It’s Totally Normal!: An LGBTQIA+ Guide to Puberty, Sex, and Gender – Monica Gupta Mehta & Asha Lily Mehta

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It’s Totally Normal!: An LGBTQIA+ Guide to Puberty, Sex, and Gender

by Monica Gupta Mehta & Asha Lily Mehta
Illustrated by Fox Fisher
Paperback – May 18, 2023

Honest, inclusive, and refreshingly judgment-free, It’s Totally Normal! is an essential guide to puberty, sex, and gender written especially for LGBTQIA+ teens and the adults who support them.

Co-authored by mother-and-teen duo Monica Gupta Mehta and Asha Lily Mehta, this book tackles the questions young people actually have but rarely feel safe asking. Moving far beyond traditional sex-ed scripts, it rethinks what sex, intimacy, and readiness really mean from a queer-informed perspective.

With warmth and clarity, the authors address topics such as virginity, consent, masturbation, body image, pornography, fetishes, pleasure, and identity, grounding expert information in the real voices and experiences of teens from around the world. Throughout, the message is consistent and empowering: there is no single “normal,” and curiosity, uncertainty, and self-discovery are all part of growing up.

Accessible, affirming, and beautifully illustrated, It’s Totally Normal! offers young readers reassurance, knowledge, and language to understand their bodies and identities on their own terms—without shame or fear.

Book Details

• Authors: Monica Gupta Mehta, Asha Lily Mehta

• Illustrator: Fox Fisher

• Binding: Paperback

• Publication Date: May 18, 2023

• Genre: Nonfiction / Teen Health & Education

• Award: Winner of the AASECT Book Award for Teens Under 18

• Content Notes: LGBTQIA+ inclusive sex education, puberty, consent, gender identity, body positivity