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Cover ArtGeorgia is eighteen years old, and she has never been in love. Loveless follows Georgia’s journey through her first year of university, as she meets new friends, questions old friendships, and begins to come to terms with who she truly is.
- Anonymous tenth-grade teen volunteer
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This is the funny, honest, messy, completely relatable story of Georgia, who doesn't understand why she can't crush and kiss and make out like her friends do. She's surrounded by the narrative that dating + sex = love. It's not until she gets to college that she discovers the A range of the LGBTQIA+ spectrum — coming to understand herself as asexual/aromantic. Disrupting the narrative that she's been told since birth isn't easy — there are many mistakes along the way to inviting people into a newly found articulation of an always-known part of your identity. But Georgia's determined to get her life right, with the help of (and despite the major drama of) her friends.
 
Cover ArtThis story is a disturbing yet powerful exploration of trauma, imagination, and the limits of conformity. While the book's cute cover belies its dark and uncomfortable content, Murata masterfully weaves elements of magical realism to create a haunting story that lingers on the mind.
 
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As a child, Natsuki doesn't fit into her family. Her parents favor her sister, and her best friend is a plush toy hedgehog named Piyyut who has explained to her that he has come from the planet Popinpobopia on a special quest to help her save the Earth. Each summer, Natsuki counts down the days until her family drives into the mountains of Nagano to visit her grandparents in their wooden house in the forest. One summer, her cousin Yuu confides to Natsuki that he is an extraterrestrial, and Natsuki starts to wonder if she might be an alien too. Later, as a married woman, Natsuki feels forced to fit in to a society she deems a "baby factory" but wonders if there is more to the world than the mundane reality everyone else seems to accept. The answers are out there, and Natsuki has the power to find them.
 
Cover ArtThis was a really great look at gender and sexuality. With brave honesty, Kobabe is able to break down concepts that may be confusing or complex to readers who are new to theories on gender and sexuality. I had just been having a conversation with my mother from an older generation about pronouns. She was very confused and couldn't grasp the concept. If only I had had this graphic novel on hand to give to her as a reference! Kobabe's personal story is profound and they are able to adapt it into this graphic memoir beautifully, in a very relatable and engaging way. This should be a must read for those curious about learning more about gender and sexuality.
 
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In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Now, Gender Queer, er intensely cathartic autobiography charts eir journey of self-identity, which includes the mortification and confusion of adolescent crushes, grappling with how to come out to family and society, bonding with friends over erotic gay fanfiction, and facing the trauma of pap smears. Started as a way to explain to eir family what it means to be nonbinary and asexual, Gender Queer is more than a personal story: it is a useful and touching guide on gender identity--what it means and how to think about it--for advocates, friends, and humans everywhere.
 
Cover ArtThis book dives into some of the A’s in LGBTQIA+ and is by Alice Oseman, who wrote the Heartstopper series. The book follows Georgia and Pip, two high school friends, and their journey through college, sexuality and attraction. 10/10. If you like Shakespeare or acting this might also be a good book for you. 
- Anonymous ninth-grade teen volunteer
 
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This is the funny, honest, messy, completely relatable story of Georgia, who doesn't understand why she can't crush and kiss and make out like her friends do. She's surrounded by the narrative that dating + sex = love. It's not until she gets to college that she discovers the A range of the LGBTQIA+ spectrum — coming to understand herself as asexual/aromantic. Disrupting the narrative that she's been told since birth isn't easy — there are many mistakes along the way to inviting people into a newly found articulation of an always-known part of your identity. But Georgia's determined to get her life right, with the help of (and despite the major drama of) her friends.
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