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Homosexuality : the secret a child dare not tell

Title
  1. Homosexuality : the secret a child dare not tell / Mary Ann Cantwell.
Published by
  1. San Rafael, California : Rafael Press, [1996]
Author
  1. Cantwell, Mary Ann, 1922-

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Description
  1. ix, 125 pages; 23 cm
Summary
  1. "Without words, without warning, without knowing it," writes Cantwell, "we teach many of our children that there's something wrong with them. We teach them so well that they hide themselves to protect us from discovering that they are something unacceptable to us." This book was written to help educate people about the obvious, yet resisted, fact that homosexuals do not spring up on city streets as fully-grown, mature sexual beings. By talking with gay and lesbian adults and their parents, the author discovered many interesting facts about growing up gay. And she wondered: how could she, a teacher of emotionally disturbed children, have misunderstood or failed to recognize the feelings of her own child? These surveys and personal stories describe the suffering inflicted upon gay children who knew from an early age--sometimes as young as five or six--that they were different, and that their feelings had to be hidden.--From publisher description.
Subject
  1. Gay youth > United States > Psychology
  2. Lesbian youth > United States > Psychology
  3. Child psychology > United States
  4. Parents of gay people > United States > Psychology
  5. Parents of gay people > United States > Attitudes
  6. Gay people > Family relationships > United States
  7. Jeunes homosexuels > États-Unis > Psychologie
  8. Jeunes lesbiennes > États-Unis > Psychologie
  9. Enfants > Psychologie > États-Unis
  10. Parents de personnes homosexuelles > États-Unis > Psychologie
  11. Parents de personnes homosexuelles > États-Unis > Attitudes
  12. Personnes homosexuelles > Relations familiales > États-Unis
  13. Gays > Family relationships
  14. Child psychology
  15. Gay youth > Psychology
  16. Lesbian youth > Psychology
  17. Parents of gays > Attitudes
  18. Parents of gays > Psychology
  19. United States
Contents
  1. Preface -- Prologue: A missed ceremony -- Part one: The decision. I've got know ; How can I know ; Five thousand years ; Mike through the columns -- Part two: The surveys. Under way ; The parade ; The surveys ; The horror story ; Surveys from parents -- Part three: The people who taught me. Janet ; A straight-looking guy ; A lipstick lesbian ; The kindergarten outing ; A Victorian legacy ; Please God, cure Bobby ; Mike and me -- Epilogue: Tommy's problem ; What if...
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  1. Princeton University Library