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!
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
It’s been an interesting year of blogging! While most of my time this year has been taken up by writing The Trans Guide to Mental Health and Well-Being, I’ve enjoyed updating you here when I could. The most read posts of 2021 have been a blend of new and vintage posts, and a great mix … Continue reading The Best of 2021
After a pandemic’s worth of hard work, The Trans Guide to Mental Health and Well-Being is now well into production! The book comes out April 2022 and, in the meantime, the Jessica Kingsley Publishing team and I are finishing off the last of the copy edits and designing the front cover. I’m so excited for … Continue reading The Trans Guide to Mental Health and Well-Being – Six Months To Go!
I'm delighted and excited to share my episode of Queers & Co Podcast with you! The Queers & Co podcast is hosted by the lovely Gem Kennedy, with each episode featuring a different LGBTQ+ change-maker. It's a great chance to hear queer folk chat candidly about self-empowerment, body liberation, and activism. You might also remember … Continue reading Queers & Co Podcast
A Poem Grown In The Dark, August 2020 In autumn before-times My plan was to keep My hyacinth bulbs, left In darkness to sleep. In springtime, in lockdown, I set the bulbs free. To my horror, my plants Had been following me. They could not be contained. They had been locked away Without water or … Continue reading A Poem Grown In The Dark
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
Katy Lees - LGBTQ+ Mental Health Author 