Media recommendations
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Movies
Love, Simon (13+)
Simon Spier keeps a huge secret from his family, his friends and all of his classmates: he's gay. When that secret is threatened, Simon must face everyone and come to terms with his identity.
Your Name Engraved Herein (16+)
TW: Violence, sex
In 1987, as martial law ends in Taiwan, Jia-han and Birdy fall in love amid family pressure, homophobia and social stigma.
Blue is the Warmest Colour (18+)
TW: Explicit sex, mature themes
Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire and to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adèle grows, seeks herself, loses herself, and ultimately finds herself through love and loss.
Books
​​Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda: Simonverse Series, Book 1
By Becky Albertalli
Leah on the Offbeat: Simonverse Series, Book 3
By Becky Albertalli
Infinity Son
By Adam Silvera
They Both Die at the End
By Adam Silvera
What If It's Us
By Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
By Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Autoboyography
By Christina Lauren
Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out
By Susan Kuklin
The Black Flamingo
By Dean Atta
The Song of Achilles
By Madeleine Miller
Cemetery Boys
By Aiden Thomas
Felix Ever After
By Kacen Callender
Heartstopper
Charlie, a highly-strung, openly gay over-thinker, and Nick, a cheerful, soft-hearted rugby player, meet at a British all-boys grammar school. Friendship blooms quickly, but could there be something more...?
Manga
Fluidum
TW: Explicit sex, mature themes
Jesse was born like every citizen in the Fluidum universe, spending their first 20 years shifting seamlessly between a male and female body. Now with only one year left until they must choose one body for the rest of their life, Jesse is questioning the unquestionable... why decide at all?
Boyfriends
TW: Polyamory
Slice of life about getting yourself a boyfriend. Or multiple boyfriends.
Acception
With his rainbow-colored hair and love of all things fashion, Arcus is anything BUT your average teenager. He’s an upbeat independent thinker, proud fashionista, and like the rest of us, is just looking for a few friends to call his own. Acception may be Arcus’ story – but it’s all OUR stories too - and it is for anyone who’s ever struggled to fit in, find love, or thought that High School was pretty much the worst thing ever invented.