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Books on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Issues |
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Written by HealthyPlace.com Staff Writer
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Aug 13, 2007 |
A + A - RESET
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MUST HAVES for people who are looking for information on Gender Issues. GLBT, coming out, stigma of sexuality, gay suicide, transsexuality, etc.
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Looking Beyond the Mountains
Reader Comment:
"This is a unique story of gender confusion that lasted 25 years. And when the question was finally decided, inter-personal problems then plagued the writer."
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Gay Perspective: Things Our Homosexuality Tells Us About the Nature of God and the Universe
by Edwin Clark Johnson, Toby Johnson
buy the book $12
Reader Comment:
"Thoughtful, Clear, Positive, Life-Affirming"
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Queer Blues: The Lesbian and Gay Guide to Overcoming Depression
by Kimeron N. Hardin, Marny Hall
buy the book $12
Reader Comment:
"This book really is gay specific--it is certainly not just another book on depression with a different cover."
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The Way Out: The Gay Man's Guide to Freedom No Matter if You're in Denial, Closeted, Half In, Half Out, Just Out or Been Around the Block
by Chris Nutter
buy the book $12
Reader Comment:
"A superb guide for gay men who want to achieve true freedom and peace of mind in their sexuality and relationships."
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The Politics of Crystal Meth: Gay Men Share Stories of Addiction And Recovery
by Kenneth Cimino
buy the book $20
Reader Comment:
"The guys in the stories are from various social & economic back grounds and all found or are finding recovery."
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Straight Parents, Gay Children: Keeping Families Together
by Robert A. Bernstein
buy the book $11
Reader Comment:
"His book helps parents of gay children to learn about what gay means and how to accept their children."
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The Praeger Handbook of Transsexuality: Changing Gender to Match Mindset
by Rachel Ann Heath
buy the book $49
Reader Comment:
"Gives an accurate summary of all we know about this phenomenon to date."
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Transgender Nation
by Gordene Olga MacKenzie
buy the book $7
Reader Comment:
"Her illumination of the emerging transgender liberation movement is unparalleled and piercing."
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Hello Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks and Other Outlaws
by Kate Bornstein
buy the book $11
Reader Comment:
"You don't have to be a gender outlaw, you don't have to be a teenager, to get a lot of kind, warm support from reading this book."
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Normal: Transsexual CEOs, Crossdressing Cops, and Hermaphrodites with Attitude
by Amy Bloom
buy the book $11
Reader Comment:
"Bloom chronicles her journey into understanding female-to-male transsexuals, heterosexual male crossdressers, and the intersexed."
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Gay Spirituality
by Toby Johnson
buy the book $18
Reader Comment:
"Johnson's vision of a life-affirming, sex-positive spirituality of love, cooperation, mutual respect and acceptance is in sync with modern scientific knowledge, and does not ask the reader to suspend logic or critical thinking." |
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Male Couple's Guide: Finding a Man, Making a Home, Building a Life
by Eric Marcus
buy the book $13
Reader Comment:
"It's a great read. It provided a lot of good, timely information on the whole 'couple thing'. Marcus covers every angle from meeting to marriage."
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Last Updated( Oct 22, 2009 )
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reviewed by: Harry Croft, MD
Psychiatrist, HealthyPlace.com Medical Director
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