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Educational Movies
Rainbow Youth: The Struggles Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Youth Face

created by the glbtq youth outreach project
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Trans-Identified Youth - Gaining A Better Understanding

created by the glbtq youth outreach project
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Manuals
 

Safer Schools for Gender and Sexually Diverse Youth - A Guide to Starting a Safer Space Program

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Educational Package -A valuable resource for Schools or Community Agency's

 

Includes both Video's Created by the glbtq Outreach Team

 

 

 

 The Struggles Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Youth Face and  Trans-Identified Youth - Gaining A Better Understanding

And the Manual

 


Safer Schools for Gender and Sexually Diverse Youth - A Guide to Starting a Safer Space Program
 

 
Books

Not sure where to start looking for a book? Use the Call Number chart below as a good starting point or check out the synopsis icon for a brief description of the book.

A = General Works (encyclopedias etc)
B = Philosophy, Psychology, Religion
C = Auxiliary Sciences of History
D = History, General & Old World
E-F = History, American
G = Geography, Anthropology, Recreation
H = Social Sciences
J = Political Science
K = Law
L = Education		 M = Music
N = Fine Arts
P = Language and Literature
Q = Science
R = Medicine
S = Agriculture
T = Technology
U = Military Science
V = Naval Science
Z = Bibliography, Library Science


 
CODE TITLE AUTHOR SYNOPSIS
E98.S48Y84 1997 Two Spirited People – American Indian Lesbian Women and Gay Men [1997] Lester B. Brown

