Reading List
 

Titles marked DP are held at the Dunedin Public Library or its branches. Where this is the case, their classification numbers have been given. Other titles can be ordered at local bookshops (e.g. the University Bookshop, 378 Great King St., Dunedin, tele.(03) 477 6976) or via the Internet from sites such as Amazon.com.

We would welcome any comments you have to make on these titles.

 

1. Books for Parents, Families and Friends

Borhek, Mary V. Coming out to Parents: a Two-way Survival Guide for Lesbians and Gay Men and their Parents.New York: Pilgrim Press, 1983.
DP 306.766 BOR

Buxton, Amity. The Other Side of the Closet: the Coming-Out Crisis for Straight Spouses and Families. New York: J. Wiley, 1994.
DP 306.765 Bux

Cohen, Susan & Daniel. When Someone You Know is Gay.
New York: Evans, 1989
DP 306.766 Coh

Forman-Dew, Robb. The Family Heart: a Memoir of when our Son Came Out. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1994.
DP 306.7662

Griffith, Carolyn Welch, et al. Beyond Acceptance: Parents of Lesbians and Gays Talk about their Experience. New York: St. Martins Press, 1996.
DP 306.766

McDougall, Bryce. My Child is Gay: how Parents React When They Hear the News. St Leonards, N.S.W.: Allen and Unwin, 1998.
DP 306.766 Mac

Stewart, Terry. Invisible Families. Auckland: New Women's Press, 1993.
DP 306.766 Ste

 

2. Books for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth

Bass, E. Free Your Mind: the Book for Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Youth and their Allies. New York: Harper Collins, 1996.
DP 306.766

Chandler, Kurt. Passages of Pride: Lesbian and Gay Youth Come of Age. New York: Times Books, 1995.
DP 306.766 Cha

Pollack, Rachel. The Journey Out: a Guide for and about Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Teens. New York: Viking, 1995.
DP 306.766 Pol

 

3. Books of General Interest

LeVay, Simon. Queer Science: the Use and Abuse of Research into Homosexuality. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1996.
DP 306.76.

Mondimore, Francis. A Natural History of Homosexuality.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1996.
DP 306.66

Singer, B., ed. Growing up Gay, Growing up Lesbian: a Literary Anthology. New York: New Press, 1993.
DP 306.766.

4. Titles on Religious Issues (see Religious Issues)

 

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