Resource Material: Books and Magazines

 For parents  
Beyond Acceptance Parents of lesbians and gays talk about their experiences.
Coming Out As Parents You and your homosexual child
Different Daughters A book by mothers of lesbians
Family Outing  
Is It A Choice? Answers to the 300 most frequently asked questions
It's Elementary Talking about Gay issues in school
Just Hold Me While I Cry A mother's life-enriching reflections on her family's emotional journey through AIDS
My Son Eric A mother struggles to accept her gay son & discovers herself
The New Loving Someone Gay  
Not Like Other Boys Growing up gay: a mother and son look back
Now That You Know Parents' guide to understanding their gay and lesbian children
The Other Side Of The Closet  
Parents Matter Parents' relationships with lesbian daughters and gay sons
Prayers For Bobby Mother coming to terms with the suicide of her gay son
Straight Parents, Gay Children  
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Coming Out  
Children Of Horizons  How gay and lesbian teens are leading a new way out of the closet
Coming Out (An Act Of Love) A step-by-step program for coming out to family, friends and co-workers
Coming Out of Shame Transforming gay and lesbian lives
Coming Out To Parents  
Empowering The Tribe  
Free Your Mind The book for gay, lesbian and bisexual youth
Growing Up Gay the sorrows and joys of gay and lesbian adolescence
Joining The Tribe Growing up gay and lesbian in the 90's
The Journey Out A guide for and about lesbians, gay and bisexual teens
Loving Boldly Issues facing lesbians
The Original Coming Out Stories Edited by Julia Penelope and Susan J. Wolfe
Out Our Way Michael Riorden's cross-Canada look at lesbians and gay men living in rural areas.
Outing Yourself  How to come out lesbian or gay to your family, friends and co-workers
Passages Of Pride  
Setting Them Straight  
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When help is needed  
Abuse In Lesbian Relationships A handbook of information and resources
Accepting Ourselves The Twelve-step journey of recovery from addiction for gay men and lesbians
Access Denied A report on the experiences of transsexuals and transgenderists with health care and social services in Ontario.
FTM Resource Guide Female-To-Male resources
Gender Dysphoria Interdisciplinary approaches in clinical management
Gender Loving Care A guide to counselling gender-variant clients
The Lesbian Health Book (Caring For Ourselves) A comprehensive health book for lesbians
Lesbian Health Guide Edited by Regan McClure and Anne Vespry, Toronto, 1994.
The Next Step Lesbians in long-term recovery; out from under (Vol. 2)
The Persistent Desire A femme-butch reader
The Transsexual News Telegraph  
Youth Issue of the FTM News Telegraph  
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