Sexual Orientation

And Gender Identity

Fiction

Block. Francesca Lia. [1995]. Baby Be-Bop.
Dirk McDonald, a sixteen-year-old boy living in Los Angeles, comes to terms with being gay after he receives surreal storytelling visitations.

Block, Francesca Lia. [2004].  Beautiful boys.
Contains two dark, mystical novels about the search for self.

Block, Francesca Lia. [1989]. Weetzie Bat
Follows the wild adventures of Weetzie Bat and her Los Angeles punk friends.

Chbosky, Stephen. [1999]. Perks of being a wallflower.
A story of what it's like to grow up in high school. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it puts Charlie on a strange course through uncharted territory.

Ferris, Jean. [2000]. Eight seconds.
Eighteen-year-old John must confront his own sexuality when he goes to rodeo school and finds himself strangely attracted to an older boy.

Freyman-Weyr, Garret. [2002]. My heartbeat.
As she tries to understand the closeness between her older brother and his best friend, fourteen-year-old Ellen finds her relationship with each of them changing.

Garden, Nancy. [1992, 1982]. Annie on my mind.  Liza puts aside her feelings for Annie after the disaster at school, but eventually she allows love to triumph over the ignorance of people.

Hartinger, Brent. [2003]. Geography Club.  A group of gay and lesbian teenagers finds mutual support when they form the "Geography Club" at their high school.

Koertge, Ronald [2005].  Boy girl boy.  Three troubled high school seniors try to figure out who they are and who they want to be.

Levithan, David. [2004]. Realm of possibility.  A variety of students at the same high school describe their ideas, in a series of interconnected free verse stories.

Manning, Sarra.  [2005].  Pretty things.  The summer theatre production strengthens friendships and ends others with diverse opinions, high emotions, and intense crushes.

Myracle, Lauren. [2003]. Kissing Kate.   Sixteen-year-old Lissa’s relationship with her best friend changes after they kiss at a party and Lissa does not know what to do, until she gets help from an expected new friend.

Peters, Julie Anne. [2005].  Keeping you a secret.   Holland finds herself puzzed about her future and intrigued by a transfer student who wants to start a lesbian/gay club at school.

Peters, Julie Anne. [2004]. Luna.  Fifteen-year-old Regan's life, has always revolved around keeping her older brother Liam's Tran sexuality a secret.

Ryan, Sara. [2001]. Empress of the world.  While attending a summer institute, fifteen-year-old Nic meets another girl named Battle and falls in love with her.

Sanchez, Alex.  [2003]  Rainbow boys.  Also author of Rainboy high.  

Sanchez, Alex. [2003]. Rainbow high.    Gay friends Nelson, Kyle, and Jason, nearing the end of their high school days, struggle with issues of coming out, safe sex, homophobia, being in love, and college choices.  Also author of Rainboy boys.

Sloan, Brian.  [2005].  A Really nice prom mess.  Gay high school senior Cameron Hayes endures a disastrous prom night when forced to take a girl as his date.

Whitlinger, Ellen [1999]. Hard love  He falls in love with a lesbian and hopes he can change her.

Story Collections

Woodson, Jacqueline. [2004].  The House you pass on the way.  A daughter of a racially mixed marriage, spends a summer with her cousin and questions her sexuality.

SC AM Bauer, Marion Dane. [1994].  Am I Blue?.  A collection of short stories about homosexuality.

SC INA Stephenson, Craig. [1994]. In Another Part of the Forest: An Anthology of Gay Short Fiction

Nonfiction

305.23 POL.  Pollack, Rachel and Cheryl Schwartz.  [1995]. Journey Out: Guide for and about lesbian, gay, and bisexual teens

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.

305.235 REV [2000]. Revolutionary voices: a Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology.  A volume of work by teenagers. The selections include poetry, journal entries, photographs, and mixed-media pieces by contributors with varying abilities. But all with a generally positive experience of being gay in the United States.

305.38 BOY. [1999]. Boy meets boy.  Contains over twenty articles in which gay men share the stories of their experiences and their observations on dating.

305.9 TWO [1994].  Two teenagers in twenty:  Writings by gay and lesbian youth.

306.7 BOY [2004].  Kings & queens:  Queers at the prom. 

306.7 BRY [2003].  101 Questions about sex and sexuality--:  with answers for the curious, cautious, and confused.

306.7 TOL [2002].  Dilemmas of desire:  Teenage girls talk about sexuality. 

306.76 HOM  [2008].  Homosexuality.

306.76 BON [1998].  Family outing:  Chastity Bono with Billie Fitzpatrick. 

306.76 HUE [2003]. GLBTQ (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning): The Survival Guide for Queer & Questioning teens.

Describes the challenges faces by gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered teens, offers practical advice, real-life experiences, and accessible resources and support groups.

306.76.HOM [2004]. Homosexuality  The selections, by experts, policy makers, and concerned citizens, include complete articles and speeches, long books excerpts, and occasionally, cartoons.

306.77 MEY [2002].  How sex changed:  A History of transsexuality in the United States.

306.84  GAY [2005].  Gay and lesbian families.

306.87 [2000]. Out of the Ordinary

Essays on growing up with gay, lesbian, and transgender parents.

306.874 GAR [2004]  Families like mine:  Children of gay parents tell it like it is.

796.086 WOO  Woog, Dan. [1998]. Jocks: True stories of America's gay male athletes.

Websites

Teen Matters.  www.teen-matters.com/home.htm.  South Carolina Department of Mental Health