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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Eric Poole: Where's My Wand?

One Boy's Magical Triumph over Alienation and Shag Carpeting. USA 2010, 264 pp., hardbound, € 20.69
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From an early age, Eric Poole was obsessed with Eudora of TV's �Bewitched�. Just days after his family's Pontiac pulled into the driveway of the Pooles' new home in St. Louis, Missouri, 8-year-old Eric had staked out the basement as his special place: a spot where he could secretly perform magical incantations, draped in a flowing white bedspread he furtively ... Weiterlesen

David Walliams: The Boy in the Dress

USA 2009, 236 pp., pb., € 10.00
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Harper Collins

Everybody needs friends especially a boy in a dress! Dennis' life is boring and lonely. His mother left two years ago, his truck driver father is depressed, his brother is a bully and, worst of all, no hugging is one of their household rules. But one thing Dennis does have is soccer: he's the leading scorer on his team. Oh, ... Weiterlesen

Sebastian Stuart: The Hour Between

USA 2009, 253 pp., brochure, € 13.95
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When Arthur McDougal is kicked out of Manhattan's toniest boys' school, his parents ship him off to the only place that will take him in - the Christian Science inflected Spooner School. There, in the woods of Connecticut, Arthur meets Katrina Felt, the charming, but troubled daughter of a Hollywood movie star. As Arthur struggles with his sexuality and Katrina's ... Weiterlesen

Frank Anthony Polito: Drama Queers!

USA 2009, 416 pp., brochure, € 13.95
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Meet Bradley Dayton - a wickedly funny high school senior whose woefully uncool life always seems to be full of drama, even in the sorry little suburb of Hazel Park, Michigan. It's 1987, the era of big hair, designer jeans, and �Dirty Dancing�. George Michael has �Faith�, and Michael Jackson still has a nose. Brad, on the other hand, has ... Weiterlesen

Elliot Tiber, Tom Monte: Taking Woodstock

A True Story of a Riot, a Concert, and a Life. USA 2009, 215 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Before there ws a Woodstock Concert, there was Elliot Tiber working to make a go of his parents' upstate New York motel. The Jewish clientele who had frequented the Catskills had discovered Florida, and the upstate tourist business was dying. To save his family's livelihood, Elliot put on plays and local festivals. In the process, he became the area's issuer ... Weiterlesen

Lee Bantle: David Inside Out

USA 2009, 184 pp., hardbound, € 16.95
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David Dahlgren finds solace running with his high school track team. He's a fast runner and enjoys the camaraderie of the sport. But team events become a source of tension when David develops a crush on one of his teammates, Sean. At the same time, David's best friend Eddie comes out as gay and shows that he doesn't care, it's ... Weiterlesen

William Sutcliffe: Whatever Makes You Happy

UK 2009, 295 pp., brochure, € 29.95
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Matt, Daniel and Paul were childhood friends. Now in their 30s, they've lost touch and have only one thing in common: mothers. Little do they know that, having spent a cardless Mother's Day discussing how their emotionally dysfunctional offspring should be settling down, Carol, Gillian and Helen have decided to pay their wayward sons a visit. Now it's time their ... Weiterlesen

Peter Cameron: Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You

USA 2009, 229 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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Though he's been accepted by Brown University, James Sveck isn't sure he wants to go to college. He's a sophisticated, vulnerable young man with a deep appreciation for the world and no idea how to live in it. He's the 18-year-old son of divorced parents living in Manhattan, articulate, sensitive, and cynical. He rejects all of the assumptions that govern ... Weiterlesen

Christos Tsiolkas: The Slap

AUS 2008, € 14.95
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At a barbecue in a suburban Melbourne home, a four-year-old boy is slapped by a man who isn't his father. The fallout from this split-second incident is huge, and the novel comprises separate narratives from eight of those present, delving into their individual psychologies with an intensity that is gripping. Although the majority of the characters are middle-class and in ... Weiterlesen

