Convinced he should have died in the accident that killed his parents and sister, sixteen-year-old Drew lives in a hospital, hiding from employees and his past, until Rusty, set on fire for being gay, turns his life around. Includes excerpts from the superhero comic Drew creates.
Camilla hopes her secret crush, Benjamin, might ask her to prom but feels pressured into accepting the invitation of a casual acquaintance, and Joshua has worked up the courage to ask his best friend, Ethan, to be his date when Ethan asks his help in crafting the perfect "promposal" for another boy.
When seventeen-year-old Raven Walker meets Morgan O'Shea, she is drawn to her, and as their relationship grows, Raven concedes that she may be gay, leaving her struggling with her sexuality and the impact it will have on her family and friends.
As if her parents' heavy drinking and her father's abuse--which nearly killed her half-brother, Iggy--were not enough, fifteen-year-old Mara is caught kissing her girlfriend, Xylia, by the preacher's son and becomes terrified that her own life is at risk.
Follows Caleb, a struggling playwright; Frank, a director; Henry, an actor; Toby, an acting student; Jessie, a personal assistant; and Kenneth, an underling theater critic, as their ambitions and love lives intersect on New York's theater scene.
This thoughtful and stimulating book examines the situation of gays and lesbians in the Catholic Church today and calls for compassion and reason from those in authority. The authors look at the subject from four viewpoints: educational and social concerns, counseling and pastoral issues, religious and clerical life, and evolving theological perspectives.
Sixteen-year-old Gabi Hernandez chronicles her senior year in high school as she copes with her friend Cindy's pregnancy, friend Sebastian's coming out, her father's meth habit, her own cravings for food and cute boys, and especially, the poetry that helps forge her identity.
A chorus of men who died of AIDS observes and yearns to help a cross-section of today's gay teens who navigate new love, long-term relationships, coming out, self-acceptance, and more in a society that has changed in many ways.
