Coming-out im engeren Sinn bedeutet, anderen davon zu erz�hlen, lesbisch oder schwul zu sein. F�r uns Lesben und Schwule ist dies ein wichtiger Wendepunkt oder Abschnitt unseres Lebens und unserer Pers�nlichkeitsentwicklung. Im weiteren Sinn ist mit Coming-out auch gemeint, sich selbst �ber die eigene Homosexualit�t klar zu werden und dazu zu stehen. Auch f�r Erfahrungen, von gesellschaftlichen Normvorstellungen und Stereotypen abzuweichen, wird der Begriff Coming-out verwendet.

Thema: Coming-of-age

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Rigoberto Gonz�lez: Butterfly Boy

USA 2006, 207 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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University of Wisconsin Press

Growing up among poor migrant Mexican farmworkers, Rigoberto Gonz�lez faces the pressure of coming-of-age as a gay man in a culture that prizes machismo. Losing his mother when he is twelve, Gonz�lez must then confront his father's abandonment and an abiding sense of cultural estrangement, both from his adopted home in the United States and from a Mexican birthright. His ... Weiterlesen

Nick Nolan: Strings Attached

USA 2006, 291 pp., brochure, € 17.40
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17 year-old Jeremy Tyler is the puppet of Tiffany, his alcoholic mother. But when she is forced to rehab, Jeremy moves from the slums to the cliff-top estate of Katherine Tyler and Bill Mortson. Stunned by the wealth surrounding him, Jeremy thinks he's landed in paradise until the couple begins dictating his every move. Jeremy tries to fit in with ... Weiterlesen

Aaron Hamburger: Faith for Beginners

USA 2006, 355 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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In the summer of 2000, Israel teeters between total war and total peace. Similarly on edge, Helen Michaelson, a respectable suburban housewife from Michigan, has brought her ailing husband and rebellious college-age son, Jeremy, to Jerusalem. She hopes the journey will inspire Jeremy to reconnect with his faith and find meaning in his life - or, at least, get rid ... Weiterlesen

Brian Sloan: Tale of Two Summers

USA/UK/CAN/AUS 2006, 245 pp., hardbound, € 15.69
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A 10-year best friendship is put to the test when Chuck and Hal spend their first summer apart falling for two questionable mates: Chuck, a 15-year-old supremely comfortable in his hetero (though adolescently horny) skin, is a major fan of Broadway musicals who is rooming at summer theater school, with admirable tolerance, with a campy queer boy. His best friend ... Weiterlesen

Alex Sanchez: Getting It

USA 2006, 213 pp., hardback, € 16.59
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It's embarrassing enough that Carlos Amoroso is 15 and the only virgin among his friends, but he's never really kissed a girl. The object of Carlos's desire, Roxy Rodriguez, is popular and hot - and has no idea that Carlos is alive. But watching a TV show one night gives Carlos an idea: what if he got a makeover from ... Weiterlesen

Dale Peck: Martin and John

USA 2006, 228 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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Reprint of a classic coming-of-age tale that is also a haunting love story set in the very near past. New York, 1982: John is a hustler and falls in love with Martin, who becomes ill with AIDS. Martin dies two years later. To order his new existence without Martin, John starts to keep a journal and then to write stories. ... Weiterlesen

James E. McGreevey: The Confession

USA 2006, 369 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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In August 2004, Governor James E. McGreevey of New Jersey made history when he stepped before microphones, declared �My truth is that I am a gay American�, and announced his resignation. The story made international headlines. But what led to that moment was a human and political drama more complex than anyone knew. Now, in this memoir, McGreevey shares his ... Weiterlesen

Graeme Aitken: 50 Ways of Saying Fabulous

AUS 2006, 241 pp., brochure, € 14.79
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Sweet, fat, theatrical Billy-Boy was never cut out to be a farmer, but as his father's only son he's obliged to try. The cows are wayward and the chores are gruelling. But Billy finds escape in a fantasy world where the turnip paddock becomes a lunar landscape, a lavender bed jacket a slinky space suit, a cow's tail a head ... Weiterlesen