Drew Ferguson: The Screwed-Up Life of Charlie the Second

USA 2008, 263 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Being Charles James Stewart, jr., aka �Charlie the Second�, means never �fitting in�. Tall, gangly and big-eared, he could be a poster boy for teenage geeks. An embarrassment to his parents (he's not too crazy about them, either), Charlie's a virtual untouchable at his high school, where humiliation is practically an extracurricular activity. All his efforts to fit in failed ... Weiterlesen

Robin Reardon: Thinking Straight

USA 2008, 295 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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When Taylor Adams comes out, his parents ship him off to �Straight to God�, a camp for those who have gone astray. The nightmarish camp seeks to exorcise the satanic influence from its charges, some of whom are gay, and some of whom are petty criminals or drug addicts. The camp's strict guidelines include no speaking for newbies (who wear ... Weiterlesen

Carol Grever, Deborah Bowman: When Your Spouse Comes Out

A Straight Mate's Recovery Manual. USA/CAN 2008, 151 pp., brochure, € 23.99
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Discovering that your mate is gay is one of the most traumatic events in a marriage. This book shows that this is a relatively widespread crisis and offers effective therapeutic self-help techniques for a straight mate's recovery. It provides practical steps that can keep this event from ruining the lives of those involved. It also presents true stories that demonstrate ... Weiterlesen

Josh Kilmer-Purcell: Candy Everybody Wants

USA 2008, 252 pp., brochure, € 12.99
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Jayson Blocher, a suburban high school student in the 1980s Midwest, is tired of worshiping pop culture. He wants to be part of it. After writing and starring in his homeshot, gay coming-of-age soap, �Dallasty!�, he sets his sights on Hollywood. So he's off, accompanied by an ever-changing cast of quirky extended family members, on an extremely bumpy journey from ... Weiterlesen

Sarah Schulman: The Child

USA 2008, 231 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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Structured like a classic novel of legal suspense, �The Child� explores what happens when Stew, a lonely 15-year-old boy, looks for and finds an adult boyfriend online. In short order his lover is arrested in an Internet pedophilia sting and Stew's world is turned upside down. He's exposed to his family and community, leaving the young outcast to fend for ... Weiterlesen

Susan Driver (ed.): Queer Youth Cultures

USA 2008, 307 pp., brochure, € 29.20
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Engaging a wide range of cultural practices, including zine-making, drag performance, online chatting, music, gay porn, and organizing resistance, the essays explore the creative, political, energetic, and artistic worlds of contemporary queer youth. The research in this collection bridges the perspectives of academics and queer youth, and the voices the youth resonate throughout the analyses of their communities and lives. ... Weiterlesen

Kevin Sessums: Mississippi Sissy

USA 2008, 305 pp., brochure, € 11.59
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Sessums, a journalist who specializes in celebrity interviews, describes and analyzes his own childhood and youth, writing of both sexual orientation and race relations in the '60s and early '70s. As a toddler, he swished and posed instead of responding to his basketball coach father's expectation of masculinity. However, both parents were dead by the time he was 9, and ... Weiterlesen

Brian Sloan: A Really Nice Prom Mess

USA 2008, 297 pp., brochure, € 7.79
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Gay high school senior Cameron Hayes from Washington, D.C., gets coerced into going to the prom with a girl, even though he'd rather be with his boyfriend, Shane. Cam makes the mistake of trying to play �straight� on the prom. Plans for the evening are simple in principle: Cameron and Shane will take two �fake� dates to the dance and ... Weiterlesen

S�ndor M�rai: The Rebels

USA 2008, 278 pp., brochure, € 11.59
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This early novel from the rediscovered Hungarian writer S�ndor M�rai is a haunting story of a group of alienated boys on the cusp of adult life - and possibly death - during World War I. Summer 1918: four boys approaching graduation are living in a ghost town bereft of fathers, uncles, and older brothers, all of whom are off fighting ... Weiterlesen

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