YA Nonfiction about Lesbian/Bi/Gay and Transgender Issues --------------------------------------------------------- compiled May 2000 Bass, Ellen Free your mind; the book for gay, lesbian and bisexual youth and their allies Cohen, Susan When someone you know is gay - 1989 Describes the history, possible causes, and social, religious, and political aspects of male and female homosexuality, with an emphasis on the problems experienced by gay teens in coming out to family and friends. Due, Linnea Joining the tribe: growing up gay and lesbian in the 90's Ford, Michael Thomas Outspoken: role models from the lesbian and gay community - 1998 Gray, Mary L. In your face : stories from the lives of queer youth - 1999 Heron, Ann Two teenagers in twenty : writings by gay and lesbian youth - 1994 Pollack, Rachel The journey out : a guide for and about lesbian, gay and bisexual teens - 1995 Suggests how gay, lesbian, and bisexual teenagers may discover their sexual orientation, find self-acceptance, come out, cope with prejudice, and deal with religious and political issues. Stewart, Gail Gay & lesbian youth - 1997 First-person accounts of four homosexual Americans--three teenagers and a twenty-year-old university student. Sutton, Roger ed. Hearing us out: voices from the Gay and Lesbian community This book is a compilation of stories of real people dealing with being gay/lesbian. Not all of the stories are from young adults, but some are. Also, the book includes pictures of the people telling their stories - lends a personal touch to the book. Woodson, Jackie ed. A WAY OUT OF NO WAY: WRITINGS ON GROWING UP BLACK IN AMERICA http://tln.lib.mi.us/~amutch/jen/closet.htm http://www.seemore.mi.org/booklists/Gay.txt http://www.infopeople.org/bpl/teen/gay.html http://www.clpgh.org/ein/ya/yaparent.html http://www.nypl.org/branch/teen/gay.html http://www.armory.com/~web/gaybooks.html http://www.kpl.org/nowreadthis/out/default.htm http://spl.org/youngadult/anotherway.html http://www.ala.org/booklist/v95/youth/je1/55yatalk.html http://www.youth.org/yao/docs/books.html http://www.softlord.com/glbbooks/fiction.html http://www.ala.org/yalsa.booklists/poppaper.html#lesbian