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Living in a Gray World: A Christian Teens Guide to Understanding Homosexuality is an honest, accessible resource for Christian teens who have lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) questions that often go unanswered. Author Preston Sprinkle uses biblical scholarship and real-life examples to explore how we can approach homosexuality in a way that brings Gods intentions into our modern world--
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In this timely book, award-winning author Kevin DeYoung challenges each of us -- the skeptic and the seeker, the certain and the confused -- to take a humble look at God's Word regarding the issue of homosexuality. After examining key biblical passages in both the Old and New Testaments and the Bible's overarching teaching regarding sexuality, DeYoung responds to popular objections raised by Christians and non-Christians alike, making this an indispensable...
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From the ground-breaking director of Rock Hudson's Home Movies and From the Journals of Jean Seberg, comes another witty and enlightening essay on the gay undercurrents of Hollywood's Golden Age. Dan Butler (Frasier) acts as tour guide as he uncovers a squeamish fascination with gay eroticism and camp. The film is a rich and funny meditation on American sexual identity, film history and culture. You will never look at Westerns the same way again.
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Evelyn Hooker was the woman behind the research, advocacy, and allyship that led to the removal of the "homosexuality" diagnosis from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. She was also a poet, and an influential figure in the fight for gay rights. Pitman introduces readers to Hooker's work, and provides information about how readers can be an effective ally to LGBTQ+ people, people of color, people with disabilities, or anyone...
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"There's a long-running joke that, after coming out as a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or intersex person, you should receive a membership card and instruction manual. This is that instruction manual. You're welcome. Inside this revised and updated edition, you'll find the answers to all the questions you ever wanted to ask: from sex to politics, hooking up to stereotypes, coming out and more. This candid, funny, and uncensored exploration...
10) Elijah's ashes
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In an attempt to honor their father's dying wish, two brothers, who are at odds with each other over the one's homosexuality and the other's homophobia, take a road trip.
11) Honestly Ben
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Ben Carver returns for the spring semester at the exclusive Natick School in Massachusetts determined to put his relationship with Rafe Goldberg behind him and concentrate on his grades and the award that will mean a full scholarship--but Rafe is still there, there is a girl named Hannah whom he meets in the library, and behind it all is his relationship with his distant, but demanding father.
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In this much-anticipated follow-up to Suicide Notes, Jeff, who is now home from the psych hospital after a suicide attempt, returns to school, feeling stronger and more comfortable being his true self, but finds it hard to come back to an old life when he has a new perspective on it.
14) Openly straight
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Tired of being known as "the gay kid", Rafe Goldberg decides to assume a new persona when he comes east and enters an elite Massachusetts prep school--but trying to deny his identity has both complications and unexpected consequences.
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Father Michael Schmitz addresses the teachings of the Catholic Church on the issue of same-sex attractions. With compassion and clarity, he shows that the Church's teachings are rooted in the yearnings for authentic love that are shared by all who are made in the image and likeness of God. Fr. Schmitz addresses: different types of love, the nature of the human being and human sexuality, disordered attractions, identity and sexuality, Jesus's teachings...
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"A startling account of corruption and hypocrisy at the heart of the Vatican. In the Closet of the Vatican exposes the rot at the heart of the Vatican and the Roman Catholic Church today. This brilliant piece of investigative writing is based on four years' authoritative research, including extensive interviews with those in power. The celibacy of priests, the condemnation of the use of contraceptives, countless cases of sexual abuse, the resignation...
17) King & King
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When the queen insists that the prince get married and take over as king, the search for a suitable mate does not turn out as expected.
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