Non-Fiction Resources for LGBT Teens, Youth & Families

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Being Gay, Staying Healthy
Being Gay, Staying Healthy really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Top 250 LGBTQ Books for Teens: Coming Out, Being Out, and the Search for Community
Top 250 LGBTQ Books for Teens: Coming Out, Being Out, and the Search for Community 3.63 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Gay and Lesbian Role Models
Gay and Lesbian Role Models really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Heart Has Its Reasons: Young Adult Literature with Gay/Lesbian/Queer Content, 1969-2004 (Studies in Young Adult Literature, 18) (Volume 18)
The Heart Has Its Reasons: Young Adult Literature with Gay/Lesbian/Queer Content, 1969-2004 (Studies in Young Adult Literature, 18) (Volume 18) 3.96 avg rating — 69 ratings
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Smashing the Stereotypes: What Does It Mean to Be Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, or Transgender?
Smashing the Stereotypes: What Does It Mean to Be Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, or Transgender? 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Gay People of Color: Facing Prejudices, Forging Identities
Gay People of Color: Facing Prejudices, Forging Identities 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Out of the Ordinary: Essays on Growing Up with Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Parents
Out of the Ordinary: Essays on Growing Up with Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Parents 3.95 avg rating — 59 ratings
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Feeling Wrong in Your Own Body: Understanding What It Means to Be Transgender
Feeling Wrong in Your Own Body: Understanding What It Means to Be Transgender 3.33 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Coming Out: Telling Family and Friends
Coming Out: Telling Family and Friends 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Gay America: Struggle for Equality
Gay America: Struggle for Equality 4.04 avg rating — 198 ratings
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Coming Out Young and Faithful
Coming Out Young and Faithful 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Coping When a Parent Is Gay (Coping With Series)
Coping When a Parent Is Gay (Coping With Series) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Growing Up Gay: From Left Out to Coming Out
Growing Up Gay: From Left Out to Coming Out 3.57 avg rating — 37 ratings
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Queer 13: Lesbian and Gay Writers Recall Seventh Grade
Queer 13: Lesbian and Gay Writers Recall Seventh Grade 3.59 avg rating — 133 ratings
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Carry The Word: A Bibliography of Black LGBTQ Books
Carry The Word: A Bibliography of Black LGBTQ Books 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Branded by the Pink Triangle
Branded by the Pink Triangle 4.12 avg rating — 1,532 ratings
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Coming Out: An Act of Love
Coming Out: An Act of Love 3.97 avg rating — 32 ratings
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Oddly Normal: One Family's Struggle to Help Their Teenage Son Come to Terms with His Sexuality
Oddly Normal: One Family's Struggle to Help Their Teenage Son Come to Terms with His Sexuality 3.77 avg rating — 1,092 ratings
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Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son: A Memoir of Growing Up, Coming Out, and Changing America's Schools
Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son: A Memoir of Growing Up, Coming Out, and Changing America's Schools 4.10 avg rating — 326 ratings
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In a Queer Voice: Journeys of Resilience from Adolescence to Adulthood
In a Queer Voice: Journeys of Resilience from Adolescence to Adulthood 3.30 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Joining the Tribe: Growing Up Gay and Lesbian in the '90s
Joining the Tribe: Growing Up Gay and Lesbian in the '90s 3.78 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Telling Tales Out of School: Gays, Lesbians, and Bisexuals Revisit Their School Days
Telling Tales Out of School: Gays, Lesbians, and Bisexuals Revisit Their School Days 3.61 avg rating — 23 ratings
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The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You
The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You 3.97 avg rating — 1,021 ratings
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Not Like Other Boys: Growing Up Gay: A Mother and Son Look Back
Not Like Other Boys: Growing Up Gay: A Mother and Son Look Back 3.85 avg rating — 41 ratings
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Families Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is
Families Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is 4.01 avg rating — 143 ratings
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Children of Horizons: How Gay and Lesbian Teens Are Leading a New Way Out of the Closet
Children of Horizons: How Gay and Lesbian Teens Are Leading a New Way Out of the Closet really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Out with It: Gay and Straight Teens Write about Homosexuality
Out with It: Gay and Straight Teens Write about Homosexuality 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
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It's So Amazing!: A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families
It's So Amazing!: A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families 4.40 avg rating — 1,541 ratings
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It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health
It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health 4.22 avg rating — 2,067 ratings
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Family Pride: What LGBT Families Should Know about Navigating Home, School, and Safety in Their Neighborhoods
Family Pride: What LGBT Families Should Know about Navigating Home, School, and Safety in Their Neighborhoods 3.08 avg rating — 36 ratings
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Queering Elementary Education: Advancing the Dialogue about Sexualities and Schooling (Curriculum, Cultures, and (Homo)Sexualities Series)
Queering Elementary Education: Advancing the Dialogue about Sexualities and Schooling (Curriculum, Cultures, and (Homo)Sexualities Series) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Prayers for Bobby: A Mother's Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son
Prayers for Bobby: A Mother's Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son 4.29 avg rating — 1,576 ratings
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How Would You Feel If Your Dad Was Gay?
How Would You Feel If Your Dad Was Gay?
by: Ann Heron
3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The Family Heart: A Memoir of When Our Son Came Out
The Family Heart: A Memoir of When Our Son Came Out 3.91 avg rating — 124 ratings
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Language, Gender and Children's Fiction
Language, Gender and Children's Fiction really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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When I Knew
When I Knew 3.98 avg rating — 295 ratings
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Speaking OUT: Queer Youth in Focus
Speaking OUT: Queer Youth in Focus 3.49 avg rating — 63 ratings
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Creating Safe and Supportive Learning Environments: A Guide for Working With Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Youth and Families
Creating Safe and Supportive Learning Environments: A Guide for Working With Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Youth and Families 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Getting Ready for Benjamin: Preparing Teachers for Sexual Diversity in the Classroom (Curriculum, Cultures, and (Homo)Sexualities Series)
Getting Ready for Benjamin: Preparing Teachers for Sexual Diversity in the Classroom (Curriculum, Cultures, and (Homo)Sexualities Series) 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Last Closet: The Real Lives of Lesbian and Gay Teachers
The Last Closet: The Real Lives of Lesbian and Gay Teachers 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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“Don’t Be So Gay!”: Queers, Bullying, and Making Schools Safe
“Don’t Be So Gay!”: Queers, Bullying, and Making Schools Safe 3.10 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Queer Kids: The Challenges and Promise for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth
Queer Kids: The Challenges and Promise for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth 3.60 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Young, Gay and Proud!
Young, Gay and Proud! 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Out in the Country: Youth, Media, and Queer Visibility in Rural America
Out in the Country: Youth, Media, and Queer Visibility in Rural America 3.77 avg rating — 183 ratings
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A Murder Over a Girl: Justice, Gender, Junior High
A Murder Over a Girl: Justice, Gender, Junior High 3.70 avg rating — 519 ratings
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Parenting Beyond Pink & Blue: How to Raise Your Kids Free of Gender Stereotypes
Parenting Beyond Pink & Blue: How to Raise Your Kids Free of Gender Stereotypes really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,205 ratings
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