Today, 21 April 2017, is the National Day of Silence in support of GLBT
youth. The following is a partial list of LGBT materials available in the CEC
library.
Nonfiction
Living Proud! Growing UP LGBTQ
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Being
Transgender by Robert Rodi and Laura Ross
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Coming Out
and Seeking Support by Robert Rodi and Laura Ross
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Confronting
Stereotypes by Robert Rodi and Laura Ross
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Facing
Homophobia by Robert Rodi and Laura Ross
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Finding
Community by Robert Rodi and Laura Ross
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Staying
Mentally Healthy by Robert Rodi and Laura Ross
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Understanding
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity by Robert Rodi and Laura Ross
A Queer and Pleasant Danger
by Kate Bornstein
“With wisdom, wit, and an unwavering resolution to tell the truth,
Bornstein shares her story: from a nice Jewish boy growing up in New Jersey to
a strappingly handsome lieutenant of the Church of Scientology’s Sea flagship
vessel, and later to 1990s Seattle, where she becomes a rising star in the
lesbian community.” –Publisher
Being Jazz: My Life as a
(Transgender) Teen by Jazz Jennings
"Teen advocate and trailblazer Jazz Jennings—named one of ‘The 25 Most
Influential Teens’ of the year by Time—shares her very public transgender
journey, as she inspires people to accept the differences in others while they
embrace their own truths."
Pride: Celebrating Diversity
& Community by Robin Stevenson
"For lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people around the world,
Pride is both protest and celebration. It's about embracing diversity. It's
about fighting for freedom and equality. It's about history, and it's about the
future. It's about all of us."
The Meaning of Matthew by
Judy Shepard
"The mother of Matthew Shepard shares her story about her son's death
and the choice she made to become an international gay rights activist."
Fiction:
A Vigil for Joe Rose by
Michael Whatling
“As a unified collection, these eight short stories and a novella chart
the journey of the main characters from first coming out to their growth into
confident young gay men, and the challenges, triumphs, and losses along the
way.” –Amazon
Aristotle and Dante Discover the
Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Saenz
“Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a
know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet
at the swimming pool, they seem to have nothing in common. But as the loners
start spending time together, they discover that they share a special
friendship—the kind that changes lives and lasts a lifetime. And it is through
this friendship that Ari and Dante will learn the most important truths about
themselves and the kind of people they want to be.” –Amazon
Draw The Line by Laurent Linn
“Adrian Piper is used to blending into the background. He may be a
talented artist, a sci-fi geek, and gay, but at his Texas high school those
traits would only bring him the worst kind of attention. In fact, the only place he feels free to
express himself is at his drawing table, crafting a secret world through his
own Renaissance-art-inspired superhero, Graphite. But in real life, when a
shocking hate crime flips his world upside down, Adrian must decide what kind
of person he wants to be. Maybe it’s time to not be so invisible after all—no
matter how dangerous the risk.” –Amazon
Fan Art by Sarah Tregay
“Jamie Peterson has a problem: Even though he tries to keep his
feelings to himself, everyone seems to know how he feels about Mason, and the
girls in his art class are determined to help them get together. Telling the
truth could ruin Jamie and Mason’s friendship, but it could also mean a chance
at happiness. Falling in love is easy, except when it’s not, and Jamie must
decide if coming clean to Mason is worth facing his worst fear.” –Amazon
FatherSonFather by Evan Jacobs
“Jeff knew his dad wouldn't live forever. But he had already lost his
mom. It would be too unfair. The 9-1-1 call was shocking. The hospital,
impersonal. When his dad improved, he was transferred to a rehabilitation
facility. There, a transgender nurse took over his care. Jeff was appalled. But
slowly, his admiration for her grew.” –Amazon
Freakboy by Kristin Elizabeth
Clark
“From the outside, Brendan Chase seems to have it pretty easy. He's a
star wrestler, a video game aficionado, and a loving boyfriend to his seemingly
perfect match, Vanessa. But on the inside, Brendan struggles to understand why
his body feels so wrong—why he sometimes fantasizes having long hair, soft
skin, and gentle curves. Is there even a name for guys like him? Guys who
sometimes want to be girls? Or is Brendan just a freak?” –Amazon
Hold Me Closer: The Tiny Cooper
Story by David Levithan
“Larger-than-life Tiny Cooper finally gets to tell his story, from his
fabulous birth and childhood to his quest for true love and his infamous parade
of ex-boyfriends, in the form of a musical he wrote.” –WorldCat
If I Was Your Girl by
Meredith Russo
“Amanda Hardy is the new girl in school. Like anyone else, all she
wants is to make friends and fit in. But Amanda is keeping a secret, and she’s
determined not to get too close to anyone. But when she meets sweet, easygoing
Grant, Amanda can’t help but start to let him into her life. As they spend more
time together, she realizes just how much she is losing by guarding her heart.
