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Series
Heartstopper volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"Charlie didn't think Nick could ever like him back, but now they're officially boyfriends. Nick has even found the courage to come out to his mom. But coming out isn't something that happens just once, and Nick and Charlie try to figure out when to tell their friends that they're dating. Not being out to their classmates gets even harder during a school trip to Paris. As Nick and Charlie's feelings get more serious, they'll need each other more than...
2) Flamer
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"It's the summer between middle school and high school, and Aiden Navarro is away at camp. Everyone's going through changes--but for Aiden, the stakes feel higher. As he navigates friendships, deals with bullies, and spends time with Elias (a boy he can't stop thinking about), he finds himself on a path of self-discovery and acceptance."--Page [4] of cover.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Real life isn't a fairytale. In fairy tales, the prince falls in love with the princess. But Tié̂n has a different story to tell. His parents are refugees struggling to learn English, and he doesn't know how to come out to them in Vietnamese. If he doesn't even have the right words, how can he ever know if his parents wills accept him? The answer is in fairy tales - a language that Tié̂n and his parents share. Tié̂nlearns from his favorite...
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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In Gender Queer, Maia Kobabe has crafted an intensely cathartic autobiography about eir path to identifying as nonbinary and asexual, and coming out to eir family and society. By addressing questions about gender identity what if means and how to think about it the story also doubles as a much-needed, useful, and touching guide.
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"This one-of-a-kind graphic novel explores the poetics of searching for connection, belonging, and identity through the fictional life of a young, queer immigrant. Inspired by the creator's own experiences as a queer, China-born illustrator living in the United States, Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid has an undeniable memoir quality to its recollection and thought-provoking accounts of what it's like to navigate the complexities of seeking...
Series
I think our son is gay volume 1
Publisher
Square Enix Co, Ltd
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Despite belonging to a family of four, the Aoyama residence is typically home to three, with Dad away for work. Mom Tomoko and her two darling sons, Hiroki and Yuri, go about their everyday lives with little to disturb their gentle routines. But as Hiroki begins his first year of high school, Tomoko can't help but wonder if her eldest has fallen for another boy. though Tomoko is content to cheer on her son from the sidelines and let him work things...
Series
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Not only is high schooler Tasuku Kaname the new kid in town, he is also terrified that he had been outed as gay. Just as he's contemplating doing the unthinkable, Tasuku meets a mysterious woman who leads him to a group of people dealing with problems not so different from his own. In this realistic, heartfelt depiction of LGBT+ characters from different backgrounds finding their place in the world, a search for inner peace proves to be the most...
Author
Publisher
SelfMadeHero
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Forty-something Louise lives in a big house with her husband and four children. Her life should be perfect. But Louise is keeping a secret, even from herself: she yearns for a relationship with another woman. First-time creator Anne Mette Kærulf Lorentzen has drawn on her own experience to document this poignant, funny, beautiful and ultimately uplifting story of coming out in middle age. When I Came Out is the tale of one woman's discovery that...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A charming graphic memoir that follows one young womans adventures in coming out and coming of age Ellie always had questions about who she was and how she fit in. As a girl, she wore black, obsessed over Willow in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and found dating boys much more confusing than many of her friends did. As she grew older, so did her fears and a deep sense of unbelonging. From her first communion to her first girlfriend via a swathe of self-denial,...
10) I'm a wild seed
Author
Publisher
Street Noise Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"'It wasn't a dramatic coming out of the closet...but instead an accumulation of experiences that revealed my queerness.' From her childhood crush on Xena the Warrior Princess to her first foray into a lesbian bar, from the harm of racist and patriarchal systems to the solace found in an orisha dance class, Sharon Lee De La Cruz gives us a thought-provoking reflection on the ways in which oppression caused her late bloom into queerness. And she invites...
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Jake Hyde doesn't swim--not since his father drowned. Luckily, he lives in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, which is in the middle of the desert. And yet he yearns for the ocean and is determined to leave his hometown for a college on the coast. But his best friend, Maria, wants nothing more than to make a home in the desert, and Jake's mother encourages him to always play it safe. But there's nothing "safe" about Jake's future--not when he's attracted...
12) Spinning
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ignatz Award winner Tillie Walden's powerful graphic memoir captures what it's like to come of age, come out, and come to terms with leaving behind everything you used to know. It was the same every morning. Wake up, grab the ice skates, and head to the rink while the world was still dark. Weekends were spent in glitter and tights at competitions. Perform. Smile. And do it again. She was good. She won. And she hated it. For ten years, figure skating...
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