Two Spirit People is the first-ever look at social science research exploration into the lives of American Indian lesbian women and gay men. Editor Lester B. Brown posits six gender styles in traditional American Indian culture: men and women, not-men and not-women (persons of one biological sex assuming the identity of the opposite sex in some form), and gays and lesbians. He brings together chapters that emphasize American Indian spirituality, present new perspectives, and provide readers with a beginning understanding of the place of lesbian, gay, and bisexual Indians within American Indian culture and within American society. This beginning will help you understand these unique people and the special challenges and multiple prejudices they face.
HQ75.6.G7W45 1992 What A Lesbian Looks Like – Writings By Lesbians On Their Lives and Lifestyles [1992] National Lesbian and Gay Survey  The National Lesbian and Gay Survey is a mass observation project set up in 1985 to record the experience of lesbians and gay men. This work draws on that material to provide an anthology of personal writings from lesbians from all walks of life which offers a picture of lesbian life in general.
HQ75.6.U5F33 1991 Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers – A History of Lesbian Life In Twentieth-Century America [1991] Lillian Faderman  Faderman charts the evolution of the concept of the "lesbian" as a 20th-century social construct and shows how love between women, once known at the turn of the century by such terms as "romantic friendship" or "sentimental friendship," came to be called "lesbianism." What was once not a realistic alternative to marriage became possible as women became educated, demanded equal rights, and came out of the home and into the workforce. With increased opportunities for independence, women no longer needed men's financial support to survive and, as a result, love between women was no longer perceived as innocently as it had been in the past. This is a much-needed book and is highly recommended for all public libraries both for its information about the perception and treatment of this particular minority group in America, as well as for its historical and sociological contribution. Its scholarly approach and content also make it a necessity for women's studies collections.
KE0189.G3B35 1995 The Legal Guide For Gay and Lesbian Couples – In Ontario [1995] Kathleen Baker  Is a good primer for couples wanting basic legal advice on domestic partnerships, parenting, financial,estate planning and more.
PN6120.92.W46 1994 Lesbian Short Stories [1994] Margaret Reynolds ed.  In this anthology, Margaret Reynolds brings together the work of 32 women from Britain, Europe and the Americas, including three specially commissioned pieces, covering nearly a century of lesbian writing, from Sarah Orne Jewett (1897) to Jeanette Winterson (1993).
PR6073.I55807 Orange Are Not The Only Fruit Jeanette Winterson  Influenced by her strict Pentecostal Evangelist upbringing, Winterson's semi-autobiographical novel, Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit chronicles the struggles of a young girl against a domineering mother and the strictures of religion. Set in Northern England, it is the tale of Jess, a young girl whose adopted mother forces her to follow the path that she has planned for her - including bible quizzes, a stint in the Salvation Army and a future as a missionary in Africa. However, when Jess falls for a female friend, she comes to realise that there is more to life than the church. Confused and alone, she attempts to reconcile her religious devotion and her adolescent passion.
PS153.L46W66 1999 A Woman Like That – Lesbian And Bisexual Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories [1999] Joan Larkin ed.  Not Available
PS3553.H77D7 1991 Dream On [1991] Chrystos  Chrystos fights the victimization and colonization of minority people in terms of language. She challenges conventional genre categorizations of poetry and prose as well as rules of grammar, punctuation, even typography. Interestingly, she often uses typography to differentiate between her political and love poems.
  Plush: Selected Poems [1995] Sky Gilbert et al. Writer, filmmaker, actor, or drag queen extraordinaire, Sky Gilbert is one of North America's most controversial artistic forces. The cofounder of Toronto's Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, for two decades Gilbert has written and directed his own hit plays, including The Dressing Gown and Capote at Yaddo. In 1985 he received the Pauline McGibbon Award for directing, and he has also received two prestigious Dora Mavor Moore Awards. Gilbert's third film, My Summer Vacation, was featured at the San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. Always political, erotically charged, and challenging, Courtnay McFarlane's razor-sharp lyricism explodes the myths and traditions of poetry, sexuality, and race-relations. Jeffery Conway is the author of Blood Poisoning. R. M. Vaughan is a Toronto author and visual artist whose stories, essays, and plays have been published world-wide. A native of Los Angeles, critically acclaimed poet David Trinidad now lives and works in New York City.
  Pride and Prejudice - Working With Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth [1997] Margaret S. Schneider Not Available
  The World Out There - Becoming Part of the Lesbian and Gay Community [1996] Michael Thomas Ford Coming out is not a simple process but a long, complicated series of decision and choices that continues for years and years. After saying "yes, this is who I am" (and telling lots of other people), a newly out person, particularly a young person, may find that he or she doesn't know what to do next. Michael Thomas Ford's The World Out There shows you how to take on the challenge of wending your way through a new world that is complicated, sometimes scary, and amazingly fun.
