The following information is gathered from National PFLAG, a few are mentioned that are in our San Diego library and also some popular books you can find at Barnes and Noble. (If you buy from Barnes and Noble on this site, 10% of your purchase comes to San Diego PFLAG).
Literature from PFLAG National:
PFLAG National has many books, booklets and videos to choose from. Some can be downloaded and some you can purchase.
Click here for a view of what they have.... National PFLAG
Books
Straight Parents Gay Children - Keeping Families Together
by Robert Bernstein, Thunder's Mouth Press, 1995
Introduction by Robert MacNeil of the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour. This is a personal account by a father who came to terms with his daughter's homosexuality and discovered that his life was thereby not diminished but enriched. Robert Bernstein's inspiring story relates his own and others; experiences with PFLAG, an organization that helps keep families together. He asks parents not just to love and accept their gay children, but to speak out on their behalf. (In our San Diego Library)
A Mother/Daughter Journey
by Betty DeGeneres Ellen DeGeneres's mom speaks out in LOVE, ELLEN, and it's a fascinating -- and true -- story.
Betty DeGeneres's book is sure to hit bestseller lists and stir up feelings in parents and their gay children. The most important part of the book for those of us who are "family" has got to be the time that Ellen and her mother walked along a beach in Mississippi and daughter turned to mother and said, "Mom, I'm gay." Don't miss this interesting glimpse of one of the great gay comedians and performers, through her mother's eyes.
Beyond Acceptance
by Carolyn Welch Griffin, Arthur G. Wirth, Marian J. Wirth, 1997
Parents of Lesbians and Gays talk about their experiences. Beyond Acceptance in a ground-breaking book that provides parents the comfort and knowledge needed to accept their gay children and build stronger relationships. Based on the experiences of other parents, this book lets them know they're not alone and help them through the emotional stages, providing accurate, documented answers to the questions that surface after the initial shock. (In our San Diego Library)
A Couple of Friends
by Robert H. Hopcke and Laura Rafaty, 1999
Combining true-life stories, psychological insight and lively commentary, A Couple of Friends blasts stereotypes and celebrates these unique and wonderful friendships which enable us to live our lives with grace laughter, and above all, style!
(In our San Diego Library- contribution from WildCat Canyon)
Serving in Silence
by Margarethe Cammermeyer, Read by Lee Meriwether
Notwithstanding her Bronze Star for duty in Vietnam, her award as Nurse of the Year by the VA, and her role as Chief Nurse of the Washington National Guard, Cammermeyer's distinguished medical career was cut short by her abrupt dismissal in 1992. The basis of her firing from lifelong military service? Sexual orientation. This important book provides a fresh view of the military, and of the overarching injustice of the Pentagon's stand on gay and lesbian personnel
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Lesbian and Gay Humor
Alec Baldwin Doesn't Love Me
by Michael Thomas Ford
Don't Get Me Started
by Kate Clinton
Split-Level Dykes to Watch Out For
by Alison Bechdel
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Many Others
Female Masculinity
by Judith Halberstam
Trans Liberation
by Leslie Feinberg
Lesbian and Gay Writers Recall Seventh Grade
by Clifford Chase (ed.)
Gym class, group showers, zits, band practice, drama club, birth of pubic hair, pranks, secrets, spin the bottle, voice changes, bullies, sissies, friendship, enemyship -- what's not to love about turning 13? For a gay child, it may be traumatic, but it also carries a richness of observed detail of small but important moments, turning points of sorts.
The Best Little Boy in the World Grows Up
by Andrew Tobias
Andrew Tobias, no longer known as John Reid, isn't the boy he used to be. He's no longer THE BEST LITTLE BOY IN THE WORLD -- as he's the first to point out in his eagerly awaited follow-up titled, appropriately enough, THE BEST LITTLE BOY IN THE WORLD GROWS UP. Financial guru Tobias takes a break from his writings on investing to give the world an insightful look at what has become of the teen that a generation of gay men grew up identifying with.
Family Outing
by Chastity Bono, Billie Fitzpatrick
Why would the gay community out one of its own? Ask Chastity Bono, who suffered that unexpected invasion of privacy when someone in the gay press decided to make it public that the daughter of conservative Sonny Bono and gay male icon Cher was, in fact, a lesbian. But this book is so much more than Chastity's story alone; it's all our stories, and Bono explores through the book ways of reconnecting to family as well as to our community.
And Say Hi to Joyce The Life and Chronicles of a Lesbian Couple
by Deb Price, Joyce Murdoch
This collection of newspaper essays from syndicated columnist Deb Price details her life with Joyce Murdoch, another journalist. Great reporting and greater insights into the lives of two women make this book a standout.
And the Band Played On
by Randy Shilts
An important, groundbreaking book, this seminal history takes a hard look at the first years of the AIDS crisis. Shilts tracks the progression not only of the disease but also of the public's awareness of what was originally known as "the gay cancer."
The Gay 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Gay Men and Lesbians, Past and Present
by Paul Elliott Russell
From Socrates and Sappho to Madonna and activist/journalist Michelangelo Signorile, this listing profiles those who have profoundly shaped gay and lesbian culture-and culture in general: the Amazons, 14th-century Persian poet Hafiz, Proust, Michel Foucault, professional provocateur Quentin Crisp and so on. Aside from an equivocal portrait of Rock Hudson, Russell (The Salt Point) omits figures whose undeniable influence was less benign, a strategy that misfires. Sigmund Freud, who wrote extensively about sexuality, is out, but Magnus Hirschfeld and Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, two obscure homophilic contemporaries of his, are in. Yet quibbling with the choices here-why Holly Near but not k.d. lang, the Patrons of Stonewall but not the Daughters of Bilitis?-is as pleasurable as reading Rusell's incisive essays.
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Spirituality
Prayers for Bobby
A Mother's Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son, Leroy Aarons, Harper San Francisco, 1995
Stranger at the Gate
Rev. Mel White, Simon & Schuster, 1995
A deeply personal story of torment and triumph, as well as a frightening examination of the anti-homosexual tactics of the religious right and a prophetic look at where they might lead our nation. Both autobiography and personal manifesto, Stranger at the Gate is the eloquent and deeply spiritual story of a gay Christian American determined to tell the truth as he experienced it.
Wrestling with Questions that Challenge the Church
Bruce Hilton. Abington Press, 1992
Gay Soul: Finding the Heart of Gay Spirit & Nature with Sixteen Writers, Healers, Teachers & Visionaries
by Mark Thompson. Harper San Francisco, 1994
Homosexuality: Protestant, Catholic and Jewish Issues:
A Fishbone Tale. New Ways Ministry, 1990
The Truth Shall Set You Free:
A Family's Passage from Fundamentalism to a New Understanding of Faith by Sally Lowe Whitehead. Harper San Francisco, 1997
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