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Coming Out: A Selected Bibliography
CSULB University Library

General

Abbot, Deborah and Ellen Farmer, Eds. From Wedded Wife to Lesbian Life: Stories of Transformation. Freedom, CA: Crossing Press, 1995.
General Stacks HQ 76.26 U5 F76 1995

Borhek, Mary V. Coming Out to Parents: A Two-Way Survival Guide for Lesbians and Gay Men and Their Parents. New York: Pilgrim Press, 1983.
General Stacks HQ 76.5 B68 1983

Chandler, Kurt. Passages of Pride: Lesbian and Gay Youth Come of Age. New York: Times Books, 1994.
General Stacks HQ 76.26 C43 1994

Donaghe, Ronald L. Common Sons. Edmonton, AB: Commonwealth Publications, 1997.
General Stacks PS 3554 O4634 C66 1997

Hanson, Bill. Coming Out Right, a Handbook for the Gay Male . Boston: Alyson Publications, 1982.
General Stacks HQ 76.3 U5 H36

Herdt, Gilbert H. Children of Horizons: How Gay and Lesbian Teens are Leading A New Way Out of the Closet. Boston: Beacon Press, 1993.
General Stacks HQ 76.2 U5 H47 1993

Herdt, Gilbert H. Gay Culture in America: Essays in the Field. Boston: Beacon Press, 1992.
General Stacks HQ 76.2 U5 G37 1992

Herdt, Gilbert H. Something to Tell You:  The Road Families Travel When a Child is Gay. New York:  Columbia University Press, 2000.
General Stacks HQ 76.5 H44 2000

Jensen, Karol L.  Lesbian Epiphanies:  Women Coming Out in Later Life .  New York:  Harrington Park Press, 1999.
General Stacks  HQ 75.6 U52 M555 1999

Krupat, Kitty and McCreery, Patrick, ed. Out At Work:  A Building a Gay-Labor Alliance. Minneapolis:  University of Minnesota Press, 2001.
General Stacks  HD 6285 U6 O 878 2001

Merla, Partick, ed.  Boys Like Us:  Gay Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories. New York:  Avon Books, 1997, c1996.
General Stacks  HQ 75. 7 B69 1997

Murphy, Timothy F., Eds. Gay Ethics: Controversies in Outing, Civil Rights and Sexual Science. New York: Haworth Press, 1994.
General Stacks HQ 76.25 G415 1994

Obsorn, Torie. Coming Home to America: A Road Map to Gay and Lesbian Empowerment. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996.
General Stacks HQ 76.3 U5 O82 1996

Owens, Robert E.  Queer Kids:  The Challenges and Promise for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth .  New York:  Haworth Press, 1998.
General Stacks HQ 76.3 U5 O996 1998

Paris, Bob.  Generation Queer:  A Gay Man's Quest for Hope, Love and Justice .  New York:  Warner Books, 1999, c1998.
General Stacks  HQ 75.8 P37 1999

Plummer, Ken. Modern Homosexualities: Fragments of Lesbian and Gay Experience. New York: Routledge, 1992
General Stacks HQ 76.25 M63 1992

Savin-Williams, Ritch C.  "--And Then I Became Gay":  Young Men's Stories. New York:  Routledge, 1998.
General Stacks  HQ 76.2 U5 S37 1998

Trujillo, Carla. Chicana Lesbians: The Girls Our Mothers Warned Us About. Berkeley, CA: Third Woman Press, 1991.
General Stacks HQ 75.6 U5 C53 1991

Vargo, Marc E. Acts of Disclosure: The Coming Out Process of Contemporary Gay Men . New York: Haworth Press, 1998.
HQ76.3.U5 V37 1998

History

Bérubé, Allan. Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War II. New York: Free Press, 1990.
General Stacks D 769.2 B46 1990

Media

From a Secret Place: America's Families Cope With the Coming Out Process of Gay and Lesbian Youth. Topeka, KS: Equal Partners Productions, 1993. 
Media HQ 7625 F76 1993  (VHS recording, 40 minutes)

