Revolutionary voices : a multicultural queer youth anthology / edited by Amy Sonnie.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sonnie, Amy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay youth.

Gay people's writings.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 259 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : Alyson Books ; London : Distributed in the UK by Turnaround Publisher Services Ltd., 2000.

Summary:

Invisible. Unheard. Alone. Chilling words but apt to describe the isolation and alienation of queer youth. In silence and fear they move from childhood memories of repression or violence to the unknown, unmentored, landscape of queer adulthood, their voices stilled or ignored. No longer. "Revolutionary Voices" celebrates the hues and harmonies of the future of gay and lesbian society, presenting not a collection of stories but a collection of experiences, ideas, dreams, and fantasies expressed through prose, poetry, artwork, letters, diaries, and performance pieces. Amy Sonnie is a 1998 journalism graduate of Syracuse University. Her writing has appeared in "Sojourner, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Equal Time," and "Frontera," among others. She is the senior editor for "Equal Time Magazine" and lives in San Francisco.

Contents:

Speaking for Ourselves / Amy Sonnie

"We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For" / Margot Kelley Rodriguez

This is for me ... / Jason Roe

was ich bin / Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhran

grown-up / Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhran

what are you? / Alegria Sonata Barclay

where the dead live / Anonymous

problem kids / Anonymous

I was only 13 when ... / Liz Gaden

Don't Ask Because I Won't Tell / Chris Cotrina

Grateful / Andromeda

Bent / Mollie Blewald

Butch / Mollie Blewald

Letter From a Butch / Anonymous

Different: My Experiences as an Intersexed Gay Boy / S. Asher Hanley

To Know / Nzinga Akili

Coming Out in Middle School / Gina de Vries

Proud to be an FOB / Ryan P. Reyes

The Dark Child / Jerome C. Boyce

How I got here & where I'm goin' / Mario Anthony Balcita

Untitled / Rachel Josloff

Line / Sherisse Alvarez

crazy girl: a reconstructed memory in three pieces / dani frances montgomery

the secret / dani frances montgomery

exorcisms / sts

Am I Happy? / Katherine Heather Grobman

Affirmation / Uchechi Kalu

Tasting Home / Uchechi Kalu

Mensajes / Meliza Banales

Side Effects / Kevin Rolfe

bruised / Sara Frog Davidson

Never Too Good at Dressing Barbies / Dana Nicole Robinson

Poems whispered in the dark / Laura and Lauren

Secret Hungers / Anna Mills

Tug of War Grip / Daryl Vocat

A Process of Change / Daryl Vocat

A Healthy Attitude / Daryl Vocat

The Promise / Daryl Vocat

Piecing Together My Racial Identity / Kohei Ishihara

Private Anniversary With Mom / Alix Lindsey Olson

America's on Sale! / Alix Lindsey Olson

Washed in the Blood / Beth Ann Dowler

Broken / Matt Wiedenheft

Further Falling / De Anne Lyn Smith

a poem for us / Tim Arevalo

Halloween 1997 / Amy Sonnie

Relearning the Mothertongue: Notes From a Second-Generation Queer / Ryn Gluckman

Our Story / meicha

Chicago Heights, 1984 / Arlana Banias

I Wish I Knew the Last Four Verses of America the Beautiful / Shane Luitjens

Letter From a Young Queer: Working-Class Woman of Color / Gloria Ng

Sensitivity Comes / Thea Gahr

Untitled / Thea Gahr

Another Country / John Frazier

Walking Home / T. Rowan

Labels, Names, & Identity / T. Rowan

Dancing in the Shadows, an interview / Siobhan Brooks

fingers / Attar

Straight-Out Pain / Antigona

why life? / Cecilia Isaacs-Blundin

Diary Excerpts, 1995-1998 / Emil Keliane

Poem for Matthew Shepard / Margot Kelley Rodriguez

Manifesto / Margot Kelley Rodriguez

The Memory of Bathing / Qwo-Li Driskill

At the Queer Conference Dinner / Qwo-Li Driskill

On Diversity / Colleen K. Donovan

Beginning Revolutions / Colleen K. Donovan

October 20 / Bree Zuckerman

nothing is more cruel / Maria Poblet

guerilla poetry manifesto / Maria Poblet

Excerpts From Impossible Body / Lisa Lusero

Queer 101: A Glossary

Plug In: Resources for Queer Youth.

ISBN:

1555835589

OCLC:

44933914