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GLBTQ: The Survival Guide for Queer and Questioning Teens

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i remember being a pre-teen, leafing through many books written for young women that followed an "our bodies ourselves" format. these books were ok, but never what i was really looking for. i didn't want information on how to ask boys to dance or how to apply lipstick- i wondered where the chapters entitled "when you don't feel like the rest or the girls" or "but what if i don't like boys?" were.

what a great help it would have been to have this book! the format is "hip" but not patronizing. while this book affirms the importance of pride and self-respect in queer or questioning young people, it also devotes pages to the concerns and dangers many queer teens face (safe sex, how to begin dating, facing intolerance). transgender issues and stories have their own chapter, as do homophobia and coming out. descriptive paragraphs are broken up by small autobiographical blurbs by young people describing their experiences with the topic at hand, and by smaller essays.

this book is a great place to begin for youth who are GLBTQ, questioning, or who would like to better understand their queer peers and friends.

This book is a must-have for any Library shelf that serves teens. It is written in a style appealing to teens and includes short, one or two page summaries of ways to cope with the many issues teens face when questioning their sexuality. It also provides excellent, current resources for teens, from crisis lines to 'safe' (moderated) chat sites. I especially enjoyed the section dealing with 'coming out' to parents and family. It provided experiences from other teens who have (the good, the bad, and the ugly), and also possible responses parents might have when a teen tells them he/she is gay. In addition, it listed possible, respectful ways to respond to less-than-accepting parents. A fantastic compilation of stories, insights, and resources for teens.

This is an awesome book. I bought several that I use with a group of high school students. It's very informative and easy to read. Also has step-by-step suggestions for coping with issues such as homophobia, harassment, and coming out. An invaluable resource.

this book is very helpful to young teens trying to figure out their sexuality.it really help me be comfortable with being bisexual.i really recommend this book for questioning teens.

This book is up-to-date, informative, thorough and full of good common-sense advice. As a parent, I found it very useful.

This book serves as a guide to self-understanding and the understaning of GLBTQ lifestyles. This book provides essential elements on the cause and effects. It also gives information on gay orginazations and counseling agents for those whom stuggle with homophobic problems. This book touches on scientific priciples and possible causes of the GBLTQ life style. Highly recommened. I will nick name the book, "THE GAY BIBLE". This book is a great tool for new-comers.

I work at a high school and the teenagers I work with love this book! I highly recommend it for any LGBTQ teen as well as for any parent or teacher/counselor working with young people.

chapter 1. - Science: Alfred Kinsey was a pederast, pedophile, and a sodomite. He and his team abused children and hence recorded their findings of "orgasms" in children as little as few months in their famous 'Sexual Behavior in the Human Male'. Yes, this so-called "scientists" simply gathered information from like-minded perverts who would then constituted his statistics of "orgasms" occurrences in children. Buy the source and read it yourself... So, yes it is established that "science" supports homosexuality... and also child molestation. "Orgasms" in children are commonly known as pain-shock. But for a pervert reality is seen differently.
chapter 2. - Homophobia. This word (homophobia - a fear of homos) does not describe reality any more than 'fear of pedophiles' should be called pedophilia-phobia, or fear of necrophiolia as necrophiliaphobia. It is know historical fact that homosexual activists invented the term to propagate their agenda.

Basically this book is destructive to kids.