coming out (sexual orientation)

Describes the challenges faced by gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered teens, offers practical advice, real-life experiences, and accessible resources and support groups.

Ashleigh Walker is falling in love, but not with her boyfriend, with Miss Murray, her English teacher.

Offers gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender teens, as well as those questioning their sexuality, information and practical advice to help them deal with the issues they may face with their families, at school, and within contemporary society.

Provides in-depth analysis of thirty-five primary source documents drawn from the ongoing movement to achieve recognition and equality for members of the LGBTQ+ community.

"To fix his life, bullied and closeted fifteen-year-old Wyatt goes public with real historical evidence that Abraham Lincoln was in love with another guy -- triggering a backlash and media firestorm that might destroy everything he cares about"--OCLC.

Katie Heaney discusses her life as an author and a lesbian.

Describes the coming out experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexeual, and transgendered students and provides information about related bullying and sexual harassment and how to create a safe environment for LGBT teens.

It's hard enough coming out, but playing basketball for a nationally ranked school and trying to figure out your sexual identity in the closeted and paranoid world of big-time college sports--that's a challenge.Kate Fagan's love for basketball and for her religious teammates at the University of Colorado was tested by the gut-wrenching realization that she could no longer ignore the feelings of otherness inside her. In trying to blend in, Kate had created a hilariously incongruous world for herself in Boulder. Her best friends were part of Colorado's Fellowship of Christian Athletes, where they ran weekly Bible studies and attended an Evangelical Free Church. For nearly a year, Kate joined them and learned all she could about Christianity--even holding their hands as they prayed for others "living a sinful lifestyle." Each time the issue of homosexuality arose, she felt as if a neon sign appeared over her head, with a giant arrow pointed downward. During these prayer sessions, she would often keep her eyes open, looking around the circle at the closed eyelids of her friends, listening to the earnestness of their words.Kate didn't have a vocabulary for discussing who she really was and what she felt when she was younger; all she knew was that she had a secret. In The Reappearing Act, she brings the reader along for the ride as she slowly accepts her new reality and takes the first steps toward embracing her true self.

It was the same every morning: wake up, grab the ice skates, and head to the rink while the world was still dark.

In the wake of a destructive tornado, twelve-year-old Ivy develops feelings for another girl in her class in this tender novel about emerging identity.