Introduction -- Rats / Marlee Jane Ward -- In case of emergency, break glass / Erin Gough -- Bitter draught / Michael Earp -- I like your rotation / Jax Jacki Brown -- Sweet / Claire G Coleman -- Light bulb / Nevo Zisin -- Waiting / Jen Wilde -- Laura Nyro at the wedding / Christos Tsiolkas -- Each city / Ellen van Neerven -- An Arab werewolf in Liverpool / Omar Sakr -- Stormlines / Alison Evan -- Questions to ask straight relatives / Benjamin Law -- Acknowledgements -- Resources for queer teens -- About #LoveOzYA -- About #AusQueerYA -- About the authors.;What does it mean to be queer? What does it mean to be human? In this powerful #LoveOzYA collection, twelve of Australia's finest writers from the LGBTQ+ community explore the stories of family, friends, lovers and strangers - the connections that form us. This inclusive and intersectional #OwnVoices anthology for teen readers features work from writers of diverse genders, sexualities and identities, including writers who identify as First Nations, people of colour or disabled. With short stories by bestsellers, award winners and newcomers to young adult fiction including Jax Jacki Brown, Claire G Coleman, Michael Earp, Alison Evans, Erin Gough, Benjamin Law, Omar Sakr, Christos Tsiolkas, Ellen van Neerven, Marlee Jane Ward, Jen Wilde and Nevo Zisin.