Discover what it means to be a young transgender or non-binary person in the 21st century in this frank and funny guide for 14 teens, from the author of This Book Is Gay.

In What's the T?, Stonewall ambassador, best-selling trans author and former PSHE teacher Juno Dawson defines a myriad of labels and identities and offers uncensored advice on coming out, sex and relationships with her trademark humour and lightness of touch. Juno has also invited her trans and non-binary friends to make contributions, ensuring this inclusive book reflects as many experiences as possible and features the likes of Travis Alabanza and Jay Hulme.

The companion title to the groundbreaking This Book Is Gay, What's the T? tackles the complex realities of growing up trans with honesty and humour and is joyfully illustrated by gender non-conforming artist Soofiya.

What's The T? is a non fiction book all about the T in LGBT , written by Juno Dawson, a trans woman who is an established YA author. This book is a handbook on everything trans. It covers coming out, passing or not, choosing a name, pronouns, puberty, legal stuff, and dealing with transphobia. It's aimed at genderdivergent youth but there's plenty in it for everyone, and Dawson explains everything in a friendly conversational tone, in simple terms, without being patronising. The book also covers the history of the transgender identity, and features profiles of famous trans people, like Janet Mock, Chaz Bono, Laverne Cox, Alex Bertie and more. There are also sections where other trans people are quoted talking about their own experiences and identities, showing the diversity of transgender people.

This book is a really enjoyable read. It answers all of your questions, and then some. It also gives a different perspective to the one that is so often in the UK news. Dawson takes the 'concerns' voiced in the media and explains why they are transphobic. I particularly liked that she talks about why people changing their minds about their trans identity isn't as awful and world destroying as the media makes it out to be, because this is something that a lot of people get hung up on. It's a breath of fresh air to see someone tackling this very British form of transphobic 'concern', because Britain has a horrible transphobia problem and many people don't realise how bad it is because it looks different to other countries.

Dawson doesn't shy away from sexual content, and the book has descriptions of surgeries, body parts, sex. Therefore it is probably not suitable for young kids, but most teens should be able to handle it. It's like sex ed, but better because it's actually about trans people.

I also liked the quirky illustrations, and that the book is nonbinary inclusive. This book also shows trans kids that there is a future, post transition (whatever transition looks like to you), where you can just live, and just be. ( )