Do Ask, Do Tell

A rollercoaster ride through LGBTQIA2S+ life, love, and culture. From sticky dancefloors to pushing prams, from drag to dealing with hate and homophobia, and from dressing rooms to churches, and schools and this book unboxes the diversity of the queer experience—because there is no right or wrong way to be LGBTQIA2S+.

What's the difference between bisexual and pansexual? What does it mean to be femme or masc or 'camp'? How do intersex and asexual people feel about being part of the queer spectrum? Why do darkrooms still exist, and is there such a thing as a lesbian equivalent?

Writers Lotte Jeffs and Stu Oakley—your intrepid queer explorers—are here to answer these questions and so many more, as they navigate the rich tapestry of LGBTQIA2S+ life, for queer and cis straight people alike. Do Ask. Do Tell is a nuanced insight into all of the things you've often wondered about but have maybe been afraid to ask, for fear of 'getting it wrong.'

Ageing, HIV, drag, open relationships, religion, racism, body dysmorphia, hedonism: Lotte and Stu go there—literally and metaphorically as they hit the frontline of queer experiences, and head so far outside of their own comfort zones along the way they need more than a pair of ruby slippers to get them home. They go from sticky dance floors to dressing rooms, churches, schools, retirement homes and exclusive underground sex parties. As a cis-gay man and gender-queer lesbian the authors know that their own lived experience represents the equivalent of a single pixel of the rainbow and they want to know more. Don't you?

DETAILS

10" x 6"

288 Pages

Hardcover

ABOUT

Lotte Jeffs and Stu Oakley are the authors of The Queer Parent and hosts of the award-winning Some Families, the UK's leading LGBTQIA2S+ parenting podcast. Lotte is a leading journalist journalist and author of acclaimed novel This Love, and children's book My Magic Family. Stu is a film publicist and occasional freelance journalist, having written for The Guardian, Grazia, ELLE, and Attitude. In his day job he has worked on some of the biggest film franchises of all time including Star Wars, Harry Potter, and Jurassic World.