Kate Bornstein: Hello Cruel World

USA 2006, 233 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Transgender trailblazer Kate Bornstein has ushered us into a world of limitless possibility through a daring re-envisionment of the gender system as we know it. Here, Kate shares personal and unorthodox methods of survival for navigating in an often cruel world. A one-of-a-kind guide to staying alive outside the box, this book offers 101 alternatives to suicide for teens, freaks ... Weiterlesen

Brian Sloan: Tale of Two Summers

USA/UK/CAN/AUS 2006, 245 pp., hardbound, € 15.69
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David Levithan, Billy Merrell (eds.): The Full Spectrum

USA 2006, 277 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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Using works submitted anonymously through the Web site the authors created in conjunction with the �Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network� (GLSEN), the editors have selected 40 essays, mini-autobiographies, poems, and photographs that chronicle the lives of 21st-century young people, ages 13 to 23. The handsomely dense package includes real-life stories about coming out, falling in and out of love, ... Weiterlesen

John Hall: Is He - or Isn't He?

USA 2006, 298 pp., brochure, € 9.20
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The best friends Paige and Anthony have vowed to both snag boyfriends before the Senior Prom. In the glamourous glittering world of one of New York City's best, richest and most famous private schools, the two friends become equally entranced by the enigmatic, breathtaking, extremely good-looking, ever-so-cute new guy Max. Whether luring him into a hot tub, casting him as ... Weiterlesen

Martin Moran: The Tricky Part

USA 2006, 285 pp., brochure, € 13.89
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Raised in a loving Catholic family in Denver, Martin Moran was a star student who imagined that he would one day become a U.S. senator. When he was 12 years old, a camp counselor seduced him, initiating a sexual relationship that would last years and haunt Moran's life for decades. He discovered a passion for acting and built a career ... Weiterlesen

Ritch C. Savin-Williams: The New Gay Teenager

USA 2006, 288 pp., cloth, € 16.59
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Gay, straight, bisexual: how much does sexual orientation matter to a teenager's mental health or sense of identity? In this down-to-earth book, filled with the voices of young people speaking for themselves, the author argues that the standard image of gay youth presented by mental health researchers - as depressed, isolated, drug-dependent, even suicidal - may have been exaggerated even ... Weiterlesen

Colm T�ib�n: The Story of the Night

USA 2017, 400 pp., pb., € 19.95
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Penguin UK

In Argentina, in the time of the Generals, the streets are empty at night, and people have trained themselves not to see. Richard Garay lives with his mother, hiding his homosexuality from her and from society. Stifled by his job, Richard is willing to take chances, both sexually and professionally. But Argentina is changing, and as his country edges toward ... Weiterlesen

David Leavitt: The Lost Language of Cranes

UK/USA 2005, 308 pp., pb, € 19.95
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Bloomsbury

David Leavitt's debut novel is a seminal work about family, sexual identity, home, and loss. It can be considered a gay classic. Set in the 1980s against the backdrop of a swiftly gentrifying Manhattan, �The Lost Language of Cranes� tells the story of 25-year-old Philip, who realizes he must come out to his parents after falling in love for the ... Weiterlesen

Alex Sanchez: Rainbow High

USA 2005, 247 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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Jason Carrillo, the best-looking athlete in school, has his eyes on the prize from day 1: a scholarship for college. But then his eyes turn to love - and Kyle. Kyle Meeks is the star of the swim-team and all-around good guy, and he is finally in the relationship he's wanted. Being in love feels so good, in fact, that ... Weiterlesen

Alasdair Duncan: Dance, Recover, Repeat

Go out, Get Wasted, Meet a Boy. USA 2005, 373 pp., brochure, € 12.45
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Calvin is 16 and bored with suburban life. But in the city, things are altogether much more exciting. Calvin meets Anthony - and the boys quickly become obsessed with each other. Then Calvin discovers pictures of Anthony on a pornographic website and is drawn into his new friend's seedy underworld. Just as he's discovering what it's like when first love ... Weiterlesen

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