She finds herself yearning to share with Grant everything about herself,
including her past. But Amanda’s terrified that once she tells him the truth,
he won't be able to see past it. Because the secret that Amanda’s been keeping?
It's that at her old school, she used to be Andrew.” –Amazon
If You Could Be Mine by Sara
Farizan
“Seventeen-year-old Sahar has been in love with her best friend,
Nasrin, since they were six. But Iran is a dangerous place for two girls in
love. Sahar and Nasrin could be beaten, imprisoned, even executed if their
relationship came to light. Then Sahar discovers what seems like the perfect
solution. In Iran, homosexuality may be a crime, but to be a man trapped in a
woman's body is seen as nature's mistake, and sex reassignment is legal. Will
Sahar risk her life and sacrifice her true self?” –WorldCat
Kissing Kate by Lauren
Myracle
“Kate was Lissa's best friend. They’ve shared everything for four
years. Then one night at a drunken party, Kate leaned in to kiss Lissa, and Lissa
kissed her back. And now Kate is pretending Lissa doesn't exist. Confused and
alone, Lissa's left questioning everything she thought she knew about herself,
and about life. But with the help of a free-spirit new friend, Lissa's
beginning to find the strength to realize that sometimes falling in love with
the wrong person is the only way to find your footing.” –Amazon
Lily and Dunkin by Donna
Gephart
"Lily Jo McGrother, born Timothy McGrother, is a girl. But being a
girl is not so easy when you look like a boy. Especially when you're in the
eighth-grade. Norbert Dorfman, nicknamed Dunkin Dorfman, is bipolar and has
just moved from the New Jersey town he's called home for the past thirteen
years. This would be hard enough, but the fact that he is also hiding from a
painful secret makes it even worse. One summer morning, Lily Jo McGrother meets
Dunkin Dorfman, and their lives forever change."—WorldCat
Moon At Nine by Deborah Ellis
“Fifteen-year-old Farrin has grown up with secrets: ten years after the
overthrow of the Shah, her aristocratic mother is still working against Iran's
conservative revolutionary government. But when Farrin befriends Sadira, the
intriguing and outgoing new student at her school for gifted girls, her own new
secret is even more dangerous. Because the girls discover their relationship is
more than just a friendship—and in Iran, being gay is punishable by death.”
–Amazon
More Happy Than Not by Adam
Silvera
“After enduring his father's suicide, his own suicide attempt, broken
friendships, and more in the Bronx projects, Aaron Soto, sixteen, is already
considering the Leteo Institute's memory-alteration procedure when his new
friendship with Thomas turns to unrequited love.” –WorldCat
My Most Excellent Year by
Steve Kluger
“Best friends and unofficial brothers since they were six, ninth-graders
T.C. and Augie have got the world figured out. But that all changes when both
friends fall in love for the first time. Enter Al‚. She's pretty, sassy, and on
her way to Harvard. T.C. falls hard, but Al‚ is playing hard to get. Meanwhile,
Augie realizes that he's got a crush on a boy. It's not so clear to him, but to
his family and friends, it's totally obvious! Told in alternating perspectives,
this is the hilarious and touching story of their most excellent year, where
these three friends discover love, themselves, and how a little magic and Mary
Poppins can go a long way.” –Amazon
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
by Becky Albertalli
“Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his
drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his
secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now change-averse Simon
has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he's pushed
out—without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at
happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he's never met. “ –Amazon
South of Sunshine by Dana
Elmendorf
Kaycee Jean McCoy has lived her entire life in Sunshine, Tennessee. In
Sunshine, going to church is basically mandatory, and gay had better be your
mood and not your sexual orientation. Kaycee may not agree with the town’s
socially accepted bigotry, but she’d rather fit in—even if it means letting
gross Dave Bradford kiss her on occasion—than make waves. That is, until the
beautiful, sexy, impossibly cool Bren Dawson moves into town. Kaycee is swept
up in a whirlwind of exciting new emotions and lets her guard down. One night
under a fat country moon, Kaycee’s best friend catches them kissing, and her
whole world goes to hell in a handbasket. What is Kaycee willing to risk for
