Non-Fiction

Free Your Mind -Ellen Bass

Free Your Mind is the definitive practical guide for gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth -- and their families, teachers, counselors and friends. 

Two Teenagers in Twenty: Writings by Gay & Lesbian Youth -Ann Heron

A set personal testimonies from gay and lesbian youth.

Out & About Campus: Personal Accounts by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender College Students -Kim Howard, Annie Stevens

For gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered students, college can be a disorienting and lonely experience. In Out & About Campus, the first book of its kind, the courageous voices of 28 remarkable individuals, shatter this unbearable silence to provide comfort, inspiration, insight and hope.

GLBTQ: The Survival Guide for Queer and Questioning Teens -Kelly Huegel

Discovering that you, or someone you love, might be GLBTQ is a revelation. Accepting it is a process. One thing that can help that process is information. 

Is It a Choice - Revised edition : Answers to 300 of the Most Frequently Asked Questions About Gays and Lesbian People -Eric Marcus

In this newly revised edition, Eric Marcus provides insightful, no-nonsense answers to hundreds of the most commonly asked questions about homosexuality.

Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned Judd Winick

Told entirely in sequential art, here is the story of the life-changing friendship between the author, a cartoonist from Long Island, and Pedro Zamora, an HIV-positive AIDS activist, which was filmed day by day on MTV's Real World San Francisco.

What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality -Daniel A. Helminiak

Heminiak, a Catholic priest, shows why those who use the bible to condemn homosexuality are misinterpreting the bible.

Out of the Twilight: Fathers of Gay Men Speak explores and discusses how fathers have dealt with discovering that their sons were gay and what effect it had on their own development as parents and people.

Beyond Acceptance: Parents of Lesbians and Gays Talk About Their Experiences -Carolyn Welch Griffin, Marian J. Wirth, Arthur G. Wirth

Beyond Acceptance deals with a variety of issues facing heterosexual parents of gay children, from facing what the neighbors will say to worrying about AIDS and social ostracism to feeling angry and guilt-ridden.

Always My Child: A Parent's Guide to Understanding Your Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered or Questioning Son or Daughter -Kevin Jennings, Pat Shapiro

Always My Child provides the insights and practical strategies parents need to support their kids and cope themselves.

My Child Is Gay: How Parents React When They Hear the News -Bryce McDougall

Parents tell their stories of finding out their child is gay.

A Family and Friend's Guide to Sexual Orientation: Bridging the Divide Between Gay and Straight -Bob Powers, Alan Ellis

Consisting of thirty stories by individuals who have come to accept and embrace their own sexuality, twelve of the stories are by heterosexuals who, in addition to talking about their own sexuality, speak of the homosexuality of a loved one. 

Coming Out As Parents: You and Your Homosexual Child -David K. Switzer

This book helps parents of homosexuals understand their feeling and reactions to that knowledge and clarifies what it means to be homosexual.

One Teacher in 10: Gay and Lesbian Educators Tell Their Stories -Kevin Jennings

Chronicles the experiences of gay and lesbian teachers.

Beyond Diversity Day: A Q & A on Gay and Lesbian Issues in Schools (Curriculum, Cultures, and (Homo)Sexualities) -Arthur Lipkin

Beyond Diversity Day is a handbook for teachers, counselors, administrators, policy makers, parents, and students who want to understand and affirm sexuality differences; promote and protect the well-being of all students; and reduce bigotry, self-hatred, and violence.

Understanding Homosexuality, Changing Schools -Arthur Lipkin

A comprehensive book that explores the issues surrounding homosexuality and education and advises a course of action to promote tolerance and provide equal opportunity for homosexual students.

We Don't Exactly Get the Welcome Wagon -Gerald P. Mallon

The first comprehensive examination of the experiences of gay and lesbian youths in the child welfare system, makes solid recommendations to social work practitioners as well as to policy makers about how they can provide a competent practice for gay and lesbian adolescents, and offers a methods chapter which will be useful in classroom instruction.

When the Drama Club in Not Enough: Lessons from the Safe Schools Program for Gay and Lesbian Students -Jeff Perrotti, Kim Westheimer

When the Drama Club Is Not Enough presents the work of two young activists who have been at the forefront of the successful Safe Schools Program for Gay and Lesbian Students in Massachusetts.

The Gay Teen: Educational Practice and Theory for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adolescents -Gerald Unks

Written by and for gay and straight educators, The Gay Teen explores gay student adolescence from discursive, practical and theoretical perspectives.

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