To be honest, most of these books are cisgender-centric and heteronormative and the language is often ableist and generally non-inclusive and though I tried very hard to find authors of color, there are few and far between that have published sex ed books. This is very much a problem in what is published in sex ed right now. This is not indicative of every book on the list and these books have good information for all types of people but a lot of the language encountered is going to be problematic. This aside, it is still a useful and necessary list. I would also like to add in full disclosure that I am a sex educator and a number of the authors on this list are friends, colleagues, people I have taught, and people I have learned from. They also have happened to write thoughtful and informative books about sex.

General Sex Education Books

LGBTQIA and Gender Sex Education Books

Cis-centric Sex Education Books (cis is defined as non-trans and non-genderqueer)

Aging

Female Ejaculation and G-Spot

Oral Sex

Hand Sex

Solo Sex (Masturbation) and Fantasy

Aural Sex

Anal

Positions

Contraception, Pregnancy, and Fertility

Disability and Sex

Sexual Dysfunction

Relationship Styles

BDSM, Kink, and Fetishes

Sex Work and Pornography

Toys

Other

Author’s Note: After this post was written I came upon this great article from Broadly which includes some additional inclusive sex education guides (link). Enjoy! Save Save

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