Description:
A positive affirmations book for all gay teens, Queer Cheer provides advice and words of wisdom encouraging teens to find--and keep--their inner rainbow. Covering topics relevant to lgbt+ teens today, this book includes everything ranging from bullies and discrimination to acceptance and advocating change.
Brief description:
Jodie Anders holds an MFA from City College of New York and a BA in Film and TV from California State University Northridge. She also completed the UCLA Professionals program in TV writing. Jodie has achieved numerous accolades in writing with her work earning a place in the top 1% on Coverfly's Redlist as well as placing in numerous festivals such as WeScreenplay and ScreenCraft.
As a 20+ year volunteer in a non-profit organization helping to teach teenage girls leadership and confidence, Jodie knows the value stories have to help teach, understand and grow. A true child at heart, her curiosity leads her to travel the world, having visited over 27 countries. Jodie believes seeing the world from other points of views, whether in life or imagination, is paramount to learning about life and finding your place in it.
Review Quotes:
"Through seven distinct sections--'Identity, ' 'Helpful Habits, ' 'Confidence, ' 'Relationships, ' 'School, ' 'Our Community, ' and 'Success & Future'--Rosswood and Anders present information on a wide variety of topics. The authors open by describing their own genders and sexual identities and offering some personal information about their lives. They also make others' life stories an integral part of the book's content: Portions of the text consist of speech bubbles containing brief reflections by queer teens from around the U.S. who represent diversity in sexuality, gender identity, race, religion, and other factors...
An empathetic handbook that will support a broad range of readers."
"A beautiful and much-needed resource for queer teens! Each page is stuffed with good advice and encouraging affirmations."
--Becca Anderson, bestselling author of Badass Affirmations and The Book of Awesome Women"Queer Cheer is a new book for teens that features advice, words of wisdom, affirmations, some questions that are gonna make you think, [and] some fun illustrations and doodles. I found so many thought-provoking and inspirational things as I read the book. Queer Cheer could make a great gift for any teens in your life... [A]n encouraging queer pick-me-up, which is certainly something we can all use from time to time."
--Big Gay Fiction Podcast