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These cutting-edge international essays challenge dominant narratives of queer youth predicated on oppression and victimization. As school systems address the emergence of Gay-Straight Alliances and calls to provide equal educational access, researchers, educators and youth workers are paying increasing attention to sexuality, gender and schooling. Yet present discourses are limited to liberal understandings of tolerance, safety, and equity that are defined by a separation of "queer" and "normal." This text documents and offers radical interpretations of the creativity of queer youth in challenging existing practices. Interdisciplinary analyses offer multiple vantage points for reconceptualizing adolescent sexual subjectivities and institutional and cultural practices.
Review: "If you live in an urban gay center, lead a relatively out life, and see encouraging political and social gains being made by gays, read 'Two Teenagers in Twenty' for an ice-cold shot of reality. What comes across vividly in this collection of essays by gay and lesbian teenagers is that it's lonely out there." Advocate Review: "An excellent resource for teenagers, gay and straight, who have questions about their own sexuality or that of their friends." San Francisco Chronicle Book Review Synopsis: Gay and lesbian teenagers describe their personal experiences and provide insight into their feelings of despair and isolation as well as their struggles for support and a sense of self-worth
One of Argentina's 30,000 "disappeared," Alicia Partnoy was abducted from her home by secret police and taken to a concentration camp where she was tortured, and where most of the other prisoners were killed. Smuggled out and published anonymously, The Little School is Partnoy's memoir of her disappearance and imprisonment.
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Free Your Mind is the definitive practical guide for gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth -- and their families, teachers, counselors and friends. For too long, gay youth have wanted to be themselves and to feel good about it, but most have been isolated, afraid, harassed, or worse. Their very existence has been ignored, whispered about, or swept under the rug. But each day more and more lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth are standing up, speaking out, breaking down stereotypes, demanding rights and recognition -- shining. In this book, young people share their joy and their pain, their hopes and fears, the formidable obstacles they have faced and overcome, and the exciting opportunities they have discovered. Free Your Mind speaks to the basic aspects of the lives of gay, lesbian and bisexual youth: Self-Discovery; Friends and Lovers; Family; School; Spirituality; Community. Alive with the voices of more than fifty young people, rich in accurate information and positive practical advice,
Full of narratives, scholarly research, and problem-solving scenarios, Queer Kids: The Challenges and Promise for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth examines the unique problems and hardships homosexual youths encounter and how they cope, survive, and find understanding amidst homophobic intolerance. This enlightening book will help gay and straight adults understand what life is like for a young gay adult, as well as aid counselors, students, ministers, and other gay youths in need of advice and guidance. In addition, readers will learn about the coming-out process and how gay youths struggle to define themselves sexually and emotionally.*
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