homosexuality

As Bobby Framingham, quarterback of his high school football team, finally acknowledges to himself that he is gay, events start to spin out of control when his sexual orientation is revealed in the student newspaper and then in the local press, and he learns that his father has cancer.

A multi-generational story of fathers and sons during the second half of the twentieth century in England.

When his father accidentally discovers Niru is gay, the fallout is brutal and swift. Coping with troubles of her own, however, Meredith finds that she has little left emotionally to offer him. As the two friends struggle to reconcile their desires against the expectations and institutions that seek to define them, they find themselves speeding toward a future more violent and senseless than they can imagine. Neither will escape unscathed.

Matteo has returned home to the provincial country town where he was born and from which he had fled. After three years in Milan where he had been able to live out and proud as a young gay man, he fears the reception he will receive. To make things worse, he has no money, no job, and an uncertain future. Despite trepidations about encountering his estranged father, he finds a place to crash with his extended family for a while. Settling into a house shared by his grandmother, three aunts, and his very pregnant cousin, he starts to rebuild his life and relationships and confronts a few truths about the other generations of his family, and about himself.

A collection of four short stories about a private investigator who helps others experiencing strange occurrences.

Percy Deforest Spock has just moved back to his hometown of Bloomington, Indiana. When a teenage boy knocks on his door, Percy is floored by the uncanny resemblance between the boy and his lost love of twenty years before. As the two grow closer, Percy relives the days when he was young and in love but is disturbed by his growing feelings for Tyler. Realizing that Tyler?s resemblance to his lost love is the source of his attraction, he?s able to push his desires aside and act as a mentor to his young friend. There is a secret hidden in Bloomington, Indiana; however, and as young Tyler learns more about Percy, he begins to put the pieces together. Yesterday?s Tomorrow is a tale of love lost and found, of romance, of friendship, and of undying hope.

WWII. 1942. Will?s brother is fighting the war in the Pacific, but Will is forced to remain behind. Will takes his brother?s place in the academic world of Indiana University, where he meets two students and two soon-to-be-legendary men who will change his life forever. Will thought he was the only boy attracted to other males, but when he sneaks into Professor Kinsey?s marriage course he realizes his mistake. Will meets Ben, who he suspects is not unlike himself. When his suspicions are confirmed, the pair begins an awkward, halting relationship of self-discovery and love. Will is shocked that Negroes attend IU. He?s leery and afraid of Adam, but becomes ashamed of his prejudice when he comes face-to-face with the discrimination Adam faces daily. Together, Will, Adam, and a powerful ally join to subtly and surreptitiously integrate IU. But, just as changes for the better come, Will is faced with prejudice much closer to home, prejudice that can only be banished by tragedy. A Will to Triumph is a story of friendship, ignorance, fear, and the power of knowledge and love to make the world a better place.

Elijah has a dream, to follow in the footsteps of his brothers and make the VHS football team. But, for Elijah it?s an uphill battle. Unlike his tall, muscular brothers, Elijah is small and weak, but he pushes on, determined to realize his dream. Elijah?s faith is a source of comfort and strength, but when his new pastor begins to preach out against gays, Elijah feels increasingly unwelcome. While his church seems increasingly un-Christian, Elijah is exposed to the gay boys of Verona, boys who care about each other and reach out to those in need. Why are those who are called abominations acting more Christian than the Christians? When Elijah admits to himself that he is gay his faith is weakened. His belief is further shaken when he becomes sick. Is it a punishment from God? How could God create him gay and then punish him for it? As Elijah?s troubles and doubts increase, a very special boy comes into his life and helps him find his way. Elijah learns that much of what he has been taught in church is wrong, but that he shouldn?t turn his back on his beliefs. He learns that sometimes, those who present themselves as moral leaders are anything but. They are the Antichrists.

Bastien is now the man of the house. His mom has given up everything to give him a new life and he?s determined to do everything in his power to take care of her. Verona, Indiana is Bastien?s chance to start over and he?s not about to waste the opportunity. The grumpy old man next-door is most certainly not one of the more attractive features of Bastien?s new hometown, but Bastien?s opinion of him slowly begins to change. More intriguing is another neighbor. Viktor is a wrestler for Verona High School and mows his lawn shirtless. Viktor stirs Bastien?s passion, but he tries desperately to hide his desires. He doesn?t want Verona to be Chicago all over again. As he settles into his new life Bastien discovers that Verona is different from what he has known before and not in the boring, watching-corn-grow-for-entertainment way he anticipated. The little town of Verona is odd, perhaps even bizarre, but maybe here he can forget the friends who turned on him and the father who tried to kill him. The Lawn Boy is a tale of friendship, love, lust, and acceptance.

Julian is ugly. He knows it. Everyone knows it. He is also a boy with secrets. He?s gay, his family owns the local funeral home, and he?s not certain which secret he more desperately desires to keep. Julian is a wallflower, but tries out for the soccer team to please his father. Beyond all hope he makes the team and there he meets boys who change his life forever and a coach he suspects is trying to kill him. Julian?s greatest love is music. He slips off at lunch and after school to play the grand piano in the music room. His music attracts the attention of a secret admirer and for the first time ever someone sees beauty in Julian; his music. The tragic death of teammates forces Julian to realize that he might not have as much time as he believed and leads him to take a desperate chance. Julian is determined to stop sitting on the sidelines of life. Friendship and love is worth any risk.