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Family secrets : gay sons--a mother's story / Jean M. Baker.
Van Pelt Library HQ75.8.B35 A3 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baker, Jean M.
- Series:
- Haworth gay & lesbian studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baker, Gary.
- Baker, Jean M.
- Gay men--United States--Biography.
- Gay men.
- Homophobia.
- Psychological aspects.
- Parents of gay people.
- United States.
- AIDS (Disease)--Patients--United States--Biography.
- AIDS (Disease).
- AIDS (Disease)--Patients.
- Gay men--Family relationships--United States.
- Gay men--Family relationships.
- Parents of gays--United States.
- Parents of gays.
- Homophobia--United States--Psychological aspects.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 241 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Binghamton, N.Y. : Haworth Press, [1998]
- Summary:
- Jean Baker had always considered herself open-minded and tolerant, but she found she wasn't prepared for the revelation that her only two children were both gay. Family Secrets is an inspirational story of how she and her family learned to accept one another and overcome their internalized fears and prejudices as well as how they coped with a much greater challenge in their personal lives -- HIV/AIDS.
- Family Secrets is more than a parenting memoir, however. It is a guide that draws upon research and scientific findings to capsize the myths and stereotypes that contribute to societal homophobia. It offers important insight into the developmental needs of gay children and discusses the issues gay and lesbian youths and their families face.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. Love Overcomes 1
- Chapter 2. Childhood 7
- Chapter 3. Adolescence 19
- Chapter 4. A Son Comes Out 35
- Chapter 5. Coming of Age 51
- Chapter 6. Columbia Years: 1981-1984 61
- Chapter 7. A Mother's Coming Out 73
- Chapter 8. Becoming a Writer 83
- Chapter 9. The Verdict 97
- Chapter 10. After the Verdict 113
- Chapter 11. Another Verdict 125
- Chapter 12. Forewarnings 137
- Chapter 13. Strange Interlude 147
- Chapter 14. Final Days 167
- Chapter 15. Grief, Loss, and AIDS 181
- Chapter 16. Memories and the Right to Die 193
- Chapter 17. Homosexuality: Facts, Fallacies, Feelings 205.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-230) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0789002485
- 1560239158
- OCLC:
- 36824829
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