Speaking Out: LGBTQ Youth Stand Up

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Speaking Out: LGBTQ Youth Stand Up

Steve Berman

Speaking Out features stories for and about LGBT and Q teens by fresh voices and noted authors in the field of young adult literature. These are inspiring stories of overcoming adversity (against intolerance and homophobia) and experiencing life after "coming out." Queer teens need tales of what might happen next in their lives, and editor Steve Berman showcases a diversity of events, challenges, and, especially, triumphs.

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Book Details

Genre:

Biography

Age Level:

12 and up

Speaking Out: LGBTQ Youth Stand Up review by VBer

VBer

This collection of short stories is a look at situations that homosexual youth face in America. Although there are some coming out stories, it more focuses on stories of the finding out for yourself moment, rather than the tell people moment. This is a welcome change from most stories of gay teens, which heavily stress what society things of the person rather than what the person thinks of themselves. There are about an equal number of stories about girls and boys, another change from other books about gay youths.