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GENERAL TOPICS
GLBT Reading List / with Authors & Publishing Notes

Alyson Almanac:  The fact book of the lesbian and gay community. 

Alyson Publications (1994-95)

 The Big Gay Book

Edited by John Preston, New York:  Plume

The Gay Yellow Pages:  The National Edition

New York:  Renaissance House (1995)

Is It a Choice?  Answers to 300 of the Most Frequently Asked Questions about Gays and Lesbians

Eric Marcus, Harper San Francisco

The Rights of Lesbians and Gay Men: The Basic ACLU Guide to a Gay Person’s Rights 

Nan Hunter, E. Machaelson, & B. Stoddard

Being Homosexual

Richard Isay, MD, Avon Books            

Beyond Tolerance:  Gays, Lesbians, and Bisexuals on Campus

Edited by Nancy Evans and Vernon Wall, American College Personnel Association

Homophobia:  How We All Pay the Price

Edited by Warren Blumfeld, Boston:  Beacon Press, 1998

In Search of Gay America:  Women and Men in a Time of Change

Neil Miller, New York:  Atlantic Monthly Press, 1989

The New Loving Someone Gay

Don Clark, Berkeley, CA: Celestial Arts, 1987

Positively Gay: New approaches to Gay and Lesbian Life

Edited by Betty Berzon, Celestial Arts

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

May Borhek, New York:  Pilgrim Press, 1983

Mom, Dad.  I’m Gay:  How Families Negotiate Coming Out

Ritch C. Savin-Williams, American Psychological Association, 2001

Beyond Acceptance:  Parents of Lesbians and Gays Talk About Their Experiences

C.W. Griffin, M.J. Wirth, & A.J. Wirth, New York:  St. Martin’s Press, 1986

Now That You Know:  What Every Parent Should Know About Homosexuality (new edition)

Betty Fairchild and Nancy Hayward, New York:  Harocurt, Brace, Javonovich

Bi Any Other Name:  Bisexual People Speak Out

Edited by L. Hutching & L. Kaahumanu, Boston:  Alyson Publishing, 1991

The Final Closet – The gay Parent Guide for Coming Out to Their Children

Rip Corley, Miami, FL:  Editech Press, 1990

The Lesbian and Gay Parenting Handbook

April Martin

Families We Choose:  Lesbians, Gays, Kinship

Kath Weston, Columbia University Press.

Conduct Unbecoming:  Lesbians and Gays in the U.S. Military – Vietnam to the Persian Gulf  Randy Shilts, New York:  St. Martin’s Press

A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples

H. Curry & D. Clifford, Berkeley, CA: Nolo Press

But Lord, They’re Gay

Sylvia Pennington

The Church and the Homosexual

John J. McNeill, FSG

Good News for Modern Gays

Sylvia Pennington

Toward Acceptance:  Sexual Orientation Issues on Campus

Edited by Vernon A. Wall & Nancy J. Evans, University Press of America, 2000

Out & About Campus

Edited by Kim Howard & Annie Stevens, Alyson Books, 2000

Working with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender College Students:  A Handbook for Faculty and Administrators

Ronni L. Sanlo, Greenwood Press, 1998

Out on Fraternity Row:  Personal Accounts of Being Gay in a College Fraternity

Edited by Shane L. Windmeyer, Alyson Books, 1998

Poisoned Ivy:  Lesbian and Gay Academics Confronting Homophobia

Toni A. H. McNaron, Temple University Press, 1997

Completely Queer, The Gay and Lesbian Encyclopedia

Steve Hogan and Lee Hudson, Henry Holt and  Company, 1998

The Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Students’ Guide to Colleges, Universities, and Graduate Schools

Jan Mitchell Sherrill and Craig Hardesty, New York:  New York University Press, 1994

Gay Men and Women Who Enriched the World

Thomas Cowan, New Canaan, CT:  William Mulvey, 1988
 

ACADEMIC
GLBT Reading List / with Authors & Publishing Notes

True Selves:  Understanding Transsexualism

Mildred Brown and Chloe Ann Rounsley, San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass Publishers,1996

Confessions of a Gender Defender: A Psychologist’s Reflections on Life among the Transgendered

Randi Ettner, Chicago:  Spectrum Press, 1996.

