Growing Up Gay/growing Up Lesbian Book

	Preface
	Foreword
	Acknowledgments
	American Dreams	2
	It Happened on Main Street	8
	My Image of Myself	15
	from Johnnieruth	18
	from Martina	23
	from The David Kopay Story	26
	The Answers I Needed	30
	from The Well of Loneliness	34
	from The Naked Civil Servant	36
	from Zami	40
	A Diet of Green Salads	44
	Blueberry Man	50
	A World of Possibilities	52
	The World Outside	54
	Different Is Not Bad	60
	from Annie on My Mind	64
	We Two Boys Together Clinging	69
	My Archenemy	70
	from The Best Little Boy in the World	73
	My Best Friend Is Gay?!	78
	It's Too Hot	80
	from Giovanni's Room	85
	Life Line	90
	from Take Off the Masks	93
	My Story	103
	from Raven's Road	105
	from The Lost Language of Cranes	110
	Coming Out to My Mom	118
	My Mother's Worst Fears	126
	Black, Queer, and Out	133
	Cat	138
	from Becoming a Man	145
	What My Father Told Me	148
	from My Brother on the Shoulder of the Road	150
	my brother	156
	Growing Up Gay in Little Havana	161
	from Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit	166
	Dawn	175
	A Chinese Banquet	179
	Commitments	182
	from Gun-Shy	184
	from Night Kites	190
	A Whisper in the Veins	196
	Mother and Child	208
	A Lesbian in Class!	218
	A Letter to Aunt Shelley and Uncle Don	220
	from We All Nourish Truth with Our Tongues	224
	from Honor Bound	226
	Speaking Up	230
	In My Own Space	235
	from Teamwork	240
	Language of Violence	244
	from Abominations	249
	from Rubyfruit Jungle	253
	from Reflections of a Rock Lobster	260
	Does It Matter?	268
	Appendix 1: For Further Exploration	271
	Appendix 2: Resources	280