  Uncommon Lives - Gay Men and Straight Women [1990] Catherine Whitney Chrystos fights the victimization and colonization of minority people in terms of language. She challenges conventional genre categorizations of poetry and prose as well as rules of grammar, punctuation, even typography. Interestingly, she often uses typography to differentiate between her political and love poems.
  We Are Your Children Too - Accessible Child Welfare Services for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth [1995] Children's Aid Society of Metropolitan Toronto Not Available
  Queer Kids - The Challenges and Promise for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth [1998] Robert E. Owens Jr. In Queer Kids, Owens teaches about, and advocates for, the concerns of gay teens. Observing the benign neglect of society at large in providing support and vital information for queer kids, Owens focuses on counselors, parents, and adolescents, discusses stereotypes and prejudices, and seeks to provide crucial information and viable solutions. His book serves as an excellent guide to gay community resources across the United States. Most importantly, it provides valuable techniques for care givers and family members involved with adolescents trying to define themselves emotionally and sexually.
  The Gay Quote Book [1997] Brandon Judell Drawing on sources from Sappho to Gertrude Stein, Oscar Wilde to Edmund White, The Gay Quote Book is both an indispensable reference and a source of constant entertainment. Organized by theme, the hundreds of quotations included here are drawn from the works of gay and lesbian authors, and activists, statesmen, and celebrities, from ancient times to the present. In this witty volume you will find more than 750 quotations on such topics as coming out, love and sex, finding community, activism, AIDS, and the meaning of life from such gay icons as Gore Vidal, Isaac Mizrahi, k.d. lang, Melissa Etheridge, Quentin Crisp, Truman Capote, Lily Tomlin, and Dorothy Allison.
  The Journey Out - A Guide For and About Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Teens [1995] Rachel Pollack & Cheryl Schwartz The authors repeatedly emphasize the importance of self-acceptance as they offer advice on such topics as coming out to family and friends, coping with prejudice and rejection, reconciling one's sexuality with the sometimes conflicting tenets of organized religion and combatting myths and stereotypes. In addition to their own authoritative counsel, they include copious quotes from gay or bisexual teens and supply an extensive list of sources of additional information and help, including community centers, crisis hotlines and supportive religious organizations. An explicit discussion of sexually transmitted diseases concludes with basic facts about AIDS and a characteristically sound admonition: "Become a responsible adult-not a statistic." A candid, accessible resource. Ages 12-up.
  The Teenage Survival Handbook [1993] Ben Wicks Not Available
  Now That I'm Out, What Do I Do? [1991] Brian McNaught Brian McNaught advises his readers on how to forge connections within the sometimes thorny gay, lesbian, and bisexual communities while still maintaining ties with family and old friends. Along the way, he discusses sexual ethics, same-sex marriage, work, spirituality, and political action. Readers who have been out for a year or more, or who grew up in large cities, may find McNaught's earnest tone and tortoise pace too basic, or even unintentionally funny. (After telling us, for example, that he and his gay brother, Tommy, feel comfortable with each other in the way McNaught imagines that compatible heterosexual brothers might feel, he confides that they "talk often about issues from our childhood that we are currently working on in therapy.") But for the neophyte, his tolerant and deliberate approach will feel welcoming. A good introductory book for adolescents as well, and the families of gay people
  One Teacher in 10 - Gay and Lesbian Educators Tell Their Stories [1994] Kevin Jennings This is a collection of more than 30 accounts by gay and lesbian teachers from schools and universities across the country. Each narrative recounts its author's experiences either as an openly gay or lesbian teacher or during the period of coming out. Specific school settings, such as the Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, are mentioned. Common themes discussed are student/teacher relationships, teacher/teacher relationships, AIDS, support groups, the process of coming out, and community reactions. This book will be useful for studying the culture of schools at all levels. An appendix contains biographies of the teachers who tell their stories, a list of support groups, and, most importantly, an essay on the legal history and current state of gay and lesbian rights across the country. For most education collections.
  Opening Doors - Making Substance Abuse and Other Services More Accessible to Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth [1994] Bonnie Simpson Not Available
  Out In The World - Gay and Lesbian Life From Beuenos Aires to Bangkok [1993] Neil Miller Miller ( In Search of Gay America ) traveled for two and a half years through 12 countries, observing gay and lesbian life. This crisply written report underscores sharp cultural differences as it moves from Denmark, where homosexual partnerships enjoy virtually the same legal status as heterosexual marriage, to Argentina, which is home to entrenched, violent, socially sanctioned prejudice against homosexuality. In Japan, Thailand and Egypt, Miller encountered cultures in which same-sex relations have traditionally been accepted, while the larger fact of people's gay identities has been denied. In Australia, he found extremely enlightened AIDS policies. Among Australian Aborigines, black or mixed-race South Africans, and Maoris in New Zealand, he pondered the dilemma faced by people struggling to combine gay awareness with cultural and racial identities. In reunited Germany and post-1989 Czechoslovakia, Miller noted considerable political tolerance toward gays and lesbians. His compelling survey documents the international effects of the AIDS epidemic in forging gay community.
