For the last episode of the first series, we welcome our first guest, Matt Cornford, owner of Manchester's very own Queer Lit!

Queer Lit is a LGBTQIA+ bookstore based in Manchester Northern's Quarter, and stocks over 4000 books. Matt explains why there is a need for dedicated queer bookshops, and the trio share some of their favourite books, how they have helped them on their own journeys and the different sub-genre's that are out there for people to explore.

Here are some of the books mentioned in the pod:

The House in the Cerulean Sea - T J CLUNE

https://www.queerlit.co.uk/products/the-house-in-the-cerulean-sea

Tell me I'm Worthless - Alison Rumfitt

https://www.queerlit.co.uk/products/tell-me-im-worthless?_pos=1&_sid=8f72f34c7&_ss=r

Manhunt - Gretchen Fletcher-Martin

https://www.queerlit.co.uk/products/manhunt?_pos=1&_sid=0de6bef43&_ss=r

My Shadow is Pink - Scott Stuart

https://www.queerlit.co.uk/products/my-shadow-is-pink#:~:text=My%20Shadow%20is%20Pink%20is,learns%20(through%20the…

The Queer Mental Health Workbook - Brendan J Dunlop

https://www.queerlit.co.uk/products/the-queer-mental-health-workbook?_pos=1&_sid=1d00975c0&_ss=r

Rewriting the Rules - Meg-John Barker

https://www.queerlit.co.uk/products/rewriting-the-rules?_pos=1&_sid=7b77e565d&_ss=r

The Velvet Rage - Alan Downs

https://www.queerlit.co.uk/products/the-velvet-rage?_pos=1&_sid=c94688a30&_ss=r

Straight Jacket - Matthew Todd

https://www.queerlit.co.uk/products/straight-jacket?_pos=1&_sid=ef214e2d7&_ss=r

Pride - Matthew Todd

https://www.queerlit.co.uk/products/pride-the-story-of-the-lgbtq-equality-movement?_pos=1&_sid=d77e5d01d&_ss=r

Love in the Pink Palace - Jill Nalder

https://www.queerlit.co.uk/products/love-from-the-pink-palace-1?_pos=1&_sid=278bc9f2a&_ss=r

All the Young Men - Ruth Coker Burks

https://www.queerlit.co.uk/products/all-the-young-men-1?_pos=1&_sid=225a8938a&_ss=r

The Transgender Issue - Shon Faye

https://www.queerlit.co.uk/products/the-transgender-issue?_pos=1&_sid=6793e7f72&_ss=r

Trans Britain - Christine Burns

https://www.queerlit.co.uk/products/trans-britain-our-journey-from-the-shadows?_pos=1&_sid=d88afad5d&_ss=r

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