GLBT Themed Books

Rainbow Boys / Alex Sanchez
Rainbow High / Alex Sanchez
Rainbow Road / Alex Sanchez ( I recommend these to be read first)
The God Box / Alex Sanchez ( I recommend this to christain members)
Getting it / Alex Sanchez
So hard to say / Alex Sanchez
Stained / Jennifer Richard Jacobson
Bright purple : color me confused / Melody Carlson
A tale of two summers / Brian Sloan
A really nice prom mess / Brian Sloan
Absolutely, positively not / by David LaRochelle
Geography Club / Brent Hartinger
Lucky / Eddie De Oliveira
Deliver us from evie / M. E. Kerr

Hero by Perry Moore (An interesting book about a gay teen superhero)
Keeping You a Secret by Julie Ann Peters (A lesbian romance)
grl2grl by Julie Ann Peters (A collection of short stories)
Luna by Julie Ann Peters (The story of a MTF teen)
Far From Xanadu by Julie Ann Peters (Basically about crushing on straight people)
Between Mom and Jo by Julie Ann Peters (A young boy with two mothers has to choose between them when they divorce)


Non-Fiction:

Bass, Ellen & Kaufman, Kate. (1996). FREE YOUR MIND: THE BOOK FOR GAY, LESBIAN & BISEXUAL YOUTH--AND THEIR ALLIES. New York: HarperCollins.

Blumenfeld, Warren J. & Raymond, Diane (1993). LOOKING AT GAY AND LESBIAN LIFE. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.

Bornstein, Kate. (1998) MYGENDER WORKBOOK, New York: Vintage Books, or (1995) GENDER OUTLAW, New York: Routledge.

Hemphill, Essex (1991). BROTHER TO BROTHER: NEW WRITINGS BY BLACK GAY MEN. Boston: Alyson Publications.

Heron, Ann (1994). TWO TEENAGERS IN TWENTY: WRITINGS BY GAY AND LESBIAN YOUTH. Boston, MA: Alyson Publications.

Hutchins, Loraine and Lani Kaahumanu, eds (1991). BI ANY OTHER NAME: BISEXUAL PEOPLE SPEAK OUT. Boston, Alyson Publications.

Jennings, Kevin (1994). BECOMING VISIBLE: A READER IN GAY AND LESBIAN HISTORY FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS. Boston, MA: Alyson Publications.

Lorde, Audre. 1984. SISTER OUTSIDER. New York: The Crossing Press.

Marcus, Eric (1993). IS IT A CHOICE: ANSWERS TO 300 OF THE MOST FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT GAYS AND LESBIANS. San Francisco: Harper Collins.

Moraga, Cherríe and Gloria Anzaldua, eds. (1984.) THIS BRIDGE CALLED MY BACK: WRITINGS BY RADICAL WOMEN OF COLOR. New York: Kitchen Table, Women of Color Press.

Roscoe, Will, ed. (1989). LIVING THE SPIRIT: A GAY AMERICAN INDIAN ANTHOLOGY. New York: St. Martin's Press.

Sherman, Phillip E., ed. (1994). UNCOMMON HEROES: A CELEBRATION OF HEROES AND ROLE MODELS FOR GAY AND LESBIAN AMERICANS. New York: Fletcher Press.


Fiction:
Baldwin, James (1988). GIOVANNI'S ROOM. New York: Dell Publishing. Love story of two young men in Paris.

Bauer, Marion Dane, ed. (1994). AM I BLUE? COMING OUT FROM THE SILENCE. New York: Harper Collins. A collection of short stories by young adult authors dealing with gay issues.

Brown, Rita Mae (1988). RUBYFRUIT JUNGLE. New York: Bantam. A coming of age lesbian love story.

Feinberg, Leslie (1993). STONE BUTCH BLUES. Ithaca, NY: Firebrand. A beautifully written and powerful narrative about the struggles faced by a transgender individual in the 1950's and 60's.

Garden, Nancy (1988). ANNIE ON MY MIND. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. A touching story about first love between two teenage girls.

Greene, Bette (1991). THE DROWNING OF STEPHAN JONES. New York: Bantam. Based on a true incident, this is the story of a young girl's homophobic boyfriend and the violent death of an adult gay male.

Homes, A.M. (1989). JACK. New York: Macmillan. A teenage boy deals with his parents' divorce and his father's homosexuality.

Kerr, M.E. (1995) DELIVER US FROM EVIE. New York: Harper Trophy. Story of a young lesbian in a small Missouri town.

Miller, Isabel (1985). PATIENCE AND SARAH. New York: Random House. A beautiful love story between two young women in 19th century England.

Salat, Cristina (1993). LIVING IN SECRET. New York: Bantam. The story of a young girl who is taken away from her lesbian mother by the courts.

Sinclair, April (1994). COFFEE WILL MAKE YOU BLACK. New York: Hyperion. A coming of age story of an African-American girl who is questioning her sexuality.

Snyder, Anne (1981). THE TRUTH ABOUT ALEX. New York: Signet. The story of a friendship between the star quarterback of the football team, who is straight, and a young gay teen.

Fiction:
Empress of the World/Sara Ryan

Am I Blue? (A book of coming out stories)
The Full Spectrum. (A book of short stories about GLBT People)

Kate Bornstein. (Author of some good books)