Side by Side: On Having a Gay or Lesbian Sibling
How would you react if your brother or sister came out to you?\ "I'm proud to have been the first to know."\ "My conservative upbringing contributed to the notion that John’s behavior was sinful. The first thought I had about it was that my brother had somehow been misdirected, involving himself in the wrong crowd. How could he be gay? I was convinced we all had to help him overcome this problem. I equated being gay with having a mental disorder and thought maybe we should send him to a...
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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 share, in plain language that is easily accessible to most adolescents and adults, 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 will 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.To view an excerpt online, find the book in our QuickSearch catalog at www.HaworthPress.com.
About the Editor Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction (Andrew R. Gottlieb) PART I: ON HAVING A GAY BROTHER 1. Jigsaw (Christian Webb) 2. I Was the First to Know (Ariana Lee) 3. Missing Pieces (Erin Michael Starr) 4. A Farmer s Daughter (Kaye Lewis Cook) 5. There and Back (Amber Hannah Love) 6. Like My Brother (Meg Weber) 7. A Lesson Learned (Tom Nelson) 8. More Than Family (Shari Hanofee) 9. A Road Less Traveled (Lisa B. Lewis) 10. Step-by-Step (Luke Markert) PART II: ON HAVING A LESBIAN SISTER 11. Sara and I (Kate Boesser) 12. Speak No Evil (Brad Randall) 13. My Sister s Closet (Meredith Greenfield Siegel) 14. Knowing Sheila (Maggi Sullivan) 15. The Older Kids (Tess Russo) 16. Look What You ve Done to Me (Terry Dolney) 17. Common Threads (Ann McWhorter) PART III: ON HAVING A GAY BROTHER AND A LESBIAN SISTER 18. The Puzzle (Brian Watts) Resources Additional Reading Organizations
