Is It a Choice - Revised edition : Answers to 300 of the Most Frequently Asked Questions About Gays and Lesbian People

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Summary: Not just for gay people but ALL people
Review: This is an excellent book for all people, not just gay people, written on a young adult to adult level. (Marcus has a similar book written for teens called What If Someone I know is Gay?, also excellent.) Gayness can happen in the nicest families. So how do you deal with the dichotomy you see between that simple fact and the raging homphobia you see around you every day? Read this book for a start and learn what gayness really is, and what it is all about. If you arm yourself with the truth you will have a much easier time understanding this issue. Woouldn't you rather know the truth than stumble about in ignorance?
This book is a godsend--no preaching, no moral judgments--just the simple facts which are so often denigrated as the "gay agenda" by anti-gay hate groups like Focus on the Family.
If you want to learn the facts about being a potter, you go to a potter and ask questions. If you want to know about baking bread, you do not go to the potter. You go to a baker. If you want to learn what it is like to be a firefighter, you go to the firehouse and ask for information, an hear what it is like to do it for a living. Similarly, if you want the true facts about gayness you have to go to the source--gay people themselves. As a Christian, I know that you cannot believe in fundamentalist Christian organizations that spout love and family values on one hand, and then turn around and spend millions of dollars a year in anti-gay hate campaigns.
This book is an excellent one to read if you are GLBT, if you are a relative, parent, friend or coworker of a GLBT person, if you fear gay people, and if you want the truthful facts without all the moral claptrap our society imposes. It explodes all the myths and lies about gayness. It also has an absolutely excellent appendix listing all sorts of web sites for human rights organizations, gay support and informational groups, and religious grassroots organizations within specific religious faiths that advocate equal rights, inclusiveness and affirmation for GLBT members of their congregations and communities. This was very helpful because I found the organization for my particular denomination, and have made use of it.
The book is so good that I wrote Eric Marcus telling him how much the book helped me understand this issue. I bought a copy and donated it to our church library, and have sent copies to other people who need it. Thank you, Eric for a terrific book, and God bless you in your efforts to educate the public. As long as one person remains in chains, none of us are free.

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Summary: this is a great book for any GLBT youth
Review: want a book thet can answer all your questions about being gay or lesbian you can stop looking now! this book answers everything from what churches except gay teens to what do i do now questions anything ya wana now it answers for you i would recamend this book to friends and family and to any gay and lesbian teen its great.

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Summary: ALL THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS!
Review: When I first got this book, I had already accepted my true-self. This book helps answer any questions about homosexuality whether or not you are. It is an honest, well-written, thoughtful book. Whether you are curious, gay, straight, transexual whatever. This book is a must have!
I also recommend: 'Keeping You a Secret' by Julie Anne Peters [...]