Am I Gay Quiz - wikiHow

When gay and lbian adults wre about their youthful stggl to e to terms wh their gayns, they equently lament that there was ltle books to help them unrstand their sexualy and accept themselv. In ntrast, the stori by 16 lumari of YA lerature will help such young people realize that they are not alone, unique, or abnormal their sexual orientatn. The viewpot here is sometim that of a gay protagonist, sometim that of someone whose life has been affected by a gay person. Bce Coville's tle tale of a morn fairy godfather is wonrfully mpy and humoro; Franc Lia Block's ``Wnie and Teddy,'' a young man out to his girliend; Jam Cross Gibl's ``Three Mondays July,'' a young man's chance enunter wh an olr one turns his life around; Lois Lowry's ``Holdg'' picts a boy whose life has been a lie bee he uldn't acknowledge his father's gayns; and the edor tells a lightful tale (``Dancg Backward'') of two young lbians reactg to the rigid orthodoxy of a Catholic boardg school. Many of the other stori—which clu entri by M.E. Kerr, Jacquele Woodson, Jane Yolen, and William Sleator—are equally fe. Each is followed by ments by the thor on his or her life and wrg; the n be as tertg as the stori themselv. A book that belongs every YA llectn. (Fictn. 12+)