Gay+Americans

Gay Americans

 * __Fiction__

Hartinger, Brent. //Geography Club.// HarperCollins, c2003. A group of gay and lesbian teenagers finds mutual support when they form the "Geography Club" at their high school. Grades 9-12. Recommended by Stephanie

Nick, Burd. //Vast Fields of Ordinary. Dial, c2009. The summer after graduating from an Iowa high school, eighteen-year-old Dade Hamilton watches his parents' marriage disintegrate, ends his long-term, secret relationship, comes out of the closet, and savors first love. Grades 9 - 12. Recommended by Stephanie // Peters, Julie Ann. ****Grl2grl : Short fictions.**** Little Brown, c2007. Ten short stories about about being a girl in love with another girl, told in the first person. Grades 9 - up. Recommended by Stephanie

Sloan, Brian. //A Really Nice Prom Mess.// Simon Pulse, 2008, c2005. Gay high school senior Cameron Hayes endures a disastrous prom night when forced to take a girl as his date, and after fleeing the dance in disguise, he finds himself involved in a surprising on-stage performance, a high-speed police chase, and unexpected revelations. Grades 9 - 12. Recommended by Stephanie.

Wallace, Rich. //Dishes.// Viking, c2008. Nineteen-year-old Danny spends an eventful summer in Maine, looking for romance, working as a "straight" dishwasher in a gay bar, and trying to reconnect with his estranged father. Grades 9 - 12. Recommended by Stephanie

** __**Nonfiction**__

This history of American gay life focuses on public attitudes toward homosexuality and the struggle for gay rights. Reader friendly with many archival photographs enlivening each page. Grades 7-12. Recommended by Dr. Berg.
 * Alsenas, Linas. **//Gay America : struggle for equality.//** Amulet Books, 2008.

Burns, Kate. //**Gay Rights Activists.**// //(History Makers).// Lucent, c2005. An introduction leads right into short biographies of leaders of the modern gay rights movement: Harry Hay, Del Martin, Harvey Milk, Audre Lorde, Larry Kramer and Urvashi Vaid. Grades 9 - up. Recommended by Stephanie

Rupp, Leila J.. **//A Desired Past: A short history of same-sex love in America.//** University of Chicago Press, c1999. Readable history of 400 years of same-sex desire, from Native Americans to Walt Whitman and through the aftermath of the Stonewall riot. Grades 9 - up. Recommended by Stephanie

Winick, Judd. **Pedro and me: Friendship, loss and what I learned.** H. Holt, 2000. This graphic novel explores the friendship between the author and his MTV Real World roommate, Pedro Zamora. Pedro was openly gay and HIV positive. He became an AIDS educator when he learned of his diagnosis and, despite his death at the age of 22, he continues to educate through this book. This story addresses attitudes towards homosexuality as well as AIDS. Grades 9 - 12. Recommended by Kim