Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The journey out The journey out Rachel Pollack Suggests how gay, lesbian, and bisexual teenagers may discover their sexual orientation, find self-acceptance, come out, cope with prejudice, and deal with religious and political issues. OL106539W
Out in the South Out in the South Carlos L Dews In this book gays and lesbians from the Deep South to East Texas and Appalachia speak from vivid personal experience and turn an analytical eye on the South and its culture. Some contributors examine… OL15179612W
The velvet rage The velvet rage Alan Downs The most important issue in a gay man’s life is not “coming out,” but coming to terms with the invalidating past. Despite the progress made in recent years, many gay men still wonder, “Are we better … OL1901732W
Spinning Spinning Tillie Walden A powerful graphic memoir about coming-of-age, coming out, and competitive figure skating. OL19717769W
The shared heart The shared heart Adam Mastoon In this stirring collection of photographs and personal narratives, forty lesbian, gay, and bisexual young people share their thoughts and experiences about family, friends, culture, and coming out. … OL2626920W
Coming out of shame Coming out of shame Gershen Kaufman Most gay men and lesbians grow up learning that to be gay is to be sick, to be unnatural, to be a sinner. By adolescence, such negative attitudes have produced and reinforced a single, powerful emoti… OL2918336W
Hearing us out Hearing us out Roger Sutton Drawing on moving first-person interviews and candid photographs, a collection of profiles focuses on fifteen people--from a high-school student to a gay minister--who explain what being gay has mean… OL3485702W
Boys Like Us Boys Like Us Patrick Merla Twenty-eight of the nation's most-admired gay writers, including Edmund White, Alan Gurganus and Andrew Holleran, along with rising talents, present never-before-published tales of their coming out, … OL8048485W