Youth & Young Adult print Campos David Understanding Gay and Lesbian Youth: Lessons for Straight School Teachers, Counselors, and Administrators understandingglyouth.jpg Lanham, MD Rowman & Littlefield 2005 410 pp. 1578862906 Understanding Gay and Lesbian Youth assists the classroom teacher, school counselor, and administrator in relating to gay and lesbian youth and creating accepting and supportive learning climates. David Campos begins with a discussion of the current state of affairs regarding gay and lesbian youth in schools, including a discourse on the developmental milestones, and provides practical strategies for working effectively with these students. http://www.rlpgbooks.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db=^DB/CATALOG.db&eqSKUdata=1578862671 _blank print Clapp Steve, Kristen Leverton Helbert Angela Zizak Faith Matters: Teenagers, Religion & Sexuality Fort Wayne, IN LifeQuest 2003 160 pp. 1893270106 How do religious faith and congregational involvement influence the sexual values and behaviors of teenagers? Faith Matters shares what the authors learned in a study 5,819 teenagers representing a broad range of religious traditions, ethnic background, economic levels, and geographic location. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1893270106/ref=sr_11_1/104-0277507-2279961?%5Fencoding=UTF8 _blank print Clapp Steve The Gift of Sexuality: Empowerment for Religious Teens Fort Wayne, IN LifeQuest 2006 240 pp. 1893270327 Your faith is important to you. Your faith community is important to you. How do you make decisions about dating, marriage, and sexuality as a religious person? The author of this book surveyed 5,819 teens across North America to learn how their faith affects their decision-making in these important areas. Unlike many religious books that simply tell you, “DON’T DO IT,” this book gives you the full information you need to make responsible decisions. http://www.amazon.com/Gift-Sexuality-Empowerment-Religious-Teens/dp/1893270327/ref=sr_1_1/104-3423599-9370336?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187801603&sr=1-1 _blank print Decrescenzo Teresa Helping Gay and Lesbian Youth: New Policies, New Programs, New Practice helpingglyouth.gif New York Haworth Press 1994 184 pp. 1560230576 This pioneering book brings together for the first time the most up-to-date information and thought on gay and lesbian youth in America. Gay adolescents need much more attention than they have been getting from social service providers, and social workers have an ethical obligation to try to meet the service needs of this population. Helping Gay and Lesbian Youth is rich with insight into how gay and lesbian adolescents develop and learn to cope with the problems attendant on growing up different. Shedding new light on this previously underdefined and underserved population, the book addresses social policy issues as well as practical, hands-on counseling issues, and presents a state-of-the-art look at the literature to date. http://www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sid=DEPX99VRKHWS8MJL836E9F5HN0ME96HE&sku=0534&AuthType=4 _blank print Due Linnea Joining the Tribe: Growing Up Gay and Lesbian in the '90s joiningthetribe.jpg New York Anchor 1995 320 pp. 0385475004 As our country struggles to accept its gay and lesbian citizens, the debate for gay civil rights often focuses on the issue of choice, with the majority of Americans believing that to be gay is a choice, one that's embraced for its lifestyle. This belief ignores the presence and experience of one segment of the gay and lesbian population: its youth. In Joining the Tribe, journalist Linnea Due travels America to create a portrait of gay and lesbian teenagers as an endangered and vulnerable community whose diversity, courage, and resiliency will inspire gay and straight readers alike. By vividly documenting the lives of gay and lesbian teenagers, Due shows that homosexuality is not about choice. It's about fights in the schoolyard, whispers in the locker room, cruel classmates, and oblivious or abusive parents. Most gay and lesbian youth endure severe humiliation and isolation for being gay, resulting in depression and low self-esteem for most, and suicide for some. Combining in-depth interviews with social analysis, Due reveals the realities gay and lesbian teenagers face, often without the support of family, peer groups, or adult gay and lesbian networks. With stories from across America, Due meets kids from a range of backgrounds and families, with some in the closet, some out, most somewhere-in-between, all struggling to grow into adulthood. By turns heartbreaking and infuriating, Joining The Tribe shows how against overwhelming odds, gay and lesbian teenagers continue to survive and bounce back, ready to join their brothers and sisters in gay America's fight for freedom and respect. http://www.randomhouse.com/anchor/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385475006 _blank print United Church of Christ Coalition Youth and Young Adult Program Life or Death: Resources for