A Woman Like That:

Lesbian And Bisexual Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories

Author: Joan Larkin
ISBN: 0380976986

"I suppose my parents tried to raise me just like other little girls, but it was soon apparent that I was different."The act of "coming out" has the power to transform every aspect of a woman's life, family, friendships, career, sexuality, spirituality. An essential element of self-realization, it is the unabashed acceptance of one's "outlaw" standing in a predominantly heterosexual world. The collected reminiscences of thirty-one supremely talented writers, A Woman Like That is a literate, important, funny and profoundly moving compilation of lesbian and bisexual coming out stories, each richly colored by conflict and risk, and thrumming with the electric excitement of early sexual adventure.These accounts -- sometimes heart-wrenching, often exhilarating-encompass a wide breadth of backgrounds and experiences. From a teenager institutionalized for her passion for women to the mother who must come out to her young sons at the risk of losing them from the cautious academic to the raucou

Publisher: HarperCollins
Publish Date: 1999-10-05

Subjects: Social Science / Gay Studies

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: LGBTQIA+)