coming out (sexual orientation)

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coming out (sexual orientation)

Keeping you a secret

a novel
2003
Holland starts a difficult last semester of high school, and she finds herself puzzled about her future but intrigued by a transfer student who wants to start a lesbian and gay club at school.

The questions within

2012
Constance knows she feels different from other girls and passes her days as an outcast in loneliness and shame until one day she meets a new friend.

Absolutely, positively not

2005
Chronicles a teenage boy's humorous attempts to fit in at his Minnesota high school by becoming a macho, girl-loving, "Playboy" pinup-displaying heterosexual.

The vast fields of ordinary

2009
The summer after graduating from an Iowa high school, eighteen-year-old Dade Hamilton watches his parents' marriage disintegrate, ends his long-term, secret relationship, comes out of the closet, and savors first love.

Rainbow High

Rainbow Trilogy, Book 2
2005
Gay friends Nelson, Kyle, and Jason, nearing the end of their high school days, struggle with issues of coming out, safe sex, homophobia, being in love, and college choices.

Rainbow boys

2001
Three high school seniors, a jock with a girlfriend and an alcoholic father, a closeted gay, and a flamboyant gay rights advocate, struggle with family issues, gay bashers, first sex, and conflicting feelings about each other.

Mom, Dad, I'm gay

how families negotiate coming out
2001
Draws on more than 150 interviews with teens to explore how teenagers make the decision to tell their parents they are gay and how families react to the news, discussing how the coming out experience differs for girls and boys and offering insight into common parent-child dynamics.

Absolutely, positively not

2009
Chronicles a teenage boy's humorous attempts to fit in at his Minnesota high school by becoming a macho, girl-loving, "Playboy" pinup-displaying heterosexual.

Homosexuality

what does it mean?
2000
Provides an overview of sexuality and sexual orientation and discusses the issues and concerns of teenage homosexuals, including coming out, support systems, risks, fears, prejudices, and healthy sexual behavior.

Rainbow High

2003
Gay friends Nelson, Kyle, and Jason, nearing the end of their high school days, struggle with issues of coming out, safe sex, homophobia, being in love, and college choices.

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