Communities of Faith Addressing the Issue of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth Suicide Cleveland UCC Coalition YYA Program This packet is a collection of research materials primarily for the use of pastors, youth ministers, campus ministers, and pastoral counselors, but may also be used by youth and congregations to understand the complex issues of LGBTQ youth suicide, and what actions can be taken. This packet is available for purchase at: The UCC Coalition YYA Program, PO Box 460455 Glendale Station, Denver, CO 80246-0455 _blank print Mallon Gerald P. Social Services with Transgendered Youth socialservices.jpg Binghamton, NY Haworth Press 2000 163 pp. 156023136X Through personal narratives and case studies, Social Services with Transgendered Youth explores the childhood and adolescent experiences of transgendered persons. Addressing the differences between male-to-female (MTF) and female-to-male (FTM) individuals and identifying the specific challenges of transgendered persons from diverse races, cultures, and religious backgrounds, this compelling book offers suggestions that will help social workers and the youths’ families learn more about the reality of transgendered persons’ lives. http://www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sid=DF76LC63L8HV9HJDQUXRQJFA5JSC3EDF&sku=2024&AuthType=4 _blank print Marcus Eric What If Someone I Know Is Gay?: Answers to Questions About Gay and Lesbian People New York Price Stern Sloan/Putnam Books for Young Readers 2000 138 pp. 0843176113 Written for teenagers with answers to their honest questions, in down-to-earth language. This may be a first look for young people, especially if "someone I know" turns out to be myself! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0843176113/102-5522310-2838527?v=glance&n=283155&s=books&v=glance _blank print Owens Robert E. Queer Kids: The Challenges and Promise for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth queerkids.jpg Binghamton, NY Haworth Press 1998 355 pp. 1560239298 Packed to the hilt with living narratives, scholarly research, and problem-solution scenarios, Queer Kids examines the unique challenges faced by today's homosexual young adults. You'll learn what modern-day queer kids do to cope, survive, and find understanding in a world riddled with homophobic intolerance. Queer Kids is a lens of clarity that will help the average straight adult-and maybe even the average gay adult-see things from a kid's point of view. Its detail-oriented, well-wrought chapters will provide you with literally hundreds of stories of young people who are trying to define themselves sexually and emotionally in a society of criss-crossing judgment, stereotyping, anger, and expectation. Aimed at three target groups-counselors, parents, and youth-this book introduces you to a variety of interesting kids, offers you a look at the process of coming out, and helps you grasp the experience of queer identification. http://www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sid=75GJ562HTKJC9PTVLJCJ7XLPU8SHFAM9&sku=1671&AuthType=4 _blank print Reed Rita Growing Up Gay: The Sorrows and Joys of Gay and Lesbian Adolescence New York W.W. Norton & Co. 1997 144 pp. 0393040925 Adolescence, painful enough for everyone, is all the more so for these young people who feel their differences acutely at a time when fitting in and belonging are so important. Being part of a minority that is sometimes despised makes their lives excruciating. Rita Reed, out of a concern over the high rate of suicide among gay and lesbian teens, and convinced that the stories of Amy and Jamie would help others feel less isolated, gained the trust of these two young people and was allowed into their developing lives. Reed captured moments from the pain of rejection to the joys of first love; from the collapse of self-confidence to the understanding that they were not alone and that, in spite of societal prejudices, they were loved and respected. Reed's photographs - intimate, moving, and generous - establish a level of understanding difficult to achieve with words alone. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393040925/qid=1133907275/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/002-2047862-5702422?n=507846&s=books&v=glance _blank print Savin-Williams Ritch C. The New Gay Teenager newgayteenager.jpg Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press 2005 288 pp. 0674016734 The New Gay Teenager gives us a refreshing and frequently controversial introduction to confident, competent, upbeat teenagers with same-sex desires, who worry more about the chemistry test or their curfew than they do about their sexuality. What does "gay" mean, when some adolescents who have had sexual encounters with those of their own sex don't consider themselves gay, when some who consider themselves gay have had sex with the opposite sex, and when many have never had sex at all? What counts as "having sex," anyway? Teenagers (unlike social science researchers) are not especially interested in neatly categorizing their sexual