Transgender Warriors from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman

Leslie Feinberg, Boston Beacon Press, 1996

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

Kate Bornstein, New York:  Routledge, 1994

Read my Lips.  Sexual Subversion and the End of Gender

Riki Ann Wilchins, Ithaca, NY:  Firebrand Books, 1997

Overcoming Heterosexism and Homophobia:  Strategies that Work

James T. Sears and Walter L. Williams (Editors), New York:  Columbia University Press, 1997

Gay & Healthy in a Sick Society

Robert N. Minor, Ph.D., St. Louis, MO:  HumanityWorks!, 2003

Growing Up Gay/Growing Up Lesbian: A Literary Anthology

Bennett L. Singer (Editor), New York:  The New Press, 1994

Revolutionary Voices:  A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology

Amy Sonnie (Editor), New York:  Alyson Books, 2000
 

BUSINESS & CAREER
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The Gay Yellow Pages:  The National Edition

New York:  Renaissance House (1995)

Straight Jobs, Gay Lives

Annette Friskopp & Sharon Silverstein, Simon & Shuster, 1994

100 Best Companies for Gay Men and Lesbians

Ed Mickens, Pocket Books

Gay Issues in the Workplace

Brian McNaught, New York:  St. Martin’s Press

Lavender Road to Success: Career Guide for the Gay Community
Kirk Snyder, Ten Speed Press
 

Jesus, The Bible and Homosexuality: Explode the Myths, Heal the Church
by Jack Rogers

FICTION & LITERATURE
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Trace Elements of Random Tea Parties by Felicia Luna Lemus
P Town Summer by Lisa Stocker
Maybe Next Time by Karin Kallmaker
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Sellevision by Augusten Burroughs
Gay Blades by Ben Tyler
Never Tear Us Apart by Quinn Brockton
Three the Hard Way by Austin Foxxe
The Concrete Sky by Marshall Moore
Cyanide Wells by Marcia Muller
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
Metes and Bounds by Jay Quinn
Damn Straight by Elizabeth Sims
Becoming Bobbie by RJ Stevens

 

FICTION & LITERATURE
For GLBT Adults and Older Adolescents

Bannon, A., Odd Girl Out.

Braun, C., Surprising Myself.

Brown, R. M., Rubyfruit Jungle.

Forrest, K. V., Daughters of a Coral Dawn.

Forrest, K. V., Curious Wine.

Forrest, K. V., The Emergence of Green.

Friedman, S., Totempole.

Gearhardt, S., The Wanderground.

Hall, Radclyffe, The Well of Loneliness.

Leavitt, D., The Lost Language of Cranes.

Leventhal, S., A Herd of Tiny Elephants.

Miller, I., Patience and Sarah.

Mordden, E., I've A Feeling We're Not in Kansas Anymore.

Mordden, E., Buddies.

Mordden, E., Everybody Loves You.

Nader, G., Chrome.

Rule, J., Desert of the Heart.
Toder, N., Choices.

Warren, P. N., The Front Runner.

Editor: Dworkin
 

NON-FICTION
GLBT Reading List / with Authors

The Truth Is by Melissa Etheridge
The Funny Thing Is by Ellen Degeneres
Passages of Pride: True Stories of Lesbian & Gay Teenagers by Kurt Chandler
Queer Street by James McCourt
Between Girlfriends by Elizabeth Dean
The Uninvited Dilemma: A Question of Gender by Kim Elizabeth Stuart
The Beebo Brinker Chronicles by Ann Bannon
All Families are Different by Sol Gordon
Ten Smart Things Gay Men Can Do to Improve Their Lives by Joe Kort
Becoming Visible: A Reader in Gay & Lesbian History for High School & College Students by Kevin Jennings (Editor)
Gay Perspective by Toby Johnson
Beyond Acceptance by Griffin, Wirth & Wirth
The Homosexual Agenda by Alan Sears & Craig Osten
Christianity and Homosexuality by Gareth Moore
Bisexual Resource Guide by Robin Ochs (Editor)
The Whole Lesbian Sex Book by Felice Newman
Mom, Dad, I'm Gay: How Families Negotiate Coming Out by Ritch Savin-Williams
The Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein & Felice Picano
What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality by Daniel A. Helminiak
Coming Out: An Act of Love by Rob Eichberg
Awakening the Virgin by Nicole Foster
Free Your Mind: The Book for Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Youth & Their Allies by Bass & Kaufman
Dating the Greek Gods by Brad Gooch
Going the Other Way by Bill Bean w Chris Bull
The Greatest Taboo: Homosexuality in the Black Communities by Delroy Constantine-Simms (Editor)
Highsmith by Marjorie Meaker
Coming Out to Parents: A Two-Way Survival Guide for Lesbians & Gay Men and Their Parents by Mary Borhek

HISTORY
GLBT Reading List / with Authors

A Strong Delusion by Joe Dallas
Strapped for Cash by Mack Friedman
Wide-Open Town by Nan Alamilla Boyd 
Men With the Pink Triangle by Heinz Heger & Company
Gay New York by George Chauncey