A glorious, rollercoaster ride through LGBTQ+ life, love and culture.
Join writers Lotte Jeffs and Stu Oakley - your intrepid queer explorers - as they seek to answer all the questions you've ever had about LGBTQ+ life.
What is a black cat lesbian? Is ‘aromantic’ a sexuality or a preference? How are bisexual and pansexual different? What’s it like to be queer and religious? Does Gen Z do darkrooms? How do you navigate life as a OAQ (Old Age Queer)? What does trans euphoria feel like? Why is nightlife so central to the community? What is camp today?
As queer people we don’t have all the answers, because our individual experience represents a single pixel of the rainbow. Do Ask, Do Tell is an unapologetically curious journey through the dazzling spectrum of queer life that will give people – queer, straight, cis and everything in-between – the confidence to say 'I don’t know'.
With humor, warmth, and radically open minds, Stu Oakley and Lotte Jeffs tackle the questions you may have avoided asking for fear of getting it wrong. Covering everything from ageing to open relationships, darkrooms to Drag Kings, camp to carabinas, as well as the intricacies of gender and sexuality.
This insightful and provocative exploration challenges assumptions, shatters taboos, and opens up the conversation. Whether you’re seeking clarity for your cis straight self or deeper insight as a member of the community, this book is your guide to better understanding and celebrating the richness of queer life.
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Written with warmth, wisdom and uncompromising wit, Jeffs & Oakley invite us to explore the bold and beautiful realities of queer existence in an ever-increasingly intolerant world. -- Charlie Condou Both a beginners guide and a deep dive. * Attitude * This warm, funny read tackles the questions you may have avoided asking for fear of getting it wrong. * Good Housekeeping * Bold, funny and radically honest. * Gaydio * Essential reading. An absolute ride through queer culture with some unreal insights. -- Founder of Sink the Pink * Glyn Fussell * Written with warmth, wisdom and uncompromising wit, Jeffs & Oakley invite us to explore the bold and beautiful realities of queer existence in an ever-increasingly intolerant world * Charlie Condou * Bursting with empathy, understanding and humour. A crucial book for our community and allies. * Suzi Ruffell *
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A rollercoaster ride through LGBTQ+ life, love and culture. From sticky dancefloors to pushing prams, from drag to dealing with hate and homophobia and from dressing rooms to churches, schools and old people's homes, this book unboxes the diversity of the queer experience - because there is no right or wrong way to be LGBTQ+.
Stu Oakley and Lotte Jeffs are the authors of Do Ask Do Tell and The Queer Parent, the first LGBTQ+ focused parenting book to be published by a mainstream press, and hosts of award-winning podcast queer parenting podcast Some Families.
Stu Oakley is a leading film and TV publicist, having worked on major franchises including Star Wars, Barbie, Paddington and Jurassic World.
Lotte Jeffs is also the author of This Love, a novel dubbed One Day for a new generation by Grazia, and picture book My Magic Family. She is a celebrated magazine writer and editor, and was previously Deputy Editor of Elle.