orientation. In fact, Savin-Williams learns, teenagers may think a lot about sex, but they don't think that sexuality is the most important thing about them. And adults, he advises, shouldn't think so either. http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/SAVNEW.html _blank print Ryan Caitlin C. Donna Futterman Lesbian and Gay Youth: Care and Counseling lgyouth.gif New York Columbia University Press 1998 256 pp. 0231111916 This is the first hands-on guide for providing health and mental health care to lesbian and gay youth and young adults. Although it focuses on adolescents, the information is relevant for any age group. In addition to specific guidelines for care and for approaching such sensitive topics as sexual behavior, substance abuse, and suicide, the book includes a comprehensive review of the literature and the most up-to-date information for providers, researchers, educators, and general readers alike. This book also includes the first guidelines (clinical care protocols) on primary care, mental health care, HIV medical and psychosocial care for lesbian and gay youth, and HIV counseling and testing for adolescents. There is extensive discussion of the social and health effects of stigmatized identity in the context of adolescent development. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/catalog/data/023111/0231111916.HTM _blank print Stone Fish Linda Rebecca G. Harvey Nurturing Queer Youth: Family Therapy Transformed nurturingqyouth.jpg New York W.W. Norton & Company 2005 257 pp. 0393704556 Youth are coming out as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered at increasingly younger ages. This burgeoning population of sexual minority youth, along with their families, is looking for help from therapists in order to manage the stresses of late childhood and adolescence. Nurturing Queer Youth provides therapists and other mental health professionals with the insight and guidance to assist these families. By integrating complex ideas about sex, gender, and identity, Stone Fish and Harvey go beyond accepting queer youth, to appreciating the gift that queer youth have to offer, not despite their identity, but because of it. http://www.wwnorton.com/npb/nppsych/070455.html _blank print Tigert Leanne McCall Timothy Brown editors Coming Out Young and Faithful comingoutyoung.jpg Cleveland Pilgrim Press 2001 148pp. 0829814140 Winner of the 2003 Mayflower Award for Church and Society. This groundbreaking collection comes from gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning teens whose stories describe their church experiences. "One morning, while walking through the living room, I noticed a magazine laying on top of the coffee table. The lead article was printed in bold across the cover - "Coming to Terms with My Lesbian Daughter: A Mother's Story." I was struck frozen, unable to move or breathe, afraid Alice or her grandmother would march out of the kitchen to catch me in my fascination, shame, and secret. Then my life would be ruined forever. Quickly and quietly, I tiptoed over to the table, picked up the magazine, rolled it up under my shirt, and went into the bathroom, locking the door behind me. Trying to breathe normally, I sat down on the edge of the tub and opened the magazine. Hearing my own heart pound out loud I first skimmed it, and then slowly and carefully digested every single word. I sneaked the magazine upstairs and into my suitcase. I went back home a transformed person." - Leanne, 13, with her best friend Alice, when they visited her grandmother http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0829814140/102-5522310-2838527?v=glance&n=283155&s=books&v=glance _blank print Unks Gerald editor The Gay Teen gayteen.gif New York Routledge Press 1995 256 pp. 0415910951 National surveys indicate that gay, lesbian and bisexual youth may account for up to 30% of all teen suicides. The Gay Teen is the first volume to explore the unique issues facing homosexual adolescents and equip teachers, counselors and curriculum specialists with the knowledge and skills needed to educate and support gay students. Written by and for gay and straight educators, The Gay Teen explores gay student adolescence from discursive, practical and theoretical perspectives. Essays in the first section of the volume are designed to introduce and sensitize educators to the complexities of gay identity and set forth some of the issues besetting gay youth in high schools: alienation from peer groups, low academic achievement, violence, substance abuse, and the absence of gay teacher role models. http://www.routledge-ny.com/shopping_cart/products/product_detail.asp?sku=&isbn=0415910951&parent_id=&pc= _blank online editors Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth Suicide By Warren J. Blumenfeld and Laurie Lindop http://www.outproud.org/article_suicide.html _blank online editors Health and Social Issues of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Adolescents by Cleta L. Dempsey in Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, Vol. 75, No. 3, 1994, pp. 