This book is a resource for young people, especially LGBTQ+ young people (or those who think they might be). If you’re not LGBTQ+, this book can be for you too. It might help you understand how it feels to be LGBTQ+, what your friends may be going through. Really, this book is for anyone who needs it.

In these pages, we’ve brought together LGBTQ+ writers and artists to share stories, reflections, and advice that they needed when they were growing up. We didn’t really have stories like these when we were at school. It was very lonely at points. Lonelier still within the crowd, in a classroom, in a home. Being LGBTQ+ can feel like that at times: no matter how many people are around you, there’s sometimes a sense of feeling miles away from others, distant.

We created this book to try and collapse that distance a little. To reach a hand out in support. Really, just to let you know that we’ve felt that loneliness too. And when we feel it, we often seek out stories for reassurance that there’s others like us. The writers and artists in this book want you to know that there are many others, just like you. That it might not feel like it just now, but there’s a whole army of us in your corner, rooting for you.

Glórtha Aiteacha \ Queer Voices was developed with the support of the Community Foundation for Ireland through the Bank of Ireland Begin Together Fund.

We want this book to reach as many people as possible! If you think your school, library, youth group, event or home would enjoy reading Glórtha Aiteacha, email education@shoutout.ie and we’ll post it to you for free!