Children of Horizons: How Gay and Lesbian Teens Are Leading a New Way out of the Closet
With a new epilogue on teens and AIDS, Children of Horizons provides the first in-depth examination of the trials faced by gay and lesbian teens.
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How Gay and Lesbian Teens Are Leading a New Way Out of the Closet Library Journal The authors, a psychological anthropologist and a developmental psychologist, undertook a study of 202 ethnically diverse lesbian and gay youth aged 14 to 20 during 1987 and 1988 at the Horizons Community Services, Inc., a Chicago gay community center founded in 1973. A brief history of the 20th-century homosexual experience in Chicago contextualizes the study, which serves as a microcosm of American attitudes toward homosexuality. This moving inquiry demonstrates that any confusion youth may experience is not about their sexual identity but about how to express themselves in an intensely homophobic society. Recommended for most collections.-- James E. Van Buskirk, San Francisco P.L.
\ Library JournalThe authors, a psychological anthropologist and a developmental psychologist, undertook a study of 202 ethnically diverse lesbian and gay youth aged 14 to 20 during 1987 and 1988 at the Horizons Community Services, Inc., a Chicago gay community center founded in 1973. A brief history of the 20th-century homosexual experience in Chicago contextualizes the study, which serves as a microcosm of American attitudes toward homosexuality. This moving inquiry demonstrates that any confusion youth may experience is not about their sexual identity but about how to express themselves in an intensely homophobic society. Recommended for most collections.-- James E. Van Buskirk, San Francisco P.L.\ \ \ \ \ BooknewsHorizons is a lesbian and gay social service agency in Chicago where teens gather weekly to get support and share experiences as they begin the process of coming out. This report, which draws on a two-year study of participants by an anthropologist and a developmental psychologist, tells much about the complex issues of adolescent sexuality in general, and homosexuality in particular. An important book for adolescents and those who work them. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
