but I related to the title so I figured I might give it a shot. I was kind of disappointed by the book. It gives a lot of general information about the LGBTQIA+ community, which is good, but autism is hardly mentioned at all in the book. I was hoping it would be discussed more thoroughly. Bu......more

Goodreads review by Pearson

A made-for-teens “handbook” on being queer and autistic, with more of an emphasis on the former than the latter. While I expected this text to be more of a synthesis of these identities, the book feels more geared towards young folks figuring out their sexuality/gender identity after already receivi......more