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Coming Out Later in Life: A How-to Guide

By Nick Levine — 2020

Though pop culture often portrays queer people successfully coming out young, a generation of our closeted LGBTQ elders might disagree.

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Coming Out, Coming Home: Helping Families Adjust to a Gay or Lesbian Child

The discovery that a child is lesbian or gay can send shockwaves through a family. A mother will question how she’s raised her son; a father will worry that his daughter will experience discrimination.

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Michael LaSala
2025
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Hola Papi: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons

The first time someone called John Paul (JP) Brammer “Papi” was on the gay hookup app Grindr. At first, it was flattering; JP took this as white-guy speak for “hey, handsome.

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John Paul Brammer
2025
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Gender Queer: A Memoir

In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Now, Gender Queer is here.

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Maia Kobabe
2019
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Coming Out as Gay, then Trans, then a Lesbian.

Over the years, Cecilia came out to her mother first as gay, then as trans, then as a lesbian. Her mom’s and grandma’s reactions were quite different.

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2016
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Aging as LGBT: Two Stories

America’s population is aging: by 2050, the number of people over the age of 65 will double to 83.7 million (from 43.1 million in 2012). While the public perception of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people is largely one of a young, affluent community, there are more than 2.

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2017
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Senior Prom: LGBTQ+ Seniors Get the Prom of Their Dreams—PBS Short Docs

“Senior Prom” takes on a whole new meaning at Triangle Square, a haven for LGBTQ+ retirees in Hollywood, CA. For so many high-schoolers, prom is a rite of passage in all of its love-filled, well-coiffed, abundantly photographed glory.

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2021
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LGBTQ+ Youth: A Guided Workbook to Support Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

The most comprehensive, practical and user-friendly workbook written specifically for clinicians and educators to engage and support lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and questioning youth.

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Lee-Anne Gray
2018
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Gender Identity, Sexuality and Autism: Voices from Across the Spectrum

Bringing together a collection of narratives from those who are on the autism spectrum whilst also identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and/or asexual (LGBTQIA), this book explores the intersection of the two spectrums as well as the diverse experiences that come with...

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Eva A. Mendes, Meredith R. Maroney
2019
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Out of the Shadows: Reimagining Gay Men’s Lives

A moving exploration of how gay men construct their identities, fight to be themselves, and live authentically It goes without saying that even today, it’s not easy to be gay in America.

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Walt Odets
2020
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The Lesbian Love Companion: How to Survive Everything From Heartthrob to Heartbreak

In The Lesbian Love Companion, Marny Hall, Ph.D., a psychotherapist with twenty years’ experience counseling lesbian couples, explores and celebrates lesbian relationships in all their complexity—and humor.

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Marny Hall
1998
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