This was a very very basic version of what it needed to be. This wasn't nearly as inclusive as it states to be. It only mentions gay, bi, and some trans people. I'm very happy that they included many queer people of color, because it rarely happens! But not once did they mention nonbinary, genderfluid, gender queer, asexual, aromantic people etc. Even the glossary in the back wasn't the best. While I'm glad that I was introduced to more queer people of color that need to be included in our history, I wish they could have included way more people. This was very limited and I don't recommend it.

Arc provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review

Queer Heroes gives a brief overview of 53 memebers of the LGBTQ community, in a chracter profile style. Each person is beautifully depicted by artist, Sarah Tanat-Jones.

The book has a large variety of people, some of whos stories I new and many that I had not known beforehand. This is the books main purpose, it provides a basic overview of the persons lives and leaves it up to the reader to go and and do a deeper dive.

The book is short, and since it covers 53 people the information provided is basic. I would have liked some more depth, but I understand the resons why they were so brief.

I commend this book for bringing light to an important aspect of these peoples lives, an aspect that for some of them were and are still overlooked.

This is a bright, colorful book for young people to read about LGBTQ people of many countries, and many time periods, although, granted, many of the most famous ones are for the 20th and 21st century.

Some are well known in America, and others are more obscure, but are well known in the countries they come from. Some are famous for being queer, and others are famous for other things, such as dance or art, or singing.

All in all, a good representation of LGBTQ, although, as one reviewer pointed out, there aren't that many Trans people represented, as well as other spectrums of queer sexuality.

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My only objection to this book is including people who were not out as being LGBTQ, and there is no way of knowing for sure, such as Leonardo Da Vinci or Michelangelo.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

This is a great book for children and young teens to learn about queer history and icons. The art is poppy and each section gives enough information to pull you in to want to learn more about the person.

This books is a great introduction to queer heroes throughout history and in the present. The art was beautiful and extremely well done. I also liked that the blurbs were concise without being too long.

Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for providing me an arc for an honest review

This book was absolutely stunning and beautiful. It was colorful with the most fascinating art and great short descriptions of amazing people.
Absolutely adored it!
Definitely gonna get this as a physical book for myself!

The art work in this book is amazing, so celebratory and fun! It was exciting learning about so many inspirational LGBTQ+ individuals, there were many individuals in this book that I didn't know! and I will definitely look into their work in the future. I love that it covers so much of LGBTQ+ history, and how this book was extremely inclusive with including LGBTQ+ people from around the world!
This is a great introductory book into inspirational LGBTQ+ people from all eras and parts of the world! However, I'm giving four stars because some groups included in the LGBTQ+ community were left out and would have been really exciting if they were included.
[I received a copy on NetGalley for a honest review]

I love the artwork in this book, it is bright and colourful, and each page reflects the person on it (as far as I can know without actually knowing them personally). It’s great to read about so many well known LGBTQ+ people, though it is a pity that some members of the community, for example intersex people, have not been included. I think this would be a great introductory book for a child - the joy of the internet is that if they find people they are particularly interested in, they can look up more details.

Overall, some interesting information on a number of LGBTQ+ people, but it loses a star for not being quite inclusive enough.

I was given a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This is a wonderful collection of lgbtq heroes filled with vibrant illustrations. It features people from different eras and from all over the world. I learned quite a bit. Highly recommended!

This is a beautifully illustrated book that tells the short biographies of 53 LGBTQ folks from history and the present. I love the fact that it features biographies of people outside of the the US and England, like Manvendra Singh Gohil, an Indian prince who became the first openly gay prince and faced terrible treatment when he came out, as well as famous LGBTQ people from Syria, Spain, Iceland, Israel, Australia, Rome and much more. The art is stunning and the tone is positive. Many bisexual people are included. Some trans folks are included but as other reviewers have noted, not a lot and there is a lack of non-binary and other inclusion. That said, this is a fantastic compilation of LGBTQ biographies that's sure to inspire.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for the purpose of review.

I appreciated the inclusion of diverse, international, historical and current LGBTQ+ icons. But, it felt like this book just stopped at LGBT and didn't dive into other current and historical queer icons.on the queer spectrum. I would've liked to see pansexual, asexual and non-binary queer heroes like Brendon Urie and Sam Smith included in this non-fiction collection. I appreciated the illustrations of each person mentioned, the illustrations were stunning and I liked how they just added a short biography of important information.

