Books for National Coming Out Day

A. C. Buehler Library, Elmhurst College

October 11, 2001

Nonfiction

Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out, 1991306.765 B576

Broken Fever: Reflections of Gay Boyhood by James Morrison,2001305.389664 M879b

Crossing: A Memoir by Deidre McCloskey, 1999305.9066 M126c

Does Your Mama Know?An Anthology of Black Lesbian Coming Out Stories, 1997

810.809206 D653

Friends & Family: True Stories of Gay America’s Straight Allies by Dan Woog, 1999

305.90664 W912f

Gaylaw: Challenging the Apartheid of the Closet by William N. Eskridge, Jr., 1999

342.73087 E75g

The Homo Handbook: Getting In Touch With Your Inner Homo by Judy Carter, 1996646.7008664 C323h

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

By Eric Marcus, 1993305.90664 M322I

Mom, Dad.I’m Gay: How Families Negotiate Coming Out by Ritch C. Savin-Williams, 2001

306.874 S267m

Now That You Know.A Parents’ Guide to Understanding Their Gay and Lesbian Children

By Betty Fairchild and Nancy Hayward, 1998306.766 F165n 1998

Out and About Campus: Personal Accounts by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered College

Students, edited by Kim Howard and Annie Stevens, 2000378.198266 O94

Outing Yourself: How to Come Out as Lesbian or Gay to Your Family, Friends, and Coworkers

By Michaelangelo Signorile, 1996305.90664 S578o

Setting Them Straight: You Can Do Something About Bigotry and Homophobia in Your Life

By Betty Berzon, 1996305.90664 B553s

The Shared Heart: Portraits and Stories Celebrating Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Young People

By Adam Mastoon, 1997305.23508664 M423s

Working With Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender College Students: A Handbook for Faculty

And Administrators, 1998378.1980866 W926


 

Fiction

A Density of Souls by Christopher Rice, 2000813.6 R495d

Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence by Marion Dane Bauer, 1995 FICBAUE (Juv.)

Daddy’s Roommate by Michael Willhoite, 1990[CL]306.87W

Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule, 1986813.54 R935d

Giovanni’s Room: A Novel by James Baldwin, 1956813.54 B181GI

Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman, 1989[CL]306.87N

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson, 1987823.914 W788O

Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown, 1973813.54 B878r


 

 

Anne Jordan-Baker, Assistant Librarian, Elmhurst College. October 5, 2001