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Title: What If Someone I Know Is Gay?: Answers to Questions About Gay and Lesbian People (Plugged in) by Eric Marcus, Jane O'Connor ISBN: 0843176113 Publisher: Price Stern Sloan Pub Pub. Date: October, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 5
Rating: 5
Summary: Just the Facts
Comment: With all of the misinformation surrounding the subject of homosexuality, it is often hard for young people to get accurate information on this topic, especially if they don't know anyone gay and/or their parents are homophobic. This situation is tragic, I believe, because of all of the prejudice surrounding gays and lesbians. How can we possibly begin to debunk our ancestors' deep-seated hatred against homosexuals so that it isn't passed on to future generations? Eric Marcus has the answer -- education. In his book "What if Someone I Know is Gay?", Marcus answers some common questions about homosexuality and the lives of gays and lesbians. These questions include information on the basics of homosexuality, family, friends, religion, and school. The goal of Marcus's book, which follows up on the success of its adult version called "Is It A Choice?", is to help young people understand that gays and lesbians aren't very different from heterosexuals and, therefore, shouldn't be discriminated against. The book is well-written, articulate, informative, objective, and easy to follow. The questions that Marcus answers come from actual submissions by preteens and teenagers across the country. I believe that this book contains information that all young people need to know. With this new information, a new generation of leaders will begin to see homosexuals as humans deserving of equal rights and respect, not as inhuman animals that deserve to be mocked, ridiculed, and subjugated. I therefore recommend "What if Someone I Know is Gay?" to all young people and to all groups and organizations that serve young people (schools, churches, etc.). If this book can help just one person come to a more compassionate understanding of homosexuality, it will be an enormous success.
Rating: 5
Summary: Required reading for ALL kids
Comment: Eric Marcus has written this wonderful book for middle and early high school kids about homosexuality. Written in a question and answer format in larger print, this book tells the TRUTH to kids who might be questioning their sexuality, or might have a gay friend or family member, or are bigoted about gays. For older kids and adults, read Eric's book, "Is It a Choice?" It covers the same territory but in greater depth.
Homosexuality is usually not discussed at a middle school level, although children can sense sexual identity differences at this age between themselves and others. This often leads to shunning, confusion, prejudice, bullying, harassment and beatings. Some gay kids even have urine and feces thrown at them or are spit upon. If you condone or excuse this behavior you become part of the problem of gay harassment and hateful behavior.
The best way to avoid negative, bigoted behavior toward gays is to be proactive: buy this book for your child, your church, school, and home library. Homosexuality is a normal, natural expression of human sexuality. Let's take the lid off the pressure cooker of bigotry and become lesbigay advocates for all children everywhere. All straight, gay and questioning kids need this book's truth desperately. I highly recommend it as an educator and Lutheran church librarian.
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Title: Am I Blue? : Coming Out from the Silence by Marion Dane Bauer, Beck Underwood ISBN: 0064405877 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: May, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Is It a Choice - Revised edition : Answers to 300 of the Most Frequently Asked Questions About Gays and Lesbian People by Eric Marcus ISBN: 006251623X Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: June, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Free Your Mind by Ellen Bass ISBN: 0060951044 Publisher: HarperCollins (paper) Pub. Date: June, 1996 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Revolutionary Voices by Amy Sonnie ISBN: 1555835589 Publisher: Alyson Pubns Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: The Shared Heart: Portraits and Stories Celebrating Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Young People by Adam Mastoon ISBN: 006447304X Publisher: Harpercollins Juvenile Books Pub. Date: 08 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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