Side by side : on having a gay or lesbian sibling / Andrew R. Gottlieb, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gottlieb, Andrew R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay people--Family relationships--United States--Case studies.

Gay people.

Gays--Family relationships.

Coming out (Sexual orientation).

Brothers and sisters.

United States.

Siblings--United States--Case studies.

Siblings.

Coming out (Sexual orientation)--United States--Case studies.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xv, 137 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Harrington Park Press, [2005]

Summary:

In this first-of-its-kind book, Andrew Gottlieb, author of "Out of the Twilight: Fathers of Gay Men Speak and "Sons Talk About Their Gay Fathers: Life Curves, continues his landmark exploration of family and sexuality. In Side by Side, 18 men and women from varying religious and economic backgrounds speak frankly about the experience of what it was like to find out about their sibling's homosexuality and how that knowledge affected them over time. Some of their perspectives may surprise you. Many will move you. What they have to say is revealing--about themselves, about the nature of sibling relationships, and about the role of their generation within the larger family.

Contents:

Part I On Having a Gay Brother

1 Jigsaw / Christian Webb 9

2 I Was the First to Know / Ariana Lee 13

3 Missing Pieces / Erin Michael Starr 17

4 A Farmer's Daughter / Kaye Lewis Cook 25

5 There and Back / Amber Hannah Love 31

6 Like My Brother / Meg Weber 37

7 A Lesson Learned / Tom Nelson 41

8 More Than Family / Shari Hanofee 49

9 A Road Less Traveled / Lisa B. Lewis 55

10 Step-by-Step / Luke Markert 59

Part II On Having a Lesbian Sister

11 Sara and I / Kate Boesser 65

12 Speak No Evil / Brad Randall 75

13 My Sister's Closet / Meredith Greenfield Siegel 83

14 Knowing Sheila / Maggi Sullivan 87

15 The Older Kids / Tess Russo 91

16 Look What You've Done to Me / Terry Dolney 95

17 Common Threads / Ann McWhorter 101

Part III On Having a Gay Brother and a Lesbian Sister

18 The Puzzle / Brian Watts 123.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-137).

ISBN:

1560234644

1560234652

OCLC:

54500254