LGBTQIA+ resources
This page gathers some of my favourite LGBTQIA+ resources for people exploring identity, gender, sexuality, and relationships. These links and readings support self-awareness, affirmation, community, and emotional wellbeing.
There’s a rich and growing conversation at the intersection of queerness and neurodivergence, often described as neuroqueer. If this resonates with you, explore the Neuroqueer resources on my Neurodivergence page.
Resources about Sexuality
This section offers a small selection of resources to begin exploring sexuality and desire. Sexuality is a deeply personal and evolving part of who we are. These resources are shared as starting points for reflection, helping you connect with your own experience and with community.
Reading: Meg-John Barker
I highly recommend the work of Meg-John Barker, a writer and therapist whose books and zines explore sexuality, gender, and relationships with warmth, clarity, and care. Many of their zines and books are available for free on their website, including their zine Mapping Your Sexuality and their book on Sexuality.
Support: MindOut
MindOut is a brilliant LGBTQ+ mental health charity based in Brighton, offering support to people across the UK. They provide advice, information, advocacy, and peer support for those experiencing mental health challenges. Their website also includes a free online chat service, where you can talk to someone if you’re feeling low or need to connect with an LGBTQ-affirming listener.
News: QueerAF
QueerAF is an independent UK-based media platform and community interest company uplifting LGBTQIA+ creatives and stories. Through its award-winning podcast, weekly newsletter, and mentoring schemes, it challenges stereotypes and celebrates authentic queer voices. It's a brilliant place to discover queer perspectives and read important news stories.
Books/Series: Heartstopper
A tender coming-of-age story following Charlie and Nick as they navigate friendship, love, and identity. Gentle, funny, and full of heart, Heartstopper celebrates queer joy and the importance of being seen and accepted for who you are. Read the graphic novels or watch the series on Netflix.
Resources about Gender Identity & Expression
Our experience of gender can be fluid, embodied, and relational, shaped by how we see ourselves and how the world meets us. Gestalt therapy offers a way to stay present to these shifting experiences with curiosity and care. This section gathers affirming resources that invite reflection, creativity, and compassion in your journey of gender and self-understanding – including trans, non-binary, and gender-expansive experiences.
Support: Not A Phase
Not a Phase is a wonderful UK charity supporting the wellbeing of Trans+ adults through community groups, exercise and swimming sessions, and online support. Their work focuses on empowerment, inclusion, and improving mental health for Trans+ people across the UK. A great place to find community!
Asexuality and Aromantic Resources
This section offers a brief introduction to asexual and aromantic identities. The resources below are chosen to support self-understanding, connection, and education for those who identify as ace or aro, and for anyone wishing to learn more. Each one offers a gentle way to begin exploring these experiences and the communities around them.
Reading: Ace Dad Advice
Ace Dad Advice offers thoughtful articles, reflections, and guidance about asexuality and aromanticism from a lived experience perspective.
This resource provides accessible explanations, personal stories, and insights that help with identity exploration, understanding, and validation.
Resources about Relationship Diversity
This section brings together a few starting points for exploring the many ways people form connection, love, and belonging. The resources here invite reflection on non-traditional relationships, boundaries, and communication — offering perspectives that honour the variety and creativity of human relationships.
Reading: Jessica Fern
Jessica Fern’s work, notably Polysecure and Polywise, offers insightful, trauma‑aware guidance for navigating open relationships, ethical non‑monogamy and multiple partner dynamics. These books bring clarity, practical tools and relational awareness to those exploring relationship diversity.
Support Resources: Polyamory UK
Polyamory UK is the largest collection of polyamory resources in the UK, offering articles, FAQs, book lists, advice and media links for people new to consensual non‑monogamy as well as more experienced practitioners. Its mission is to help normalise open relationships and provide practical, inclusive support for diverse relationship structures.
Definitions & Explorations:
Zine by Meg-John Barker
A downloadable zine that invites readers to re‑consider what a “queer relationship” might look like. It offers a thoughtful, inclusive perspective on relationship diversity, helping readers explore non‑traditional relational forms, rethink norms, and experiment with relational creativity and authenticity.
Podcast: The Relationship Diversity Podcast
This podcast explores, questions, and celebrates all kinds of relationship structures—from solo‑amory to monogamy to polyamory and everything in between. It's likely to interest those exploring non‑traditional relational forms, ethical non‑monogamy, or simply wanting to understand relationships in a more conscious way.
Queer Joy and Resistance
Connection and joy are integral to queer life, not just as relief from hardship, but as expressions of agency, community, and resistance. This section brings together resources that celebrate queer joy and relational richness: ways of looking after one another, building belonging, and imagining futures filled with possibility. The voices here remind us that connection, pleasure, and creativity matter just as much as survival and resilience.
Art: The Queer Joy Portrait Project
A vibrant visual celebration of queer life, the Queer Joy Portrait Project captures joyful, authentic portraits and stories of LGBTQ+ individuals, offering visibility, affirmation, and connection. A powerful and uplifting resource that reminds us of the strength, beauty, and community in queer existence, beyond struggle and survival.