GAY’S THE WORD
LESBIAN & GAY BOOKSHOP
Detailed below is a range of gay, lesbian and trans-interest books that explore key issues often arising in the educational arena in relation to young people, sexuality and difference. These include both fiction and non-fiction titles, a broader selection of which are available at our store on Marchmont Street, London, by Russell Square tube, and which can be dispatched directly to your school, support group or organisation. UK published books identified. If you need any advice on the suitability of titles please don’t hesitate to give us a ring on 0207 278 7654 or email us at
Education for all…Equality for everybody
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Lesbian & Gay Issues
in the English Classroom
Simon Harris
This book aims to examine aspects of sexuality as they pertain to contemporary English teaching in the British classroom. UK £19.99
Schooling Sexualities
D. Epstein & R. Johnson
Bringing together contemporary debates about sexuality with the study of schooling this is an accessible, engaging and argumentative study. UK £24.99
Sexual Bullying
Gender Conflict and Pupil Culture in Secondary Schools
Neil Duncan
How much bullying in schools centres on sexuality? Examining the social processes at work in four comprehensive schools, this book will stimulate interest amongst all concerned with pupil welfare and social change. UK £24.99
What If Someone I Know Is Gay?
Eric Marcus
Written for teens this fully updated and revised book answers such questions as ‘If you think your friend is a lesbian, can you ask her?” Or “how do people become gay?” Or “Is it a sin…is it a choice?” Marcus candidly and clearly pushes aside the myths and misinformation about being gay and lesbian. £7.99
The New Gay Teenager
Ritch Savin-Williams
Gay, straight, bisexual: how much does sexual orientation matter to a teenager’s mental health or sense of identity? In this down-to-earth book, filled with the voices of young people speaking for themselves, Savin-Williams argues that the standard image of gay youth presented by researchers as depressed, isolated, even suicidal may have been exaggerated even twenty years ago and is far from accurate today. £10.95
Challenging Homophobia
Teaching About Sexual Diverisity
van Dijk & van Driel
How can educators deal with the prejudice, discrimination and even violence directed against sexual minorities, particularly LGBT youth and adults? This international collection presents reflections on the psychological and social processes underlying homophobia. And it offers guidance for challenging the social ill of homophobia, in the form of case studies, tested lesson plans and advice on inspiring resources. £17.99
Invisible Boundaries
Addressing Sexualities
in Children’s Worlds
DePalma & Atkinson
Developed by educators and pupils this book explores issues of sexual orientation with primary children. UK. Atkinson ran No Outsiders.
£17.99
Interrogating Heteronormativity in Primary Schools
The No Outsiders Project
DePalma & Atkinson
The No Outsiders project has taken groundbreaking steps in addressing LGBT equality in primary schools. In this book members of the research team analyse the issues which have permeated the team's challenge to heteronormativity and gender conformity in and through primary education. UK NEW £17.99
Is It A Choice?
Answers to 300 of the Most Frequently Asked Questions About Gay and Lesbian People
Eric Marcus
In this newly revised edition, Marcus provides insightful, no-nonsense answers to hundreds of the most commonly asked questions about homosexuality. Offering frank insight on everything you’ve always wanted – and needed – to know about same-gender relationships, coming out, family roles, politics and more. £11.99
The Transgender Child
A Handbook for
Families and Professionals
S. Brill and R. Pepper
What do you do when your son insists on wearing a dress to school? Or when your toddler daughter’s first sentence is that she’s a boy? Offering an extensive understanding of gender-variant and transgender youth this groundbreaking book covers developmental, legal, medical and school issues. £9.99
Transparent
Love, Family and Living the 'T' with Transgender Teenagers
Chris Beam
'Beam does an admirable job grappling with the complexities of gender, race, and class that shape the lives of transgender teens…Beam also manages to draw out warmth, love, and good humour in her empathetic narrative.' £10.99
Families Like Mine
Children of Gay Parents
Tell It Like It Is
Abigail Garner
Drawing on a decade of community organising, and interviews with more than fifty grown sons and daughters of LGBT parents, this book addresses such topics as coming out to children, facing homophobia at school, co-parenting with ex-partners and issues that may impact on a child’s sense of sexual identity. £8.99
Queer Facts
M. Baker & S. Tropiano
The essential almanac of all things pink, Queer Facts is the fabulously fascinating gay and lesbian trivia book. Packed with dates, facts, lists and definitions, it is a mine of information. Fun and informative educational resource useful for quizzes. UK £9.99 (HB)
The No-Nonsense
Guide to Sexual Diversity
Vanessa Baird
A fantastically informative pocket-book guide to sexual diversity from a global historical perspective, covering issues such as homophobia, religion, politics and science. Clear and useful teaching aid. UK £6.99
Other Selected Titles
Helping Gay & Lesbian Youth
New Politics. New Programs.
New Practice
T. DeCrescenzo [Ed] £10.99
Queer Kids
The Challenges and Practice for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth
Roberts Owens Jr £10.99
Gay-Straight Alliances
A Handbook for
Students, Educators and Parents
Ian MacGillivray £14.95
The Gay Teen
Educational Practice and Theory for LGB Adolescents
Gerald Unks £18.99
Sexuality in Adolesence
Current Trends
S. Moore & D Rosenthal £22.50
Coming Out, Coming In
Linda Goldman £18.95
Promoting Young People’s
Sexual Health
International Perspectives
Ingham & Aggleton UK £22.99
One Teacher in 10 (2nd Ed)
LGBT Educators
Share Their Stories
Kevin Jennings [Ed] £10.99
Gay & Lesbian Youth
G. Herdt £9.99 (limited stock)
School Experiences
of Gay and Lesbian Youth
Mary Harris £11.99
Sexuality, Gender and Schooling: Shifting Agendas
in Social Learning
Mary Jane Kehily £23.99
Understanding Homosexuality, Changing Schools
Arthur Lipkin £27.99
Sexual Orientation School Policy
A Practical Guide for Teachers,
Administrators…
Ian MacGillivray £20.99
Sexual Ideology and Schooling –Towards Democratic
Sexuality Education
Alexander McKay £16.99
Status Quo or Status Queer?
A Radical Rethinking
of Sexuality and Schooling
Eric Rofes £17.99
Hear Me Out
True Stories of Teens Educating and Confronting Homophobia £8.99
And Then I Became Gay
Young Men’s Stories
Ritch Savin –Williams £17.99
FICTION
A selection of books appropriate for youth readership ( 9-11 years):
Pre-Teen Male
Inventing Elliot
Graham Gardner £5.99 RP
The Misfits / Totally Joe
James Howe £4.99 each
Hitler's Canary
Sandy Toksvig £5.99
Bill's New Frock
Anne Fine £4.99
Kiss
Jacqueline Wilson £5.99
How To Order:
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Education for all…Equality for everybody
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