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EDUCATION
PFLAG believes in promoting change through education. Listed below are key educational resources.
PFLAG Literature: "Read This Before Coming Out to Your Parents", "Why Is My Child Gay", "Be Yourself, Questions and Answers for Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Youth", "Can We understand", "Is Homosexuality a Sin?".
See the American Psychological Association brochure on Sexual Orientation and Homosexuality.
Books, Audio, Video -A Different Light bookstore carries an extensive array of GLBT resources.
GLSEN Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Educators Network.
Gay-Straight Alliance Network - Empowering Youth Activists to Fight Homophobia in Schools
Recommended Books, Audio, Video
- BEYOND ACCEPTANCE: Carolyn Griffin & Marian and Arthur Wirth (1986)
- BI ANY OTHER NAME:Bisexual People Speak Out Ed. Loraine Hutchins & Lani Ka'ahumanu (1991)
- COMING OUT: An Act of Love Rob Eichberg, Ph.D. (1990)
- COMING OUT TO PARENTS Mary V. Borhek (1983)
- DIFFERENT DAUGHTERS : A Book by Mothers of Lesbians, Louise Raskin, Ed. (1987)
- IS IT A CHOICE? Answers to 300 of the Most Frequently Asked Questions about Gays and Lesbians, Eric Marcus (1993)
- THE FAMILY HEART : A Memoir Of When Our Son Came Out Robb Forman Dew (1995)
- NOT LIKE OTHER BOYS : Growing Up Gay : a Mother and a Son look back, Marlene Fanta Shyer and Christopher Shyer (1996)
- NOW THAT YOU KNOW :What Every Parent Should Know About Homosexuality, Betty Fairchild and Nancy Hayward (1989)
- THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CLOSET : The Coming-Out Crisis for Straight Spouses & Families, Amity Pierce Buxton (1994)
- REFLECTIONS OF A ROCK LOBSTER : A Story about growing Up Gay, Aaron Fricke (1981)
- RESCUING THE BIBLE FROM FUNDAMENTALISM :A Bishop Rethinks The Meaning of Scripture, Bishop John Shelby Spong (1991)
- STRAIGHT PARENTS/GAY CHILDREN, Robert A. Bernstein(1995)
- RANSGENDER WARRIORS : Making History From Joan of Arc to RuPaul, Leslie Feinberg (1996)
- WHEN SOMEONE YOU KNOW HAS AIDS : A Book Of Hope For Family And Friends, Betty Clare Moffatt (1986)
- AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY 28.5 90 Minute Video, Call Denver PFLAG, 303-333-0286
- ACCEPTING YOUR GAY OR LESBIAN CHILD , 90 Minute AudioTape, Call Denver PFLAG, 303-333-0286 or go to their website.
Some of these materials may be available through San Francisco Public Library or the Peninsula Library System and available to be borrowed.
