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12 BOOKS FOR GAY TEENS WHO HAVE JT COME OUT
A list of books for gay teens who have jt e out, om books that helped me when I me out to reads for people of varyg backgrounds. * books for gay youth *
In my se, I spent so long lettg other people (read: straight people) fe the boundari for g out that I believed that my life as a gay and queer person uld not beg until I “me out. Th, I have piled this list of books for gay teens who have jt e out. Take the books for gay teens as mere suggtns and not required readg for out and proud homosexuals, bee like I said, ’s up to you to fe who you are and how you want to be them — no matter how much society tri to nvce you otherwise.
”) Born 1954, Cleve Jon was born the last generatn of gay men who grew up wonrg if other people like him existed. But Jon’s life the gay rights movement, cludg workg alongsi Harvey Milk, was not whout s upheavals, given the AIDS crisis to the ‘80s, same-sex marriage the 2000s, and the ntued fight for LGBTQ+ equaly that ntu today. When We Rise is the story of all, and ’s sure to enthrall new generatns of gay youth who yearn to unrstand how we got to where we are.
Here are the bt LGBTQ books wh gay characters or by thors who intify as LGBTQ+. Fd romance, spirg nonfictn and YA reads for adults and teens. * books for gay youth *
Not Straight, Not Whe: Black Gay Men om the March on Washgton to the AIDS Crisis by Kev J. Tracg the history of the Black gay rights movement om the 1950s through the 1990s, Not Straight, Not Whe is required readg for anyone wishg to broan their unrstandg of what means to discrimate and what means to belong. Touchg on everythg om gay liberatn to AIDS, the thor do not hold back explorg how Black gay activists, wrers, and performers fought prejudice and racism at every turn, but never lettg affect how much they uld acplish.
Includg both the famo and unknown Black activists of the 20th and 21st centuri, Not Straight, Not Whe seeks to te and rm on the ways which Black gay men before have paved the way for social change — regardls of how much further we have to go.