Contents
Chapter 1: Understanding sexuality
LGBT rights
1
Am I LGBT?
4
Bisexual
5
Asexuality: when life isn’t all about sex
6
One in two young people say they are not 100% heterosexual
7
“I’m a bisexual homoromantic”: why young Brits are rejecting old labels
8
Only 17% of LGBTI Brits know it’s National Coming Out Day tomorrow
10
Do we still need National Coming Out Day?
11
#LGBTInnovators – British race walker Tom Bosworth
12
How the rainbow became the symbol of gay pride
13
Chapter 2: Gender identity
Gender dysphoria
14
My trans daughter
16
Trans history for LGBT History Month
17
Understanding non-binary people
20
“Doctors still do not acknowledge that I’m intersex”
22
Chapter 3: LGBTQ+ issues
Make sex education compulsory and LGBT-inclusive
23
Despite recent victories, plights of many LGBT people remain ignored
25
Legal equality
26
Challenging homophobic language
28
Mental health issues amongst LGBT youth are not inevitable
30
How many LGBT people are parents?
31
Transgender girl, 6, wins right to use girls’ toilets
33
Film has a lot to learn from TV when it comes to LGBT representation
34
The Vito Russo Test
35
No more Mr Nice Gay: how TV representation changed from
Will & Grace
to
Empire
36
Legal certificate or not, trans people deserve better from the prison system
37
Government has “no plans” to ban gay conversion therapy
38
Pardon all convicted gay men, not just Alan Turing
39
Key facts
40
Glossary
40
Assignments
42
Index
43
Acknowledgements
44
