Videos
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Passages of Pride: true stories
Two Teenagers in Twenty: writings
of lesbian and gay teenagers
by gay and lesbian youth
by Kurt Chandler c1995
edited by Ann Heron c1994
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On order
Pedro and Me: friendship, loss, and
What if someone I know is gay? :
what I learned
answers to questions about gay
by Judd Winick c2000
and lesbian people
362.1969792 WIN
by Eric Marcus c2000
305.90664 MAR
Queer Kids: the challenges and promise
for lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth
When I Knew
by Robert E. Owens c1998
edited by Robert Trachtenberg
305.23508664 OWE
c2005
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The Sex Lives of Teenagers: revealing
the secret world of adolescent boys and
Young, Gay, and Proud!
girls
edited by
by Lynn E. Ponton c2000
Don Romesburg
306.70835 PON
c1995
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The Shared Heart: portraits and stories
celebrating lesbian, gay, and bisexual
young people
by Adam Mastoon c1997
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Videos
In Other Words (c2001) produced by the National Film Board of Canada
Made in 2001 in Toronto and Vancouver, this video explores homophobia’s
impact on many youth aged 14-22 who share their personal, family, and social
struggles and also their successes.
VC 305.90664 INO
Out: stories of lesbian and gay youth (c199-?) produced by the National Film
Board of Canada
Through explicit interviews, this video explores the struggles and the victories
of gay and lesbian youth from varied cultural and racial heritages living in
Canada.
VC 305.90664 OUT
School’s Out (c1997) produced by the National Film Board of Canada
Acclaimed writer Jane Rule and five Canadian youths active in confronting
homophobia in high schools discuss homophobia and sexism in today’s school
yards.
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Compiled by Young Adult Services, Saskatoon Public Library
Telephone: 975-7568
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Teen Novels with Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual
Adult and Teen Non-Fiction books
and Transgender Content
with Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual
and Transgender Content
Absolutely, Positively Not
Becoming Chloe
by David Larochelle
by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Always My Child: a parent’s guide to
Hear Me Out: true stories of teens
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understanding your gay, lesbian,
educating and confronting
Steven doesn’t know if he’ll pass his
A gay teenage boy and a fragile
bisexual, transgendered or
homophobia
driver’s test or if he’ll ever
teenage girl meet while living on the
questioning son or daughter
[a project of Planned Parenthood of
understand his parents, but there’s
streets of New York City. The pair
by Kevin Jennings c2003
Toronto] c2004
one thing he knows for sure: he’s
eventually decide to take a road trip
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absolutely, positively NOT gay.
across America to discover whether
Becoming Visible: a reader in gay and
How Homophobia Hurts Children:
c2005
or not the world is a beautiful place.
lesbian history for high school and
nurturing diversity at home, at school
c2006
college students
and in the community by Jean M. Baker
Am I Blue?: Coming Out From the
edited by Kevin Jennings c1994
c2002
Silence
Bermudez Triangle
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by Maureen Johnson
10 original stories about sexual
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Children of Horizons: how gay and
“I Could Not Speak My Heart”:
identity by well-known young adult
The friendship of three high school
lesbian teens are leading a new way
education and social justice for gay
authors such as M.E. Kerr, Bruce
girls and their relationships with
out of the closet
and lesbian youth
Coville, Francesca Lia Block and
their friends and families are tested
by Gilbert H. Herdt c1993
edited by James McNinch
Lois Lowry. c1994
when two of them fall in love with
305.90664 HER
and Mary Cronin c2004
each other. c2004
306.76609712 ICO
Free Your Mind: the book for gay,
Annie on My Mind
lesbian, and bisexual youth—and
Is It a Choice?: answers to the most
by Nancy Garden
Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
their allies
frequently asked questions about gay
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by Ellen Bass c1996
and lesbian people
Liza makes a decision that
Paul, 16, and his high school friends,
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by Eric Marcus c2005
determines the rest of her life when
gay and straight, face the same
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she must come to terms with her
uncertainties and concerns while
Friends & Family: true stories
feelings towards, and relationship
navigating the treacherous waters of
of gay America’s straight allies
The Journey Out: a guide for and about
with, Annie. c1982
adolescence. c2003
by Dan Woog c1999
lesbian, gay, and bisexual teens
