HIT: MID: Gay Resources (long)

[Kathy Reynolds <kreyno@LEECA.OHIO.GOV>]

Wow --My thanks to all who sent recommendations for gay resources on a
middle school level.  Many asked for a posting, so here were the
suggestions, summarized --  (Please note that a few are geared more for
adults who work with this age student, and not all of the titles would I
personally recommend for middle school.  Please do your own research
before purchase.)

--Baby Be-Bop by Francesca Lia Block (1)
--The Drowning of Stephen Jones by Greene (1)
--Earthshine by Nelson (6)
--Out of the Closet and Into the Classoom: Homosexuality in Books for
        Young People by Anne Clyde and Marjorie Lobban (2)
--Free Your Mind: The Book for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youth and
        Their Allies by Ellen Bass and Kate Kaufman (3)
--Am I Blue?, ed. by M.E. Kerr (5)
--Deliver Us from Evie by M.E. Kerr (5)
--Beyond Acceptance: Parents of Lesbians and Gays Talk About Their
        Experiences (1)
--Peter, Author Unknown (1)
--Queer and Pleasant Danger: Writing Out My Life by Rafkin (1)  (not
        middle school level)
--Happy Endings Are All Alike by Scoppettone (1)
--Annie On My Mind by Garden (2)
--Good Moon Rising by Garden (1)
--Understanding Sexual Identity: A Book for Gay Teens and Their Friends
        by Rench (3)
--Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher (1)
--Weetzie Bat by Fracesca Lea Block (1)
--I Hadn't Meant to Tell You (and other books) by Jacquilein Woodson (1)
--A Roger Sutton book in which gay teens talk about being gay (1)
--Bad Boy by Wiele (1)
--The Arizona Kid by Koertge  (2)
--Books by Sandra Scoppetone, Nancy Garden
--Night Kites by M.E. Kerr (2)
--Two Teenagers in Twenty: Writings by Gay and Lesbian Youth (3)
--No Big Deal by Ellen Jaffe McClain (2)
--Passages of Pride by Kurt Chandler (NF)  (1)
--The Moves Makes the Man by Brooks (1)
--Coping With Your Sexual Identity by Rosen Publishers (1)
--Jack by Homes (1)
--From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun by Woodson (3)
--Entries from a Hot Pink Notebook by Todd Brown (HS) (1)
--My Brother Has AIDS by Davis (1)
--The Eagle Kite by Paula Fox (1)
--The House You Pass on the Way by Woodson (1)
--Real Heroes by Marilyn Kaye (1)
--Twelve Days in August by Liza Ketchum Murrow (1)
--Making Love Visible (1)
--What I Know Now by Rodger Larson (1)
--When Someone You Know Is Gay by Susan and Daniel Cohen (1)
--Zack's Story: Growing Up with Same-Sex Parents by Keith E. Greenberg (1)
--Out With It: Gay and Straight Teens Write About Homosexuality (1)
--Lesbian and Gay Rights by Crestwood House (1)
--Being Different: Lambda Youths Speak Out by Brimner (1)
--Prayers for Bobby by Leroy Aarons (Used 9-12, a mother's coming to terms
        with the suicide of her gay son) (1)
--A Place At the Table by Bruce Bawer (Used 9-12) (1)
--Dance on My Grave by Adain Chambers (Used 9-12) (Best Book for YA, ALA)
        (1)
--Gay Men and Women Who Enriched the World (Used 9-12) by Thomas Cowen (1)
--The Family Heart (Used 9-12) by Robb Dew-Forman (1)
--Now That Your Know (Used 9-12) by Betty Fairchild (1)
--Breaking the Surface (Used 9-12) by Greg Louganis (1)
--Passages of Pride (Used 9-12) by Kurt Chandler (1)
--Bridges of Respect: Creating Support for Lesbian and Gay Youth (Used
        9-12) by American Friends Service Committee
--Growing Up Gay: A Literary Anthology (Used 9-12) by Bennet Singer, ed.
--Now That I'm Out, What Do I Do? (Used 9-12) by Brian McNaught
--The Journey Out: A Guide For and About Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual
        Teens by Rachel Pollack and Cheryl Schwartz (1)
--Serving In Silence: The Margarete Cammermeyer Story (1)
--Different Daughters by Louise Rafkin, ed. (1)

Also, it was suggested to call ALA's Chair of the Gay, Bisexual, and
Lesbian Task Force, who maintain a list and present an award each year for
the best in gay literature.  Another suggested contacting Lambda Rising
Bookstore in DC for ideas, or PFLAG.  Thanks again to all contributors!

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Kathy J. Reynolds, Media Specialist
Midview Middle School Media Center
37999 Capel Road
Grafton, Ohio  44044
(O) 216/748-5262
kreyno@leeca.esu.k12.oh.us
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