Scott, Ronald L. Psychotherapy With Gay and Lesbian Clients . Santa Ana, CA: Buendia Productions, 1995. 
Media RC 558 P793 1995 (5 VHS recordings, 208 minutes)

Psychological Aspects

Downs, Alan.  The Velvet Rage:  Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World .  Cambridge, MA:  Da Capo Lifelong, 2005.
General Stacks  HQ 76 D69 2005

Laird Joan and Robert-Jay Green, Eds. Lesbians and Gays in Couples and Families: A Handbook for Therapists. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1996.
General Stacks HQ 76.3 U5 L48 1996

Ring, Cynthia.  Male Homosexuality:  A Study of the Personal Conflicts of Accepting One's Homosexuality .  Long Beach, CSULB, 1999.
AS 36 C25 1999 R665

Savin-Williams, Ritch C.  Mom, Dad.  I'm Gay:  How Families Negotiate Coming Out .  Washington, DC:  American Psychological Association, 2001.
General Stacks  HQ 76.25 S39 2001

Research

Boren, Justin P.  Coming Out in the Workplace:  The Influence of Violations of Employee' Expectations on Perceptions of managerial Credibility and Affect. Long Beach: CSULB, 2005.
AS 36 C25 2005 B562

Calliham, Kevin E. A Qualitative Study of Common Themes Experienced by Gay Male Social Work Students and Professionals When Coming Out in Their Field Placements and Work Settings. Long Beach: CSULB, 1997. 
AS 36 C25 1997 C25

Gerace, Alex.  Running Up the Hill. Long Beach: CSULB, 1997. 
AS 36 C25 2005 G452

Jackson, Katrice J. The Relationship Between Black Lesbians' Coming Out in the Straight Black Community and Isolation . Long Beach: CSULB, 1993. 
AS 36 C25 1993 J324

Mercier, John J. Anxiety Related to Coming Out Among Gay Youth. Long Beach, CSULB, 1993. 
AS 36 C25 1993

Moreau, Paulette Louise. Gay Men:  The Coming-Out Process, Parental Response, and Effects of Disclosure. Long Beach: CSULB, 2001.
AS 36 C25 2001 M616

Murillo Angelo, Eric C.  Barriers to Coming Out for Latino Gay Men. Long Beach: CSULB, 2005.
AS 36 C25 2005 M872

Scott, Ronald L. Psychotherapy With Gay and Lesbian Clients . Santa Ana, CA: Buendia Productions, 1995. 
Media RC 558 P793 1995 (5 videorecordings, 208 minutes)

Fiction

Brown, Rita Mae. Venus Envy. New York: Bantam Books, 1994.
General Stacks PS 3552 R698 V45 1994

Donaghe, Ronald L.  Common Sons. Edmonton, AB:  Commonwealth Publications, 1997, C1995.
General Stacks  Ps 3554 O46434 C66 1997

Steel, Danielle.  Coming Out. New York:  Delacorte Press, 2006.
General Stacks  PS 3569 T33828 C66 2006

Fiction, Juvenile

LaRochelle, David.  Absolutely, Positively Not. New York:  Arthur A. Levine Books, 2005.
Children's Collection  PZ  7 LARO

Non-Fiction, Juvenile

Bass, Ellen.  Free Your Mind:  the Book for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youth--and Their Allies. New York:  HarperPerennial, 1996.
General Stacks  HQ 76.2 U5 B38 1996.

Mastoon, Adam. The Shared Heart: Portraits and Stories Celebrating Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth. New York: William Morrow, 1997.
Children's Collection HQ 75.2 M37 1997

Pollack, Rachel.  The Journey Out:  A Guide for and About Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Teens .  New York:  Viking, 1995.
Children's Collection  HQ 76.3 U5 P655 1995

Sutton, Roger. Hearing Us Out: Voices from the Gay and Lesbian Community. Boston: Little, Brown, 1994.
Children's Collection HQ 76.3 U5 P655 1995

 

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