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Queer Heroes: Meet 53 LGBTQ Heroes from Past and Present! by Arabelle Sicardi is a colourfully illustrated collection of the lives, achievements and the impacts important LGBTQ+ figures throughout history had and have on our world, published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising.

It was an extremely interesting read that even taught me about queer heroes and heroines around the world I’ve never heard of that I am so thankful to have now discovered!

I found this book super interesting! Learning about queer history is definitely important, and this book was very cool.

The synopsis states that this book will "show children that anything is possible." Yet, they seem to have meant: anything is possible if you're gay, straight or bi. Oh, and I guess binary trans people exist too. For a book that states it's queer and LGBTQ+, it really isn't inclusive at all, and it completely erases everyone outside of the "LGBT", like non-binary and asexual people. Books like this really have me wondering if people understand WHY we write "LGBTQ+" instead of "LGBT" and that there's an important difference, namely: the promise to include ALL queer identities. Basically, this book might as well have said it's "LGBT", and that's just not good enough.

I did think it did a good job of including queer people of colour, so it wasn't all bad in terms of diversity. And for once, it did "at least" properly include bisexual people. But why should we be happy with the bare minimum rather than demand actual inclusivity? Another problem is that the first trans person was introduced only halfway through the book, and I counted no more than 6 trans people in total, out of the 53 people featured.

On top of this, while there was a little alphabetized glossary at the back that was a little more inclusive than the book itself, it was also very clear that some important queer terms were missing. A few examples that weren't included in the glossary are asexual, aromantic and non-binary.

This collection was really very basic and gave a very limited view of the LGBTQ+ community, which felt once again very alienating for me, like most books do that claim to be inclusive but fail. It's 2019, people, surely we can do better!

"Queer Heroes" gives a short introduction to some of the most well-known queer icons, past and present. I really liked the illustrations and that the book didn't only focus on western queer people.

Queer Heroes had a variety of people from lots of different places and it had some really great and colourful illustrations. It also had a glossary and additional resources listed, which was neat. The majority of the people in this book covered the LGB-part of LGBT+, but there were a couple of trans and I wish there were more trans showed in this book in addition to asexual and the more marginalized groups within the LGBT+ community.

This book is absolutely beautiful and so so important. It tells the story of these icons so beautifully and in a way that is so easy to digest. Everything about the book is just amazing.

I think this book is wonderful. It's an amazing teaching tool for all ages. The book is vibrant and inspirational. My only minor complaint is the way it's organaized. I think it maybe would have worked better if it was listed by the year. But overall I can't wait to share this with others.

The book is fairly short but has a large overview of different kinds of people from different backgrounds and (overlapping) identities, which invites the reader to do more independent research on whomever they find most interesting. After all, this isn't meant to be an exhaustive biography of a person but a snapshot of 53 different LGBTQ heroes. Some of them are very well known, some are well known but not well known to be LGBTQ, some are lesser known. I find it particularly important that some people mentioned are dead and some are alive, the latter usually being the exception for books like this.
The book also comes with a glossary and additional resources, which I think all LGBTQ books should include.
The writing style is quite simple, which makes it accessible to different ages, attention spans etc
The illustrations are simply gorgeous!
If I have to be nit-picky, I would say that including super rich CEOs isn't the best choice because of all of that unethical wealth dilemma (but that is debatable and it also has upsides, such as pissing off homophobic Apple users). Additionally, there could have been more examples of trans and non-binary people but the examples that were chosen were very well elected and certainly more than in most comparable books.
A book like this can't possibly include every single LGBTQ Hero but if anyone reading this review wants to learn about even more not included in the book feel free to do some research about Federico García Lorca, Christopher Isherwood, James Barry, James Dean and Marlon Brando, Cary Grant, Roberta Cowell, Erika Mann and WH Auden, Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Laura Jane Grace, Eddie Izzard, Julie D'Aubigny, Ruby Rose, Rebecca Sugar, Jeffrey Marsh....

This was an interesting collection of biographies of queer indivuals. I liked the range that was chosen and felt that all areas were represented. This was presented well and will be a good gift for any interested in queer history.