In store now! We Can Do Better Than This: 35 Voices on the Future of LGBTQ+ Rights edited by Amelia Abraham
As part of our Pride celebrations October Books recommends ‘We Can Do Better.’
We met the fabulous Amelia Abraham when she came to visit us a few years ago to talk about her previous book Queer Intentions. In ‘We Can Do Better ‘ she has collected a diverse selection of voices from within the LGBTQ+ community to discuss the new frontiers for queer rights.
Order your copy today directly through October Books or buy online through our bookshop store and we’ll get a commission on your purchase.
We Can Do Better Than This: 35 Voices on the Future of LGBTQ+ Rights by Amelia Abraham
Hardback RRP £14.99
How can we create a better world for LGBTQ+ people? 35 extraordinary voices share their stories and visions for the future.
We talk about achieving 'LGBTQ+ equality', but around the world, LGBTQ+ people are still suffering discrimination and extreme violence. How do we solve this urgent problem, allowing queer people everywhere the opportunity to thrive?
In We Can Do Better Than This , 35 voices explore this question. Through deeply moving stories and provocative new arguments on safety and visibility, dating and gender, care and community, they map new global frontiers in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights.
Pabllo Vittar pleads for the end of hate murders, Olly Alexander champions inclusive sex education in schools, and Beth Ditto calls for a revolution in representation. Elsewhere, Mykki Blanco sets out a vision to end HIV stigma, Owen Jones demands improved LGBTQ+ mental health services, and Travis Alabanza imagines a world without gender policing.
Moving from the UK and USA to Russia, Bangladesh and beyond, this is a guide to understanding the crucial issues facing LGBTQ+ people today. But it's also a passionate call to action, a practical roadmap for the future, and an important manifesto for how - together - we can start to do better.
Edited by journalist and author Amelia Abraham , with writing from:
Peppermint - Wolfgang Tillmans - Olly Alexander - J. W. Anderson - Pabllo Vittar - Naoise Dolan - Amrou Al-Kadhi - Shura - Beth Ditto - Owen Jones - Riyadh Khalaf - Tom Rasmussen - Mykki Blanco - Phyll Opoku-Gyimah - Travis Alabanza - Yasmin Benoit - Kate Bornstein - Adam Eli - Shon Faye - Fox Fisher - Hanne Gaby Odiele - Drew Gurza - Holland - Levi Hord - Juliet Jacques - madison moore - Matthew Riemer (@LGBT_History) - Juno Roche - Bobbi Salvoer Menuez - Carl Siciliano - and more
Order your copy today directly from October Books or buy online through our bookshop store and we’ll get commission on your purchase.
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