![]() ![]() The message throughout is strong and clear: By accepting yourself, you take charge of your own future. Kelly offers practical advice, knowing encouragement, accessible resources, and real-life testimonials from teens who’ve "been there." Topics include coming out (the pluses and minuses), facing prejudice and pressure, getting support, navigating relationships, staying safe, making healthy choices, surviving and thriving in high school, and more. Her frank, sensitive book is written for teens who are beginning to question their sexual or gender identity, those who interested in GLBT issues and rights, and those who need guidance, reassurance, or reminders that they aren’t alone. As a teen, she struggled to realize and accept her own identity. Author Kelly Huegel understands what GLBT teens want and need to know. ![]() But being a GLBTQ teen can also be fun and enlightening-when you are comfortable with who you are. For gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, and questioning teens, these challenges can include prejudice, discrimination, rejection, reprisals, insensitive remarks (even among friends and families) and, sometimes, violence. ![]()
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