HIT: Best Gay/Lesbian books (Part 2)

[Jaye Alper <alper@MEOL.MASS.EDU>]

Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 10:11:45 -0800 (PST)
From: "Carol Mitchell"

Here are some suggestions for your gay/lesbian collection.  All are fiction.

"From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun" - Jacqueline Woodson
"My Father's Scar" - M. Carl
"Annie on My Mind" - Nancy Garden
"Tommy Stands Alone" - Gloria Velasquez
"Deliver Us From Evie" - M.E. Kerr
<mitchellc@hotmail.com>

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Date: Mon, 24 Mar 97 13:45 EST
From: rshook@edcen.ehhs.cmich.edu (Richard R. Shook)

What about Bass, Ellen:
Free your mind; the book for gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth--and
their allies, by EB and Kate kaufman.
HarperPerennial, c1996, 417 p, illus, isbn 0-06-095104-4
lccn 96-4157

Growing up gay/Growing up lesbian. A Literary anthology.
edited by Bennett L. Singer
New, c1994, 317p
(An Anthology for young people.)

Homosexuality: opposing viewpoints.
Book ed William Dudley
Greenhave Pr, c1993
216 p, illus, Opposing viewpoints series
isbn 0-89908-456-7, grades 10-12, pb, lccn 92-
40705

Hyde, Margaret O., and Elizabeth H. Forsyth
Know about gays and lesbians.
Millbrook, c994, 96 p,
isbn 1-56294-298-0, grades 7-9, lccn 92-45854

Teenage sexuality: opposing viewpoints series
ed by Karin L. Swisher
Greenhaven, c1994, 236 p, illus

*****
Two teenagers in twenty: Writing by gay & lesbian youth.
ed by Ann Heron
Alyson, c1994, 186p
(also: One teenager in ten.)

Shyer, Marlene Fanta and Christopher Shyer
Not like other boys--growing up gay; a mother and son look back.
Houghton Mifflin c1996
288p, isbn 0-395-709390-3, lccn 95-35698

Am I blue? Coming out from the silence. (Short stories etc)
ed by Marion Dane Bauer
HarperCollins c1994, 273p
isbn 0-06-024254-X, grades 10-12, lccn 93-29574

MORE:

Walker, Kate:
Peter.   (FICTION
Houghton Middlin, 1993, 170p
isbn 0-395-64722-3, grades 10-12, lccn 92-18948
Wieler, Diana J
Bad boy.   (FICTION)
Delacorte, c1989, 184p

check:
Spencer, Colin
Homosexuaity in history.
Harcourt Brace, c1996, 448p
isbn 0-15-100223-1, lccn 95-39474

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Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 11:06:37 -0800
From: "J. Miller" <npaljmiller@mdeca.ohio.gov>

Jaye,
I would recommend a subscription to THE ADVOCATE magazine.

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Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 14:15:09 -0500
From: "Linda Blackman" <blackmanl@nt-server.telstar.sad44.k12.me.us>

Deliver Us From Evie by M. E. Kerr
Am I Blue? Coming Out of the Silence (short stories) ed. by M. Bauer,
I think
Weetzie Bat and other titles by Francesca Lia Block
Homosexuality; Opposing Viewpoints

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Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 12:23:15 -0800
From: janderson@kent.wednet.edu (Julie Anderson)

Okie dokie, top 3-5, huh?  I'll try to be brief!

_The journey out: a guide for lesbian, gay, and bisexual teens_, by Rachel
Pollack and Cheryl Schwartz (Viking, 1995).  A good primer about what it
means to live as a l/b/g person.

_Dive_, a novel by Stacey Donovan (Dutton, 1994).  It also deals with
alcoholism of a parent and illness of a parent, but it's a great coming out
story.  Reminds me very much of my own!

_S.P. likes A.D._ by Catherine Brett (Women's Press (Toronto),  1989).
This short novel centers around Stephanie's winning sculpture entry and her
infatuation with Anne Delaney.

_Is it a choice? : answers to 300 of the most frequently asked questions
about gays and lesbians_ by Eric Marcus (Harper, 1993).  Fairly
self-explanatory title -- chapters include self-discovery/growing up,
coming out, dating, relationships, military, religion, discrimmination and
hate crimes, sex, sports, mass media, education, gay rights, AIDS, aging,
and work.

_Gay and Lesbian rights: a reference handbook _, by David E. Newton
(ABC_Clio, 1994).  This is from their Contemporary world issues series and
is set up similarly to the others I've seen.  Chapters include the struggle
for gay and lesbian rights, a chronology, biographical sketches of people
on both sides of the issue (for example, Jerry Falwell), statements and
documents relating to the issue (including legislation, domestic
partnership benefits, military policies), a directory of organizations, and
a fairly extensive bibliography.

_Am I blue? : coming out from the silence_, short stories edited by Marion
Dan Bauer (Harper, 1994).  These stories are from several perspectives --
young gay people, siblings and children of gay people, friends, etc.

_Not the only one : lesbian and gay fiction for teens_,  short stories
edited by Tony Grima (Alyson Publications, 1994).  This collection is for
gay and lesbian teens, not their friends or family.  Alyson is a gay and
lesbian publisher.  This is highly recommended by my g/l/b students.




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