Growing up gay* in Bruce and Grey : reflections by current and former residents / collected by Joan Beecroft

By:

[Beecroft, Joan]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Owen Sound, Ontario The Ginger Press 2011Description: 144 pagesISBN:

9781897502266 (paperback)

Subject(s):

-- LGBTQ+

Summary: This book contains the brave stories of 25 people from Bruce and Grey Counties. They reveal the challenges and the triumphs of being gay* in a rural community with powerful candour. From knowing they were different without contest or words to express the difference, to having no one to talk to who might understand or help, these stories reveal the pain, isolation and sorrows of their experiences. They also tell of the love and support they received from family, friends and teachers.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
BOOK	Meaford Public Library Non-Fiction	Non-fiction	306 .76 Growi (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Donated by PFLAG Canada - Owen Sound \| Pride Collection		23350

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*gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgender, transsexual, queer, questioning, intersex, two-spirit.

Picture of water with rainbow in front -- Front Cover

This book contains the brave stories of 25 people from Bruce and Grey Counties. They reveal the challenges and the triumphs of being gay* in a rural community with powerful candour. From knowing they were different without contest or words to express the difference, to having no one to talk to who might understand or help, these stories reveal the pain, isolation and sorrows of their experiences. They also tell of the love and support they received from family, friends and teachers.

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