  A Quilted Heart [1998] R. M. Vaughan A murder-mystery-ghost-story-romance that manages to subvert all the traps of such genres Daniel MacIvor
  Free Your Mind - The Book For G/L/B Youth and Their Allies [1992] Ellen Bass & Kate Kaufman Not Available
  God Is Gay - An Evolutionary Spiritual Work [1982] Ezekiel Wright & Daniel Inesse Not Available.
  Is It a Choice - Answers to 200 of the Most Frequently Asked Questions [1999] Eric Marcus The answers to all the questions you've ever had about homosexuality but were afraid to ask are finally in one book: Is It a Choice?
  JC and Me - A Dialogue on Nonjudgemental Love [2000] Ted Mouradian Not Available.
  Lesbians of Colour - Social and Human Services [1995] Hilda Hidalgo The last decade is viewed by many as a landmark in the struggle of lesbians and gay men to remove from the institutions of society the prejudices and misconceptions (including those that claimed a research or scientific base) that labeled all lesbians and gay men as sick, maladjusted, immoral...
  Coming Out Under Fire - The History of Gay Men & Women in WWII [1991] Allan Berube This major study chronicles the struggle of homosexuals in the U.S. military during WW II who found themselves fighting on two fronts: against the Axis and against their own authorities who took extreme measures to stigmatize them as unfit to serve their country. From 1941 to 1945, more than 9000 gay servicemen and women purportedly were diagnosed as sexual psychopaths and given "undesirable" discharges. Based on documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, augmented by 75 interviews with gay male and female veterans, social historian Berube recounts the purges in the military into the Cold War era when homosexuality was officially equated with sin, crime and sickness. The book reveals that the first public challenge to the military's policy came not from the gay-rights movement but from military psychiatrists who studied gay servicemen and women during World War II. This evenhanded study brings into sharp focus an important chapter in American social history.
  Conduct Unbecoming - Lesbians and Gays in the US Military [1993] Randy Shilts The definitive book on the contentious issue of lesbians and gays in the military Conduct Unbecoming is a unique exploration of gays in the military and gay persecution in the military. As he did in And the Band Played On, his documentary history of the AIDS epidemic, Randy Shilts takes issues and histories with an epic scope and renders them into readable, understandable narratives. For Conduct Unbecoming, Shilts spoke with hundreds of lesbians and gays in all levels of the military and pored over thousands of documents in order to tell their stories of pain and pride. With critical attention to detail and profound depth of feeling, Conduct Unbecoming will leave readers moved and educated with a better understanding of this pressing situation in our nation's military.
  Embracing the Exile - Healing Journeys For Gay Christians [1982] John. E Fortunato Not Available.
  Finding True Love In A Man-Eat-Man World - The Intelligent Guide To Gay Dating Romance, and Eternal Love [1996] Craig Nelson Not Available.
  A Selection of Dazzling Scarves [1996] R. M. Vaughan a selection of dazzling scarves is a provocative first collection from one of Canada's most exciting and controversial emerging writers. Weaving together narratives of love, loss, and anger, Vaughan draws a politically blunt but linguistically playful portrait of a young gay man's coming of age. Romantic and erotic, stylized yet truthful, Vaughan's skillful mixture of confessional and experimental styles creates a passion-charged poetry.
  Best In Life - A Guide To Managing Your Relationships With Others, In Your Workplace and Especially, with Yourself [1997] Ted Mouradian Not Available.
  Billy's Boy [1998] Patricia Nell Warren Raised alone by his mother, 13-year-old narrator William knows that his father is dead and considers his Mom and Aunt Marion his only family. But when Mom comes out as a lesbian and William has a dream that his father is alive, he is forced to rethink things. He begins by searching for his father, also discovering a new, communal sense of family in which role models are not necessarily biological parents. Teak enters William's household rejected and beaten up by his own family because he is gay. And Shawn, a special friend of William, runs away from his fundamentalist Christian parents, disguising himself as a girl to evade private investigators. William's search is ultimately for himself, and it is stark and troubling. Warren's (Harlan's Race, Wildcat, 1994) ability to understand this character and tell his story in the lingo of 1990s youth is remarkable.
  And I Was Not Afraid - An Anthology of Writings by Local Queer Youth [2001] Rainbow Youth Coalition Not Available.
  An Introduction To Food and Weight Problems - Information on Anorexia, Bulimia, and Weight Preoccupation National Eating Disorder Information Centre Not Available.
  Wayward Girl and Wicked Women Angela Carter This collection of stories, about bad girls and wicked women, extols the female virtues of discontent, sexual disruptiveness and bad manners. The authors featured include Ama Ata Aidoo, Djuna Barnes, Jane Bowles, Colette, Bessie Head, Katherine Mansfield and Jamaica Kincaid.  
  Women Like Us - Enthralling The Times Suzanne Neild and Rosalind Pearson Nineteen first-hand accounts of the lives, loves and relationships of lesbian women from a variety of backgrounds, including landmarks in lesbian history such as the Gateways Club and the first magazines, ARENA 3 and SAPPHO 

