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3) Out Late
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Out Late is an inspirational and moving documentary about five individuals who made the courageous and life-altering decision to come out as lesbian, gay, or transgender, after the age of 55. Why did they wait until their 50’s, 60’s, or 70’s to come out? And what was the turning point that caused each of them to openly declare their sexuality? From Canada to Florida to Kansas, we explore what ultimately led these dynamic individuals to make...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Coming Out Polish Style" offers a rare look into the lives of gays and lesbians in contemporary Poland. The film explores the issue of gay and lesbian rights in a conservative society, which is undergoing a very dynamic transformation, allowing for more and more successful liberal changes. The documentary focuses on the diverse and complex identity struggles involved in the process of 'coming out'. It profiles both celebrities who are openly gay...
Author
Publisher
Merit Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"As their senior year approaches, four diverse friends joined by their weekly Dungeons & Dragons game struggle to figure out real life. Archie's trying to cope with the lingering effects of his parents' divorce, Mari's considering an opportunity to contact her biological mother, Dante's working up the courage to come out to his friends, and Sam's clinging to a failing relationship. The four eventually embark on a cross-country road trip in an attempt...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
First Son Alex Claremont-Diaz, with his sister and the Veep's genius granddaughter, are the White House Trio, a beautiful millennial marketing strategy for his mother, President Ellen Claremont. Then photos of a confrontation with his longtime nemesis Prince Henry at a royal wedding leak to the tabloids. The plan for damage control: stage a fake friendship between the First Son and the Prince. Alex soon discovers that beneath Henry's Prince Charming...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When Miss Murray takes over her English class, mediocre student Ashleigh Walker feels an urge to try harder and give her best, and before she knows it she is in love, so strong nothing can distract her from it.
Author
Publisher
Skyscape
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Juli©Łn Luna has a plan for his life: Graduate. Get into UCLA. And have the chance to move away from Corpus Christi, Texas, and the suffocating expectations of others that have forced Jules into an inauthentic life. Then in one reckless moment, with one impulsive tweet, his plans for a low-key nine months are thrown--literally--out the closet. The downside: the whole world knows, and Jules has to prepare for rejection. The upside: Jules now has...
11) In & out
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
High school teacher Howard Brackett is outed by a former student during the Oscars and does his frantic best to assert his manliness.
13) Beyond clueless
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fourteen-year-old Marty Sullivan attends an all-girl Catholic high school while her best friend, Jimmy, goes to public school in a different town and when he comes out of the closet, he finds a new group of friends while Marty finds connections--and also confusion and uncertainty--through her school's fall musical.
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
In Charleston, South Carolina, a young business entrepreneur, newly out as gay, starts his own junior talent agency and signs a thirteen-year-old aspiring drag queen as his first client.
Author
Publisher
Little a
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In this emotional and unflinchingly honest memoir of coming out of the closet late in life, owning up to the past, and facing the future, William Dameron confronts steroid addiction, the shame and homophobia of his childhood, the sledgehammer of secrets that slowly tore his marriage apart, and his love for a gay father of three that would once again challenge the boundaries of trust. At the true heart of The Lie is a universal story about turning...
Author
Publisher
Kathy Dawson Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Deena starts receiving letters from her older sister Mandy, whom everyone thinks is dead, claiming that their family's blighted history is actually a curse and leading Deena on a cross-country hunt to find her sister and heal their family's rotten past--or rip it apart forever"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
After enduring his father's suicide, his own suicide attempt, broken friendships, and more in the Bronx projects, Aaron Soto, sixteen, is already considering the Leteo Institute's memory-alteration procedure when his new friendship with Thomas turns to unrequited love.
18) Love, Simon
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A closeted gay high school student struggles with coming out to his family and friends.
Author
Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Jake Hyde yearns for the ocean and is determined to leave his hometown in New Mexico for a college on the coast, and while his family and friends encourage him to stay, he must deal with his secrets of being gay and some strange new blue markings on his skin giving him a glow when he touches water."--
20) The magic fish
Author
Series
Publisher
RH Graphic
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Real life isn't a fairytale. But Tié̂n still enjoys reading his favorite stories with his parents from the books he borrows from the local library. It's hard enough trying to communicate with your parents as a kid, but for Tié̂n, he doesn't even have the right words because his parents are struggling with their English. Is there a Vietnamese word for what he's going through? Is there a way to tell them he's gay?"--