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COMING-OUT BOOKS
Is it a choice? The Velvet Rage Girl Meets Girl
Answers to 300 of The Most – Overcoming the Pain of Growing -A Dating Survival Guide
Frequently Asked Questions About Up Gay in a Straight Man’s World Diana Cage
Gay and Lesbian People Alan Downs The fun and breezy guide to all
Eric Marcus A by-product of growing up gay can things dyke amour. Decode the
Excellent book which covers all the be the internalisation of shame and secret language of dyke dating
issues. Comprehensive and broad. that can lead to negative behavioural including relationship myths
Classic bestseller on this issue. patterns. This book outlines three debunked, where to cruise, straight
Highly recommended. £11.99 distinct stages to emotional well- girl desires, dating a sex protocol
being for gay men, offering and finally couple and how to be
What If Someone I Know Is Gay? profoundly helpful strategies to stop one. £9.99
Eric Marcus the insidious cycle of avoidance and
Written for teens this fully updated self-defeating behaviour and find Coming Out of Shame
and revised book answers such self-empowerment. £11.99 Transforming
questions as „If you think your Gay and Lesbian Lives
friend is a lesbian, can you ask her?” Lipstick & Dipstick's Gershen Kaufman & Lev Raphael
Or “how do people become gay?” Daggett & Belge Explores the powerful role that
Or “Is it a sin…is it a choice?” Lipstick is the femme; dipstick is the shame has can come to play in the
£7.99 butch. Together they know development of self-esteem, identity
everything about finding and and intimacy in the lives of lesbians
And Then I Became Gay maintaining successful lesbian and gays. Includes strategies for
– Young Men’s Stories relationships. In this definitive guide empowerment and creating a
Ritch Savin-Williams they offer up their own brand of positive gay identity. £14.99
“The stories that Savin-Williams punchy, pithy advice. £9.99
retells are poignant and diverse and Boys Like Us
his analysis of them is interesting Early Embraces Gay Writers Tell Their
and provocative. Together, they True Stories of Women Describing Coming Out Stories
demolish the existing stereotypes of Their First Lesbian Experience Patrick Merla [Ed]
gay male development and replace Lindsey Elder [Ed] In stunning essays especially written
these stereotypes with real life Another excellent real-life collection for this collection, 29 noted gay
stories” £17.99 of personal stories revealing the writers recount their true „coming
multitude of ways women discover out‟ stories, intensely personal
The Lesbian Kama Sutra and fulfil their fantasies and desires. histories of that primal process by
Kat Harding Hugely popular. 3 volumes. £9.99 which men come to terms with their
Celebrating the love between per volume desire for other men. Contributors
women with clear empowering text include Samuel R. Delany and
and photographs, this offers a frank Becoming Gay Edmund White. £12.99
and open discussion of the lesbian Richard A. Isay
sexual experience. £14.99 Fully revised and updated this is the Now That I’m Out What Do I Do?
classic guide on how to accept one's Brian McNaught
My Guy homosexuality. Using personal case A warmly affirmative and honest
A Gay Man’s Guide histories Dr. Isay shows how first-person account. “If you‟ve ever
to a Lasting Relationship disguising one's sexual identity can felt that you didn‟t quite fit in,
Martin Kantor induce anxiety, depression and low weren‟t gay in the right way, had
Wish you were in a happy self-esteem. Chapters tackle concerns that you didn‟t hear other
relationship? This book offers an acceptance in any stage or gay or lesbian people talking about,
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having lifelong love and of positive gay identity. £11.99 Also a journey to self will give you the
companionship. £9.99 available Being Homosexual - Gay perspective that you are not likely to
Men & Their Development, £11.99 find elsewhere.” £9.99
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My Husband Is Gay and explores all aspects of a healthy
A Woman’s Guide Hello Cruel World and varied sex life. Contains frank
to Surviving the Crisis 101 Alternatives to Suicide for and explicit line-drawings. £14.99
Carol Grever Teens, Freaks & Other Outlaws
Includes 26 women‟s personal Kate Bornstein
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marriage, Carol Grever‟s husband Bornstein bravely shares personal
told her he was gay. This disclosure and unorthodox methods of survival 1. Now That You Know
led her on a five year, soul- for navigating an often cruel world. – A Parents’ Guide to
searching journey, culminating in A one-of-a-kind guide to staying
understanding their gay and
this road-map for women in similar alive outside the box, a much
situations. £9.99 needed unconventional approach to lesbian children. An excellent
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From Boys To Men the edge, but alive. £10.99 RP Betty Fairchild & Nancy
Gay Men Write About Hayward £10.99
Growing Up Gay The Transgender Child
T. Gideonse & R. Williams [Ed] A Handbook for
A stunning collection of essays and Families and Professionals 2. Beyond Acceptance
memoirs about what it is like to be S. Brill and R. Pepper – Parents of Lesbian and Gays
gay, young, to be different and to be What do you do when your son Talk About Their Experiences
aware of that difference from the insists on wearing a dress to school? Provides parents with the
earliest of ages. A book more about Or when your toddler daughter‟s
coming of age than coming out. first sentence is that she‟s a boy? comfort and knowledge they
Often funny, raw and deeply Offering an extensive understanding need to accept their gay
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Living Two Lives covers developmental, legal, C.W. Griffin et.al £10.99
Married to a Man medical and school issues. £9.99
& In Love With a Woman
Joanne Fleisher 10 Smart Things Gay Men Can 3. My Child Is Gay
A guide to help married women Do To Improve Their Lives – A collection of letters
navigate their journey of awakening: Joe Kort written by parents who have
from initial feelings of same-sex Does what it says on the tin! This
first-hand experience of the
attraction, coming out to husbands empowering books provides 10
and children, managing the roller positive steps gay men can take to moment their child reveals
coaster of emotions, developing a identify and overcome self-defeating they are gay, written to help
support system, executing the behaviours and move towards a other parents to come to terms
awkward phases of dating to finally healthier and more rewarding life. with unfamiliar feelings. Bruce
moving into a new chapter of life. Very popular. £10.99
McDougall [Ed] £9.99
£10.99
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