 

Posters

Human Rights Are Everyone's Business

This unique poster comes in 8.5 x 11 format. You can download the poster by clicking the order form link below.

 

 

Positive Space

Rainbow Youth Niagara present's it's first Positive Space poster.

This vibrant poster comes in 8.5 x 11 format. You can download the poster by clicking the order form link below.

For a larger size a printing fee will be requested.

 
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Who's In Your Family Tree?

The poster celebrates not only queer families but also diversity in families of all backgrounds. The border of the poster includes the word “family” in more than 30 languages.

For large quantities please email: getposters@queerparent.ca

Safe Space Door Hangers

This door hanger was created by OSSTA D.12 in Toronto.

For large quantities please email: aromo@osstfd12.com

 
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Pamphlets

These brochures are hot off the press!

Inside you'll find all you need to know about Rainbow Youth Niagara and how to get in contact with our organization.

Vibrant in colour and full of valuable information

 

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Reports
Raising the Roof: Developing A Youth Sexuality Education Program while Adopting a Mental health Promotion Approach The Cape Breton Wellness Centre, University of Cape Breton 1999 66 pages Order  A Copy Here
 
Opening Doors: Making Substance Abuse and Other Services More Accessible To Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth Bonnie Simpson, Central Toronto Youth Services 1994 76 pages Order  A Copy Here
 
Improving the Access To And Quality of Public Health Services For Lesbians and Gay Men K. Duncan, J. Clipsham, E. Hampson, C. Krieger, J. MacDonnell, D. Roedding, K. Chow and D. Milne 2000 25 pages Order  A Copy Here
 
The Cost of Homophobia: Literature Review on the Human Impact of Homophobia in Canada Christopher Banks, Rochon Associated Human Resource Management Consulting Inc. 2003 70 pages Order  A Copy Here
 
Framing Gay Men's Health In A Population Health Discourse Bill Ryan and Michael Chervin, Gay and Lesbian Health Servies of Saskatoon 2000 85 pages Order  A Copy Here
 
Ontario Men's Survey T. Myers, D. Allman, L. Calzavara, J. Maxwell, R.Remis, C. Swantee, and R.Travers 2004 99 pages Order  A Copy Here
 
Creating Safer Schools for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth: A Resource for Educators Concerned with Equity Educaion Wife Assault 1999 97 pages Order  A Copy Here
 
Triangle Writes! Out of the Margins and Into our Rights The Triangle Program ? 84 pages Order  A Copy Here
 
Youth and Drugs and Mental Health: A Resource For Professionals Centre for Addiction and Mental Health 2005 282 pages Order  A Copy Here
 
Creating Positive Space: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Transsexual Resource Manual For Residential Care Providers The Children's Aids Society of Toronto 2004   Order  A Copy Here
 
LGBT Communities and Substance Use - What Health Has To Do With It! Devon MacFarlane, LGBT Communities and the Substance Use Working Group 2003 5 pages Order  A Copy Here
 

Buttons

Homophobia Sucks (and not in a good way)

This button was put out by T.E.A.C.H. Toronto. Buttons are available in a wide assortment of colours.

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