160-167. http://www.familiesinsociety.org/Show.asp?override=true&docid=1335 _blank online editors Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth in Community Settings: Personal Challenges and Mental Health Problems by Anthony R. D'Augelli in American Journal of Community Psychology, Vol. 21, No. 4, 1993, pp. 421-448. (pdf) http://www.springerlink.com/content/u1116u43j4767p01/fulltext.pdf _blank online editors Lesbian and Gay Youth in a Straight World: Implications for Health Care Workers By Harvey L. Gochros in Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, Vol. 5, No. 1, 1996. https://www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sid=DEPX99VRKHWS8MJL836E9F5HN0ME96HE&sku=J041 _blank online editors Verbal and Physical Abuse as Stressors in the Lives of Lesbian, Gay male, and Bisexual Youths: Associations with School Problems, Running Away, Substance Abuse, Prostitution, and Suicide By Ritch C. Savin-Williams in Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Vol. 62, No. 2, pp. 261-269. [Reprint requests: Dr. Ritch Savin-Williams, Department of Human Development, Cornell University, Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-4401, or RCS15@cornell.edu] http://www.apa.org/journals/ccp/ _blank online editors Report of the Secretary's Task Force on Youth Suicide By Marcia R. Feinleib, US Department of Health and Human Services, 1989, DHHS Pub. No. (ADM)89-1623. http://www.hhs.gov/ _blank online editors Making Colleges and Universities Safe for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Students and Staff By Warren J. Blumenfeld from Report and Recommendations of the Massachusetts Governor’s Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth. http://www.lgbtcampus.org/resources/making_colleges_safe.html _blank online editors Support Networks of Gay Male and Lesbian Youth By Arnold H. Grossman and Matthew S. Kerner in Journal of Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Identity, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1998, pp. 27-46. http://cfp.english.upenn.edu/archive/Gender-Studies/0004.html _blank online editors The Context of Anti-Gay Violence: Notes on Cultural and Psychological Heterosexism By Gergory M. Herek in The Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 5, No. 3, September 1990. http://jiv.sagepub.com _blank online editors Predictors of Suicide Attempts Among Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youth By Scott L. Hershberger in Journal of Adolescent Research, Vol. 12, No. 4, October 1997, pp. 477-497. http://jar.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/12/4/477?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&author1=hershberger&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&resourcetype=HWCIT _blank online editors Attitudes Toward Homosexuality in College Students: Implementation of a Gay Men and Lesbian Peer Panel By Eileen S. Nelson in Journal of Homosexuality, Vol. 33, No. 2, 1997, pp. 63-81. https://www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=J082 _blank online editors Brian Says You’re a Girl, But I Think You’re a Sissy Boy: Cultural Origins of Transphobia By Jody Norton in Journal of Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Identity, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1997. [Jody Norton, Department of English Language and Literature, and Women’s Study Program, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI 48104] http://cfp.english.upenn.edu/archive/Gender-Studies/0004.html _blank online editors Risk Factors for Suicide Among Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youths By Curtis D. Proctor and Victor K. Groze in Social Work: Journal of the National Association of Social Workers, Vol. 39, No. 2, pp. 481-624. http://www.naswpress.org/publications/journals/social_work/swintro.html _blank online editors The Gay Adolescents: Stressors, Adaptations, and Psychosocial Interventions By Michael Radowsky and Lawrence J. Siegel in Clinical Psychology Review, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 191-216. http://gort.ucsd.edu/newjour/c/msg03137.html _blank online editors The Disclosure to Families of Same-Sex Attractions by Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youths By Ritch C. Savin-Williams in Journal of Research on Adolescence, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 49-68. [Reprint requests: Dr. Ritch Savin-Williams, Department of Human Development, Cornell University, Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-4401, or RCS15@cornell.edu] http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=1050-8392 _blank online editors Sexual Orientation and Gender as Factors in Socioculturally Acquired Vulnerability to Body Dissatisfaction and Eating Disorders By Michael D. Siever in Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Vol. 62, No. 2, pp. 252-260. http://www.apa.org/journals/ccp/ _blank online editors On the Prevalence of Homosexuality and Bisexuality in a Random Community Survey of 750 Men Aged 18 to 27 By Pierre Tremblay http://www.youth-suicide.com/gay-bisexual/homodemo.htm _blank print United Church of Christ Coalition for LGBT Concerns Youth and Young Adult Program Same Gender Marriage Cleveland United Church of Christ Coalition for LGBT Concerns A Study Guide for Youth Groups and Campus Ministries http://www.ucccoalition.org/organizing/marriage/buypacket.html _blank online editors An Open Letter to Religious Leaders on Adolescent Sexuality From the Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice, and Healing (pdf) adolescentsexuality.pdf _self online editors Beyond Abstinence-Only: Speaking Out on Adolescent Sexuality By Rev. Debra Haffner, Director of the Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice, and Healing http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/02/beyond_abstinence_only.html _blank online editors The Tool Kit Eleven organizations from around the country have joined forces to create a comprehensive, web-based toolkit for LGBT and ally campus groups. The Toolkit will provide streamlined access to hundreds of resources that can be used to strengthen, develop, support, and expand college and university organizations. http://www.getthetoolkit.com _blank multimedia Walton Pam editors Gay Youth gayyouth.jpg USA New Day Films 0:30 Gay Youth was nominated for the Young Adult Library Association's 2006 Selected DVD/Video List and continues to be one of the most widely used educational tools about gay and lesbian young people. Adolescence is a time when teenagers need to feel secure in a peer group. But adolescents who are different often have no one to relate to and suffer isolation and bullying. Gay and lesbian young people are at especially high risk for dropping out of school, drug and alcohol abuse, violence, homelessness, and even suicide. Gay Youth is a powerful and accessible educational video for high schools and colleges that breaks the silence surrounding adolescent homosexuality. Across the nation this award-winning video and its 16-page study guide are being used by educators and organizations that care for young people. By contrasting the tragic death of 20-year old Bobby Griffith, a gay teen who could not find acceptance, with the remarkable life of 17-year old Gina Gutierrez, this important video shows us that information, acceptance, and support make enormous differences in the lives of these young people. VHS/DVD/Rental http://www.newday.com/films/Gay_Youth.html _blank multimedia Gilomen Jen editors In My Shoes: Stories of Youth with LGBT Parents USA COLAGE Youth Leadership & Action Program 2006 0:31 In a time when LGBT families are debated and attacked in the media, courts and Congress, from school houses to state houses across the country, five young people give you a chance to walk in their shoes - to hear their own views on marriage, making change, and what it means to be a family. A discussion guide is available. DVD/Rental http://www.colage.org/inmyshoes _blank multimedia Family Interplay Education Corporation editors Our Faces ourfaces.gif Family Interplay Education Corporation 0:22 Our Faces is an educational video, a compassionate look at the lives, trials, and joys of GLBT youth and their families, through their own eyes. It is intended to raise awareness and empathy for people of every sexual orientation, and to replace ideas about being gay with experiences of real people. It includes a brief professional addendum of the positive experiences of GBLT youth with teachers and counselors, and of counselors speaking about working with GBLT youth. Our Faces can be used in classrooms, churches, and other community centers as a training tool for medical and mental health providers. It can also be used with therapy clients who are coming out. VHS http://www.educationalvideosplus.com/Our_%20Faces.htm _blank online editors Matthew's Place From the Matthew Shepard Foundation http://www.matthewshepard.org/ _blank print Sanchez Alex The God Box godbox.jpg New York Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing 2007 272 pp. 1416908994

How could I choose between my sexuality and my spirituality, two of the most important parts that made me whole?

High school senior Paul has dated Angie since middle school, and they're good together. They have a lot of the same interests, like singing in their church choir and being active in Bible club. But when Manuel transfers to their school, Paul has to rethink his life. Manuel is the first openly gay teen anyone in their small town has ever met, and yet he says he's also a committed Christian. Talking to Manuel makes Paul reconsider thoughts he has kept hidden, and listening to Manuel's interpretation of Biblical passages on homosexuality causes Paul to reevaluate everything he believed. Manuel's outspokenness triggers dramatic consequences at school, culminating in a terrifying situation that leads Paul to take a stand.

Lambda Literary Award-winning author Alex Sanchez tackles a subject ripped from the headlines in this exciting and thought-provoking exploration of what it means to be both religious and gay.

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