the sake of love? And what will she risk for acceptance?” –Amazon
The Art of being Normal by Lisa Williamson
“On the first day at his new school Leo Denton has one goal: to be
invisible. Attracting the attention of the most beautiful girl in his class is
definitely not part of that plan. When Leo stands up for David in a fight, an
unlikely friendship forms. But things are about to get messy. Because at Eden
Park School secrets have a funny habit of not staying secret for long , and
soon everyone knows that Leo used to be a girl. As David prepares to come out
to his family and transition into life as a girl and Leo wrestles with figuring
out how to deal with people who try to define him through his history, they
find in each other the friendship and support they need to navigate life as
transgender teens as well as the courage to decide for themselves what normal
really means.” –Amazon
The Great American Whatever by Tim Federle
“Quinn Roberts is a sixteen-year-old smart aleck whose only worry used
to be writing convincing dialogue for the movies he made with his sister. Of
course, that was all before--before Quinn stopped going to school, before his
mom started sleeping on the sofa ... and before the car accident that changed
everything. Enter: Geoff, Quinn's best friend, who insists it's time Quinn came
out--at least from hibernation. One haircut later, Quinn gets dragged to his
first college party, where instead of nursing his pain, he meets a guy--okay, a
hot guy--and Quinn falls, hard. What follows is an upside-down week in which
Quinn begins envisioning his future as a screenplay that might actually end
happily--if, that is, he can finally step back into the starring role of his
own life story.” –WorldCat
When Everything Feels Like The Movies by Raziel Reid
“School is just like a film set: there's The Crew, who make things
happen, The Extras who fill the empty desks, and The Movie Stars, whom everyone
wants tagged in their Facebook photos. But Jude doesn't fit in. He's not part
of The Crew because he isn't about to do anything unless it's court-appointed;
he's not an Extra because nothing about him is anonymous; and he's not a Movie
Star because even though everyone knows his name like an A-lister, he isn't
invited to the cool parties. As the director calls action, Jude is the flamer
that lights the set on fire. Before everything turns to ashes from the
resulting inferno, Jude drags his best friend Angela off the casting couch and
into enough melodrama to incite the paparazzi, all while trying to fend off the
haters and win the heart of his favourite co-star Luke Morris. It's a total
train wreck! But train wrecks always make the front page. ” –Amazon
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by David Levithan and John Green
“One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, Will Grayson
crosses paths with . . . Will Grayson. Two teens with the same name, running in
two very different circles, suddenly find their lives going in new and
unexpected directions, and culminating in epic turns-of-heart and the most
fabulous musical ever to grace the high school stage. Told in alternating
voices from two YA superstars, this collaborative novel features a double
helping of the heart and humor that have won them both legions of fans.” –Amazon
Graphic Novel:
Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir by Liz Prince
"Eschewing female stereotypes throughout her early years and failing to
gain acceptance on the boys' baseball team, Liz learns to embrace her own views
on gender as she comes of age, in an anecdotal graphic novel memoir."
Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir by Maggie Thrash.
"Maggie Thrash has spent basically every summer of her
fifteen-year-old life at the one-hundred-year-old Camp Bellflower for Girls,
set deep in the heart of Appalachia. She's from Atlanta, she's never kissed a
guy, she's into Backstreet Boys in a really deep way, and her long summer days
are full of a pleasant, peaceful nothing . . . until one confounding moment. A
split-second of innocent physical contact pulls Maggie into a gut-twisting love
for an older, wiser, and most surprising of all (at least to Maggie), female
counselor named Erin. But Camp Bellflower is an impossible place for a girl to
fall in love with another girl, and Maggie's savant-like proficiency at the
camp's rifle range is the only thing keeping her heart from exploding. When it
seems as if Erin maybe feels the same way about Maggie, it's too much for both
Maggie and Camp Bellflower to handle, let alone to understand."–Publisher