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Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays

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Resources

RESOURCE BOOKS:

The following is a list of helpful books grouped into categories. These books have been read by our members and have been found helpful. It is not a complete list but hopefully will be helpful to you.

Categories:

Coming Out

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual

Gay and Lesbian Youth

History of Gay and Lesbian People

Religion and Homosexuality

Self-Esteem

Transgender

Transgender History

Transgender Youth

COMING OUT RESOURCES

Coming Out As Parents You and Your Homosexual Child

David K. Switzer

Coming Out to Parents A Two-Way Survival Guide For Lesbians and Gay Men and Their Parents

Mary V. Borhek

Straight Parents, Gay Children Keeping Families Together

Robert A. Bernstein

Boys Like Us Gay Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories

Patrick Merla

The Way Out The Gay Man’s Guide to Freedom No Matter if You’re in Denial, Closeted, Half In, Half Out, Just Out or Been Around the Block

Christopher Lee Nutter

GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL

Queer Theory An Introduction

Annamarie Jagose

And Then I Became Gay . . .

Ritch C. Savin-Williams

The Lives of Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals Children to Adults

Ritch C. Savin-Williams, Kenneth M. Cohen

50 Ways to Support Gay and Lesbian Equality The Complete Guide to Supporting Family, Friends, Neighbors, or Yourself

Meredith Tannen and Angela Watrous

Is It A Choice? Answers to the Most Frequently Asked Questions About Gay and Lesbian People

Eric Marcus

GAY AND LESBIAN YOUTH

GLBTQ The Survival Guide for Queer and Questioning Teens

Kelly Huegel

Coming Out, Coming In Nurturing the Well-Being and Inclusion of Gay Youth In Mainstream Socitey

Linda Goldman

The New Gay Teenager

Ritch C. Savin-Williams

You’re Different and That’s Super

Carson Kressley

HISTORY OF GAY AND LESBIAN PEOPLE

Before Stonewall Activists for Gay and Lesbian Rights in Historical Context

Vern L. Bullough, RN, PhD

Gay New Yorker Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World 1890-1940

George Chauncey

Homophobia A History

Byrne Fone

Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America

Lillian Faderman

Stonewall The Riots That Sparked The Gay Revolution

David Carter

The Lavender Scare The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government

David K. Johnson

To Believe In Women What Lesbians Have Done For America – A History

Lillian Faderman

Why Marriage? The History Shaping Today’s Debate Over Gay Equality

George Chauncey

RELIGION AND HOMOSEXUALITY

What the Bible Really says About Homosexuality

Daniel A. Helminiak

Jesus, The Bible, and Homosexuality Explode the Myths, Heal the Church

Jack Rogers

Homosexuality and Christian Faith Questions of Conscience for the Churches

Walter Wink

Going To Heaven The Life and Election of Bishop Gene Robinson

Elizabeth Adams

The Eye of The Storm Swept to the Center By God

Gene Robinson

A Place At The Table The Gay Individual In American Society

Bruce Bawer

Religion Gone Bad The Hidden Dangers of the Christian Right

Mel White

SELF-ESTEEM

Healing the Shame That Binds You

John Bradshaw

The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem The Definitive Work on Self-Esteem

Nathaniel Branden

TRANSGENDER

Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us

Kate Bornstein

My Gender Workbook: How to Become A Real Man, a Real Woman, the Real You, or something Else Entirely

Kate Bornstein

Out of the Ordinary Essays on Growing Up With Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Parents

Noelle Howey, Ellen Samuels, Margarethe Cammermeyer, Dan Savage

She’s Not There A Life in Two Genders

Jennifer Finney Boylan

Trans Forming Families Real Stories About Transgendered Loved Ones

Mary Boenke

Transgender Nation

Gordene Olga MacKenzie

True Selves Understanding Transsexualism For Families, Friends, Coworkers, and Helping Professionals

Mildred L. Brown and Chloe Ann Rounsley

Whipping Girl A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity

Julia Serano

Wrapped in Blue A Journey of Discovery

Donna rose

Transgender History

Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arch to Rupaul

Leslie Feinberg

TRANSGENDER YOUTH

Mom, I Need To Be A Girl

Just Evelyn

Can be downloaded at http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TS/Evelyn/Evelyn.html