BOOK LIST

This is a selected list of books on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered issues. Most of the titles were provided me by Cindy Belleau. Some of them are hyperlinked to descriptions on Amazon.com. Please email me if you have any thoughts on these titles, or suggestions for additional titles.

BIOGRAPHY

• The Mayor of Castro Street - Randy Shilts

• Family Outing – Chastity Bono

• The Accidental Activist: A personal and political memoir — Candace Gingrich and Chris Bell

• Uncommon Heroes:  A Celebration of heroes and role models for Gay and Lesbian Americans

COMING OUT

• Now that I’m out, what do I do?  By Brian McNaught

• Virtually Normal - by Andrew Sullivan

• Hearing Us Out - by Roger Sutton

• In Search of  Gay America – by Neil Miller

• Out in the World —by Neil Miller

• Outing Yourself —by Michael  Angelo Signorile

• Coming out to parents:  a two-way survival guide for lesbians and gay men and their parents                  by Mary V. Borhek

• Queer in America: sex, the media and the closet. . .by Michelangelo Signorile

• Children of Horizons: how gay and lesbian teens are leading a new way out of the closet by        Gilbert H. Hardt

• The family heart: a memoir of when our son came out - by Robb Forman Dew

• Out in America: a portrait of gay and lesbian life.- by Ellen Bass

• Boys like us: Gay writers tell their coming out stories. – by Patrick Merla

• Coming home to America: a road map to gay and lesbian….- by Torie Osborn

• Queer kids: the challenges and promise for lesbian. . .- Robert Owens

• Coming Out: An act of love -  by Rob Eichberg, Ph. D.

• Coming Out Every Day : A Gay, Bisexual, and Questioning Man's Guide by Bret K. Johnson
  

RELIGION

• Let my People in: A Lesbian minister tells of her struggles to live openly and maintain her ministry — by Rose Mary Denman

• Gay Men at the Millennium: Sex, Spirit, Community -- Michael Lowenthal

• Stranger at the Gate : To Be Gay and Christian in America by Mel White

• Openly Gay, Openly Christian : How the Bible Really Is Gay Friendly by Samuel, Rev. Kader

• Living in Sin? : A Bishop Rethinks Human Sexuality by John Shelby Spong

• Gay Soul : Finding the Heart of Gay Spirit and Nature With Sixteen Writers, Healers, Teachers and Visionaries -- Mark Thompson

• Wrestling with the Angel: Faith and Religion in the lives of gay men.

• Congregations in Conflict : The Battle over Homosexuality by Keith Hartman.

• What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality by Daniel A., Ph.D. Helminiak

• The Church and the Homosexual by John J. McNeill

• Is the Homosexual My Neighbor? : A Positive Christian Response by Letha Dawson

• New Testament and Homosexuality by Robin Scroggs 

GAY/LESBIAN GENERAL

• On Being Gay: Thoughts on Family, Faith, and Love by Brian McNaught

• Beyond Gay or Straight: Understanding sexual orientation — by Jan Clausen; Martin B. Duberman: general editor

• The Lavender pages - A California directory

• Completely queer: the Gay and Lesbian encyclopedia by Steve Hogan, Lee Hudson

• Loving Someone Gay: by Donald H. Clark Ph. D.

• Is It a Choice? : Answers to 300 of the Most Frequently Asked Questions About Gay and Lesbian People by Eric Marcus

• Straight Parents, Gay Children : Inspiring Families to Live Honestly and With Greater Understanding by Robert A. Bernstein

• Setting Them Straight : You Can Do Something About Bigotry and Homophobia in Your Life by Betty Berzon

• How to Make the World a Better Place for Gays and Lesbians by Una W. Fahy

• Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the US Military by Randy Shilts

COUNSELING/ PSYCHOLOGY 

• The gay and lesbian self-esteem book: a guide to loving ourselves- by Kimeron N. Hardin

• Keys to caring: assisting your gay and lesbian clients- edited by Robert J. Kus

• Homosexuality: the body or the mind?  The somatopsychology of homosexuality - by Mayetta L. Ford

• Queer Science : The Use & Abuse of Research on Homosexuality by Simon Le Vay

GAY/LESBIAN COMMUNITY

• Friends and Lovers: Gay men write about families they create.

