A very well researched guide to help teens, and even adults navigate this point in their life. Good resources, and written appropriately for the age range. I learned a lot and i hope more kids can get ahold of this, especially right now.

I read this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This is the book I needed when I was a teen. Endsley gives readers a chance to learn facts while giving anecdotal examples of others journeys to coming out. Readers will learn the process of coming out is not a one time event, but a journey to accepting the love they deserve. I recommend parents to read with their teens to show parental support and allow teens to ask questions.

This book appears to be written by a straight white cis woman, and contains clunky and outdated language. It says nothing exactly horrible, but that's the best I can say about it. There is only a brief aside about how it's sometimes not safe to come out. In a book aimed at queer teens, that should be first, front, and center! Last thing we need is more queer kids out on the streets. because some straight lady from the comfort of her home told them it would feel good to come out. Phrases such as "revealing your homosexuality is never easy," which appears on the very first page, are cringy and also fail to teach the current nomenclature around queerness. And sentiments such as "Your family will always love you" feel like a slap in the face to those of us who have permanently lost family members over their choosing hate over love.

Tl;dr Do not recommend. If you have a teen in your life who needs a supportive book, please give them anything form this list https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/26180.Non_Fiction_Resources_for_LGBT_Teens_Youth_Families or on second thought don't. Just give them your listening ear, your place to crash should they need it, and your unconditional love. Read the books yourself, offer to share if that seems like the thing. But don't read or purchase this book.

Coming Out is succinct, warm, and almost like having a conversation with a trusted friend. It is easily accessible throughout the YA age-range. I do wish the stories and examples would have addressed a more variety of scenarios.

Thanks to the publisher for providing an eARC of Coming Out: Insight and Tips for Teenagers in exchange for an honest review.

While I enjoyed its focus on making sure you're in a safe space before coming out, queer mental health, support resources, healthy relationships, and safe sex, I really wish Coming Out either included tips for more types of queer or made sure to target itself as a book for teens with same-sex attraction.

The book uses the LGBTQAI+ version of the acronym over and over again and also has a section where they define a lot of sexualities and gender identity, but almost all of the information is geared towards gay, lesbian, or bi teens and every single one of the personal stories advertised is about someone realizing they have some form of same sex attraction. I'm not saying I expected this to represent every single identity, but when a book starts off by defining every letter of LGBTQAI+ and even some identities not included in the acronym and then only gives advice, statistics, and accounts for a small, specific sect of that identity, it's kind of a let down.