305.90664 WOO
by Rachel Pollack c1995
Baby Be-Bop by Francesca Lia Block
Bilal’s Bread by Sulayman X
305.235 POL
GLBTQ (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual,
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Transgender, Questioning): the
Lesbian and Gay Youth: care and
Sixteen-year-old Dirk MacDonald, a
Bilal, the youngest of three brothers,
survival guide for queer and
counseling
boy living in Los Angeles, comes to
tries to cope with several factors at
questioning teens
by Caitlin Ryan c1998
terms with being gay after he
once: violence and abuse from his
by Kelly Huegel c2003
362.1086 RYA
receives surreal storytelling
older brothers, being Iraqi in post-
306.766 HUE
visitations from his dead father and
September 11th America, and his
Letters to Our Children: lesbian and
great-grandmother. c1995
awakening sexuality. c2005
Growing Up Gay: the sorrows and
gay adults speak to the new generation
joys of gay and lesbian adolescence
compiled and edited
Bad Boy by Diana Wieler
Blackbird by Larry Duplechan
by Rita Reed c1997
by Larry Dane Brimner c1997
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A.J. Brandiosa becomes the bad boy
Young, black and gay, high-school
of the Cyclone hockey team. He
Growing Up Gay in America:
Now That You Know: a parents’ guide
student Johnnie Ray Rousseau is
learns that his best friend is gay,
informative and practical advice for
to understanding their gay and lesbian
being pressured by his girlfriend to
as he tries to cope with his own
teen guys questioning their sexuality
children
have sex for the first time. Mean-
sexuality during his senior year in
and growing up gay by Jason Rich
by Betty Fairchild c1998
while, he has become obsessed with
high school. c1992
c2002
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a blond, godlike filmmaker. c1986
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Swimming in the Monsoon Sea
The Year They Burned the Books
The Blue Lawn by William Taylor
Far From Xanadu
by Shyam Selvadurai
by Nancy Garden
Y TAY
by Julie Ann Peters
Y SEL
Y GAR
A fifteen-year-old boy acknowledges
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Although life for fourteen-year-old
While trying to come to terms with
his attraction to an older rugby
In a small Kansas town, sixteen-
Amrith in 1980 Sri Lanka seems rather
her own lesbian feelings, Jamie, a
teammate, as he also begins to break
year-old Mary-Elizabeth “Mike”
uneventful and orderly, things change
high-school senior and editor of the
out of the preconceived notions his
Szabo tries to come to terms with
in a hurry when his male cousin
school newspaper, finds herself in
family and others have about him.
her father’s suicide and her own
arrives from Canada and Amrith finds
the middle of a battle with a group of
c1999
homosexuality. c2005
himself completely enamoured with
townspeople over the new health
his new visitor.
Geography Club by Brent Hartinger
education curriculum. c1999
Crush by Carrie Mac
c2005
Y HAR
Y MAC
A group of gay and lesbian
During a summer in New York, Hope
Twelve Days in August
teenagers finds mutual support
falls in love with another girl and must
by Liza Ketchum Murrow
when they form the “Geography
decide if she is gay. c2006
Y MUR
Club” at their high school. c2003
Twelve days in August change a
Damned Strong Love: the true story of
Gravel Queen by Tea Benduhn
sixteen-year-old soccer player’s
Willi G. and Stephan K.
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perceptions of himself, his family, girls,
by Lutz van Dijk
All Aurin wants to do the summer
and gays. c1993
Y DIJ
before her senior year in high school
Stephan is a 16-year-old Pole living in
is hang out with her friends Kenney
What Happened to Lani Garver?
Europe during WWII when he realizes
and Fred, but when she falls in love
by Carol Plum Ucci
he is gay. Only months later, he meets
with Neila, everything changes.
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Willi, a Nazi soldier. They fall in love
c2003
Sixteen-year-old Claire struggles with
and face brutal consequences when
her need for acceptance, her mother’s
their relationship becomes known.
Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger
alcoholism, and her fears about a
c1995
Y WIT
recurrence of her leukemia. When the
After starting to publish a zine in
the enigmatic Lani Garver steps in to
Define “Normal” by Julie Ann Peters
which he writes his secret feelings
help her get control of her life, he puts
Y PET
about his lonely life and his parents’
his own life at risk. c2002
When she agrees to meet with Jasmine
divorce, sixteen-year-old John meets
as a peer counsellor at their middle
an unusual girl and begins to
What I Know Now by Rodger Larson
school, Antonia never dreams that this
develop a healthier personality.
Y LAR
girl with the black lipstick and pierced
c1999
In 1957 California, a fourteen-year-old
eyebrow will end up helping her deal
gay young man finds his life and his
with the serious problems she faces at
world view changing when he falls in
home, and become a good friend. c2000
love with the young man who has
come to his house to build a garden.
