A compelling, intensely personal memoir recalls growing up poor in the South, the son of a fundamentalist preacher and self-taught mother, describing his mother's determination that he would attend college, his discovery of a world beyond poverty where he could live openly as a gay man, and the need to hide his identity in his career as a high-school teacher.

Product Description: Long before Kevin Jennings began advocating to end anti-LGBT bias in schools, he was a victim of it. In Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son, Jennings traces the roots of his activism to his elementary school days in the conservative South, where "faggot" became more familiar to him than his own name...read more

Product Description: From the director of the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN) comes a new collection of accounts by openly gay and lesbian teachers who tell about their struggles and victories as they have put their own careers on the line to fight for justice...read more

Offers advice and support for parents with adolescents dealing with sexual identity, personal confusion, bigotry, tension, and other challenges of being gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered. (view table of contents)

Product Description: In more than 30 essays, gays, lesbians, and bisexuals look back at their school days to find that they are still trying to unlearn a basic lesson imparted by the educational system to homosexuals: "Hate yourself". (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Heart attack is the most common cause of death in developed countries, and there is now clear evidence that early and appropriate treatment can significantly reduce this mortality. This practical book is essential for all those who treat patients experiencing acute chest pain syndromes...read more

Gay teachers share their experiences, and describe the obstacles they have faced and their career successes

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Product Description: Heart attack is the most common cause of death in developed countries, and there is now clear evidence that early and appropriate treatment can significantly reduce this mortality. This practical book is essential for all those who treat patients experiencing acute chest pain syndromes...read more