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Forty gay, lesbian, and bisexual young adults share their stories of coming out to friend and families, and their struggles to live honestly and openly.

Discusses themes related to the presence of gay men and women in the sports world, such as the hostility and stereotyping that may be encountered by homosexual athletes.

Presents an overview of the gay civil rights movement, provides information about court decisions, laws and statutes, prominent people, the positions of major organizations, and other issues related to gay rights, and includes a chronology of events.

Paul's simple high-school life is confused by his desire for another boy who seems unattainable, until Paul's friends help him find the courage to pursue the object of his affections.

Presents a collection gay male fiction, drama, and poetry, that includes works from Plato and James Baldwin, to Oscar Wilde and Ovid, exploring the literary history of love, friendship, intimacy, desire, and sex among and between men.

An English teacher reflects upon the ten years' worth of diaries that arrived one day on her doorstep, willed to her by a former student she had not seen in twenty years, who died of AIDS.

Esera Tuaolo chronicles his nine-year career playing in the NFL and the personal challenges he faced as one of the few homosexual players in the league.

Contains four sets of essays that provide opposing opinions on issues related to gay rights, discussing same-sex marriage, homosexual parenting, workplace discrimination, and military policies.

Wade Rouse shares his story of growing up gay with his eccentric family in a small farming town in the Missouri Ozarks, and discusses how the death of his older brother made him more determined to live a "normal" life.

Greg Louganis, four-time Olympic gold medal diving champion, tells of his life and career.

A memoir in which Kevin Jennings, founder of the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network, describes his experiences growing up in North Carolina as the gay son of a fundamentalist preacher.

Laurie Odell is sent to a rural veterans' hospital in England after being injured in World War II, and befriends Andrew, a conscientious objector serving as an orderly, and the two begin a romance that is eventually threatened by a mentor from Laurie's school days.

After openly gay seventeen-year-old Jonathan Parish drunkenly sleeps with his friend Alex--female friend Alex--at a party, rich, popular Laura Schulberg makes him an offer he cannot refuse: pretend to be Laura's boyfriend in exchange for a trip to London to see Kylie Minogue in concert.

A collection of short stories portraying gay and lesbian teenagers at different moments in their lives.

Presents the text of Tony Kushner's stage drama "Angels in America," including part one, the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Millennium Approaches," which follows the thread of AIDS through the lives of several gay men; and part two "Perestroika," which continues the story after one of the characters has been declared a prophet.