Empress of the World
c1997
by Sara Ryan
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Whistle Me Home by Barbara Wersba
While attending a summer institute,
Y WER
fifteen-year-old Nic meets another girl
Seventeen-year-old Noli feels as if she
named Battle, falls in love with her,
has found her soul mate when
and finds the relationship to be
handsome, sensitive TJ moves to Sag
difficult and confusing. c2001
Harbor, but even as their feelings
deepen, individual secrets threaten
their relationship. c1997
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“Hello”, I Lied by M. E. Kerr
Kissing Kate by Lauren Myracle
My Heartbeat
Peter by Kate Walker
Y KER
Y MYR
by Garret Freymann-Weyr
Y WAL
Summering at the estate of a famous
Sixteen-year-old Lissa’s relationship
Y WEY
An ordinary fifteen-year-old Australian
rock star, 17-year-old Lang tries to
with her best friend changes after
As she tries to understand the
boy, who enjoys riding his dirt bike and
decide how to tell his longtime friends
they kiss at a party and Lissa does not
closeness between her older brother
wants to be a photographer, becomes
that he is gay, while struggling with an know what to do, until she gets help
and his best friend, fourteen-year-
confused about his sexuality when he
unexpected infatuation with a girl
from an unexpected new friend. c2003
old Ellen finds her relationship with finds he is attracted to his older brother’s
from France. c1997
each of them changing. c2002
gay friend. c1991
Living in Secret by Cristina Salat
The Hemingway Tradition
Pretty Things by Sarra Manning
Y SAL
November Ever After
by Kristin Butcher
Y MAN
Amelia’s mother helps her run away
by Laura Torres
Y BUT
While rehearsing for a production of
from her father who has custody and
Y TOR
Sixteen-year-old Shaw struggles with
“The Taming of the Shrew,” four English
establish a new home and identity in
In the aftermath of her mother’s
the suicide of his well-known father, a
teenagers explore their relationships and
San Francisco with her mother’s
death, sixteen-year-old Amy finds
mystery writer who couldn’t accept his
sexuality, while also discovering some
girlfriend. c1993
solace in the company of her best
own homosexuality, but eventually
friend Sara, but then she is shocked
surprising truths about themselves. c2005
gains understanding and peace from
Love Rules by Marilyn Reynolds
to discover that Sara is romantically
The Rainbow Kite by Marlene F. Shyer
reading his father’s journals. c2002
Y REY
involved with another girl and has
Y SHY
Seventeen-year-old Lynn experiences
kept it a secret from her. c1999
Twelve-year-old Matthew describes the
The House You Pass On the Way
surprise, discomfort, and a new
prejudices and struggles that his entire
by Jacqueline Woodson
Not The Only One: Lesbian and
awareness of prejudices and
family faces when people learn that his
Y WOO
Gay Fiction for Teens
stereotyping when her best friend Kit
older brother Bennett is gay. c2002
When fourteen-year-old Staggerlee, the
Y NOT
comes out as a lesbian. c2001
daughter of a racially-mixed marriage
Twenty gay and lesbian stories,
Rainbow Boys by Alex Sanchez
spends a summer with her cousin
spanning time and place,
Luna by Julie Ann Peters
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Trout, she finds herself attracted to
by award-winning writers. c2004
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Three high school seniors, a jock with a
Trout and catches a glimpse of her
Fifteen-year-old Regan’s life, which
girlfriend and an alcoholic father, a
possible future self. c1997
The Order of the Poison Oak by
has always revolved around keeping
closeted gay, and a flamboyant gay rights
Brent Hartinger
advocate, struggle with family issues,
If It Doesn’t Kill You
her older brother Liam’s
Y HAR
gay bashers, first sex, and conflicting
by Margaret Bechard
transsexuality a secret, changes when
After “coming out” at school,
feelings about each other. c2001
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Liam decides to start the process of
sixteen-year-old Russel decides to
High school freshman Ben should be
“transitioning.” He begins by telling
take a counsellor job at a camp for
Rainbow High by Alex Sanchez
enjoying playing football, meeting
his family and friends that he is a girl
burn victims to get away from the
Y SAN
girls, and going to parties, but he’s too
who was born in a boy’s body. c2003
antagonism of his classmates, but
Follows three gay high school seniors as
busy trying to cope with his father’s
finds ten-year-old boys have just as
they struggle with issues of coming out,
choice to move out and live with
My Father’s Scar by Michael Cart
many problems as he does. c2005
safe sex, homophobia, being in love, and
another man. c1999
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college choices. c2003
As he enters into his first
Pebble in a Pool by William Taylor
Keeping You a Secret
relationships as a gay man, a college
Y TAY
Rainbow Road by Alex Sanchez
by Julie Ann Peters
freshman recalls the aching loneliness
Administrators at Paul’s school
Y SAN
Y PET
of life with his alcoholic, physically
handle two tragic deaths very
While driving across the United States
As she begins a very tough last
abusive father in a community
differently; the outpouring of grief
during the summer after high school
semester of high school, Holland finds
prejudiced against homosexuals.
for the victim of a drunk-driving
graduation, three young gay men
herself puzzled about her future and
c1996
incident is starkly contrasted with
encounter various bisexual and
intrigued by a transfer student who
the muted response to a gay-
homosexual people and make some
wants to start a Lesbigay club at
bashing murder, causing Paul to
decisions about their own relationships
school. c2003
speak out. c2003
and lives. c2005
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