Books on coming out and homosexuality:
- The Velvet Rage ABOUT
- Mississippi SissyABOUT
- Love Won't Let Me Be SilentABOUT
- Geography ClubABOUT
- Straightening AliABOUT
- BlackbirdABOUT
By Alan Downs
Outlines the three distinct stages to emotional well-being for gay men. Offering profoundly helpful strategies to stop the insidious cycle of avoidance and self-defeating behavior.
Outlines the three distinct stages to emotional well-being for gay men. Offering profoundly helpful strategies to stop the insidious cycle of avoidance and self-defeating behavior.
By Kevin Sessums
A memoir that brings the American South and the life of a strange little Mississippi boy to life.
A memoir that brings the American South and the life of a strange little Mississippi boy to life.
By Terry Angel Mason
A collection of writings, short stories, and poems, exploring the experiences and trials of parenthood from an African-American gay male perspective.
A collection of writings, short stories, and poems, exploring the experiences and trials of parenthood from an African-American gay male perspective.
By Brent Hartinger
A fictional book about a school of gay teens that come together to form the "Geography Club". Nobody else will come. Why would they want to? Their secret should
be safe.
A fictional book about a school of gay teens that come together to form the "Geography Club". Nobody else will come. Why would they want to? Their secret should
be safe.
By Amjeed Kabil
For Ali Mirza, a young British born Pakistani man, life takes a sudden dramatic turn when his family arranges for him to get married even though he has told them he
is gay.
For Ali Mirza, a young British born Pakistani man, life takes a sudden dramatic turn when his family arranges for him to get married even though he has told them he
is gay.
By Larry Duplechan
Is a funny, moving, coming of age novel about growing up black and gay in southern California.
Is a funny, moving, coming of age novel about growing up black and gay in southern California.
Spiritual Books on love and self-acceptance:
- A Return to LoveABOUT
- A New EarthABOUT
- When Things Fall ApartABOUT
By Marianne Williamson
Whether our psychic pain is in the area of relationships, career, or health, the author shows us how love is a potent force and the key to inner peace.
Whether our psychic pain is in the area of relationships, career, or health, the author shows us how love is a potent force and the key to inner peace.
By Eckhart Tolle
Shows us how transcending our ego-based state of consciousness is not only essential to personal happiness, but also the key to ending conflict and suffering throughout the world.
Shows us how transcending our ego-based state of consciousness is not only essential to personal happiness, but also the key to ending conflict and suffering throughout the world.
By Pema Chodron
Radical and compassionate advice for what to do when things fall apart in our lives. The belief is that there is a fundamental opportunity for happiness right within our reach, yet we usually miss it, because we are caught up in attempts to escape our pain and suffering.
Radical and compassionate advice for what to do when things fall apart in our lives. The belief is that there is a fundamental opportunity for happiness right within our reach, yet we usually miss it, because we are caught up in attempts to escape our pain and suffering.
Movies that might be of interest to you:
- Broken Hearts ClubABOUT
- Beautiful ThingABOUT
- Touch of PinkABOUT
- ShelterABOUT
- For the Bible Tells Me SoABOUT
A comedic romp about a quartet of gay yuppies looking for love in all the wrong places. A tale of learning to love yourself and appreciating the friends you have in your life. (USA 2000 - 94 min.)
A coming out story of two teenagers whose lives are changed after a brutal night when Ste flees to his friend's flat after being beat up by his older brother. Sleeping embarrassed head-to-toe, Jamie realizes that he is in love with Ste. (UK 1996 - 90 min.)
Alim is an Ismaili Canadian who lives in London, thousands of miles from his family, for one very good reason- he has a boyfriend. His ideal gay life begins to unravel when his mother shows up to find him a proper Muslim girlfriend. (Canada/UK 2004 - 91 min.)
Zach has become accustomed to giving up his own dreams to take care of his sister and nephew. However, all this changes when his best friend's brother, Shaun, returns home and Zach realizes he is falling for Shaun. This is a coming of ages and coming out story that, at its heart, is a story about family. (USA 2008 - 97 min.)
Through the experiences of five very normal, very Christian, very American families, we discover how insightful people of faith handle the realization of having
a gay child. (USA 2007 - 95 min.)
a gay child. (USA 2007 - 95 min.)