• The Rise and Fall of Gay Culture—by Daniel Harris

• The World out there:  Becoming part of the Lesbian and Gay Community—by Michael Thomas Ford

GAY/LESBIAN COUPLES

• Gay Relationships for men and women: how to find them, how to improve them, how to make them last.— by Tina Tessina

 GAY/LESBIAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT

• Out for Good: The Struggle to build a Gay Rights movement in America — by Dudley Clendinen and Adam Nagourney

• A more perfect union—Richard D. Mohr

• The Gay and Lesbian Liberation Movement—by Margaret Cruikshank

• The Accidental Activist: A Personal and Political Memoir—by Candace Gingrich and Chris Bell

• Created Equal: Why Gay Rights matter to America—by Robert Dawidoff

• Stranger among Friends—by David Mixner

• Homosexuality and gay rights- edited by Gary E. McCuen

• The new civil war: the lesbian and gay struggle for civil rights- by Diane Silver

 GAY/LESBIAN AND BISEXUAL YOUTH (STUDENTS)

• Telling tales out to school: Gays, Lesbians and Bisexuals revisit their school days

•  Children of Horizons: How Gay and Lesbian teens are leading a new way out of the closet—Gilbert Herdt/ Andrew Boxer

• Teenage Sexuality: Opposing viewpoints—by Karin L. Swisher

• Joining the tribe: Growing up Gay and Lesbian in the 90’s—by Linnea Due

• One teenager in Ten: Writings by Gay and Lesbian Youth

• The shared heart: portraits and stories celebrating lesbian, gay and bisexual young People. - photographs by Adam Mastoon 

• In your face:  stories from the lives of queer youth.- by Mary L. Gray                        

• Free your mind:  the book for gay, lesbian and bisexual youth— and their allies.- by Ellen Bass and Kate Kaufman  

• A way of love, a way of life: a young person’s introduction to what it means to be - gay-by Frances Hankel and Larry Stein                                                                                              

• The journey out: a guide  for and about lesbian, gay and bisexual teens - by Rachel Pollack and Cheryl Schwartz                                                                                           

• Queer kids: the challenges and promise for lesbian, gay and bisexual youth: by Robert E. Owens, Jr.

HISTORY                                                                                   

• The Gay Metropolis—by Charles Kaiser

• A Tale of Two Utopias: The Political journey of the generation of 1968— by Paul Berman

• The rise of a Gay and Lesbian Movement

• Gay American History: Lesbians and gay men in the U. S.A. A Documentary History. – by Jonathon Ned Katz

• The Lesbian Almanac: Compiled by the National Museum and archive of Lesbian and Gay history       

• Gay/Lesbian almanac:  a new documentary in which is contained, in chronological order, evidence of the true and fantastical history of those persons now called lesbians and gay men. . .-by Jonathon Ned Katz         

LESBIAN

• Sex and Sensibility: Stories of a Lesbian generation

• Odd girls and twilight lovers: a history of lesbian life in twentieth-century America - By Lillian Faderman

• Dyke life:  from growing up to growing old, a celebration of the lesbian experience - Edited by Karla Jay

• Superstars: twelve lesbians who changed the world- by Dell Richards

• To believe in Women- by Lillian Faderman

 BISEXUALITY

• The Bisexual Spouse: different dimensions in human sexuality: edited by Ivan Hill

• Vice versa: bisexuality and the eroticism of everyday life: by Marjorie B. Garber

•  Dual Attraction: understanding bisexuality: by Martin S. Weinberg and Colin J. Williams

• A woman like that: lesbian and bisexual writers tell their coming out stories: edited By Joan Larkin         

LEGAL ISSUES 

• The case for same-sex marriage: from sexual liberation…by William  N. Eskridge 

• A legal guide for lesbian and gay couples- by Dennis Clifford

• Legal affairs: essential advice for same-sex couples- by Frederick Hertz                                                                                                                                                                            

PARENTS AND FRIENDS

• Beyond Acceptance: parents of lesbians and gays talk about their experiences- by Carolyn Welch Griffin, Marian J. Wirth and Arthur G. Wirth 

• Now that you know: what every parent should know about homosexuality: By

• Betty Fairchild and Nancy Hayward

• A family matter: a parent’s guide to homosexuality: By Charles Silverstein 

TRANSGENDER ISSUES                         

• Transgender warriors: making history from by -  Leslie Feinberg

• True selves: understanding transsexualism by - Mildred L. Brown and Chloe Ann Rounsley

• Trans liberation: beyond pink or blue by - Leslie Feinberg

• As nature made him: the boy who was raised as a girl by- John Colapinto

• Second serve: the Renee Richards story by – Renee Richards and John Ames

• Crossing: a memoir  by - Dierdre