LibGuides: Wellbeing Collection: Sexuality & Relationships

Books

Asexuality: a Brief Introduction by Asexuality Archive Staff
Call Number: ebook
A comprehensive overview of asexuality by sharing personal narratives, debunking myths and misconceptions, outlining signs that a reader might be asexual.
Is It a Choice? by Eric Marcus
Call Number: Craiglockhart Main stock 306.76 MAR
Eric Marcus provides answers to hundreds of the most commonly asked questions about homosexuality.
It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living by Dan Savage; Terry Miller
Call Number: Merchiston Main stock 306.7660835 SAV
A collection of original essays and expanded testimonials written to LGBT teens from celebrities, political leaders, and everyday people.
Overcoming Relationship Problems by Michael Crowe
Call Number: Merchiston Main stock 306.7
Couples therapist Dr Michael Crowe outlines therapeutic strategies derived from family therapy designed to help overcome relationship problems.
This Book is Gay by James Dawson
Call Number: ebook
Former PSHCE teacher and YA author Juno Dawson gives an uncensored look at what it's like to grow up as LGBT.
Sexuality by Meg-John Barker; Jules Scheele (Illustrator)
Call Number: Sighthill Main stock 306.7 BAR
A tongue-in-cheek comic book look at sex and relationships that don’t fit into the mainstream.

Videos

Coming Out Diaries

Coming Out Diaries follows the conflicts and dilemmas faced by three young people as they navigate their way through telling their family and friends that they are gay or transgender.

Multimedia

Coming Out Simulator

19-year-old game developer Nicky Case takes another crack at some of the hardest conversations he's ever had. The Coming Out Simulator tells a fictionalized story inspired by Case's own experience coming out to his mother as bisexual four years ago.

Podcast: The Heart
The 2015 season of The Heart consists of six stories about couples dealing with their relationship troubles and deciding whether to stay together or to go their separate ways.
Podcast: Homoground
Homoground is an hour-long weekly celebration of queer music and queer musicians. The show has featured over 400 independent singers and bands since its inception in 2011 and includes interviews with up-and-coming queer musicians.