Katy Lees – LGBTQ+ Mental Health Author
Writing about LGBTQ+ Mental Health, Fiction, & Other Queer Ideas
I'm so excited to show you the cover of Queer Minds! I had a great time writing this book and chatting with the luminaries who opened up in their interviews. The book includes chapters on finding trans joy, neuroqueer dreaming, love as a way to take care of your mental health, healing after conversion therapy, … Continue reading You Can Now Order Queer Minds!
We’re now fully ensconced in 2024, so it feels like a good time to look back on the previous year and let you know what I was up to in 2023. It was a great year for my writing work in lots of ways! A copy of FUCK Plans zine, opened onto the page showing … Continue reading 2023 in Review
I’ve dotted the is and crossed the ts, so I’m excited to reveal that I’ve started to write my next book! It’s a non-fiction book about how LGBTQ+ people experience common and varied aspects of mental health, neurodiversity, and daily life. My working title is Queer Minds, and I’ll be exploring the perspectives of queer … Continue reading Here Comes Queer Minds!
The Trans Guide to Mental Health and Well-Being was officially released on the 21st of April, and it’s been an adventure every day since! In the few weeks that the book has been in readers’ hands, I’ve had so much feedback that the book is helpful, friendly, insightful, and accessible, which has been music to … Continue reading The First Few Weeks of The Trans Guide to Mental Health and Well-Being
I’m excited to announce that THE TRANS GUIDE TO MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING is now available to buy! An indispensable and empowering guide to dealing with transphobia, depression and anxiety, imposter syndrome, and more. Dr. Karla J. Strand in Ms. Magazine You can grab your copy in all good bookstores. Here are some choices for … Continue reading The Trans Guide to Mental Health and Well-Being is here!
Hello, and happy 2022! I hope you’ve been having a restful, exciting January full of all the things you like. I’m quite excited to tackle this year, as I’m planning for lots of good things to come. The Trans Guide to Mental Health and Well-Being is just under three months away from being released! It … Continue reading 2022 Plans for The Book and Beyond
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Safe Places, December 2020 I have found a home. The dragonflies buzz and lilt By the yacht club lake. Swinging high, higher, Aiming for the sun and sky, Flying with sisters. My hands are in dough. I laugh as I try to hold This delicious life. This is usually where I put the links to … Continue reading Safe Places
I'm now nine months in to writing the trans and non-binary guide to good mental health! I signed my contract in early November 2019 and started writing in earnest in January 2020, after taking time to wrap my head around what I had to do (plus celebrate the holidays). Although my productivity took a hit … Continue reading Progress
I've been looking for a great non-fiction book about non-binary lives for a while, so I was delighted to find They/Them/Their, a factual exploration of what it means to live life outside of the gender binary. The tone of the book is no-nonsense without being blunt, and academic without being inaccessible, a balance that I … Continue reading Review – They/Them/Their: A Guide to Nonbinary and Genderqueer Identities, by Eris Young
Katy Lees - LGBTQ+ Mental Health Author 