14/08/2026
I got tired of there being so few health resources that q***r people could actually relate to.
When q***r health was talked about, it often seemed to be at one of two extremes: public health crisis or aesthetics.
I’m much more interested in the messy middle, the day-to-day reality of how health actually plays out in q***r lives.
That might mean understanding how stress and minority stress affect your body, navigating food and body image, getting useful advice around hormones, HIV, or thinking honestly about partying, recovery or understanding LGBTQ+ family building.
My own relationship with health shaped this book too. I looked “healthy” for years, but underneath that were a lot of control, fear, shame, rejection and trying to become a version of myself
The most annoying question I get asked is whether q***r people have different metabolisms or some magical alternative digestive system. Obviously not.
The point is much simpler: health advice is only useful if it understands the person it’s being given to.
We already accept that children’s health, women’s health and men’s health can require different context and expertise. Q***r health is no different in principle.
The Q***r Guide to Nutrition and Lifestyle is to make health advice relevant to the lives people are actually living.
Out 21st September
