Say No to Hate: Notable Gay/Lesbian Books

NONFICTION

Released: Oct. 1, 1993

by Reinaldo Arenas

"A last testament that resonates with passion for the freedom of the human spirit and for the author's beloved Cuba: a distinguished addition to the literature of dissent and exile."

From Cuban novelist Arenas (The Doorman, 1991, etc.), who, ill with AIDS, committed suicide in 1990 shortly after completing this book: an extraordinarily powerful autobiography that's both a poignant personal memoir and a damning political indictment of the Castro regime and its supporters. Read full book review >

NONFICTION

Released: April 14, 1994

STRANGER AT THE GATE: ONE MAN'S STRUGGLE WITH HOMOPHOBIA AND THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT

by Mel White

"Stranger at the Gate is likely to provoke useful dialogue among mainstream Christians and to offer unsentimental hope and comfort to many who are struggling to reconcile homosexual desires with hostile, yet deeply valued, religious traditions."

White, an evangelical minister and former ghostwriter for Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, and other prominent leaders of the religious right, here describes his half-century-long struggle to accept himself as a gay Christian. Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: Sept. 9, 2003

BOY MEETS BOY

by David Levithan

"With wry humor, wickedly quirky and yet real characters, and real situations, this is a must for any library serving teens. (Fiction. YA)"

Somewhere on the eastern coast of the US that's home to Francesca Lia Block's Los Angeles is a town where six-foot-five drag queens play high-school football, kindergarten teachers write comments like "Definitely gay and has a very good sense of self" on student report cards, quiz-bowl teams are as important as football teams, and cheerleaders ride Harleys. Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: May 1, 2004

LUNA

by Julie Anne Peters

"The first of its kind—well done and essential for every library serving young adults. (Fiction. YA)"

Groundbreaking, finely tuned realism about a transsexual teen. Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: Oct. 1, 2004

COUNTRY GIRL, CITY GIRL

by Lisa Jahn-Clough

"Phoebe's lesbian feelings are not resolved by the end, leaving her simply as a growing girl with more confidence, better able to make friends and join the world. (Fiction. YA)"

A story with feminist and lesbian overtones follows 13-year-old Phoebe, raised on an isolated Maine farm, in her developing friendship with Melita, the 14-year-old daughter of an unstable actress from New York City. Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: July 1, 2005

LEONARD DA VINCI

by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Boris Kulikov

Debuting a new series, Krull presents a compelling argument that the great painter of the Renaissance was one of the West's first real modern scientists. Read full book review >

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Say No to Hate: Notable Gay/Lesbian Books