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What If?

Answers to Questions About What it Means to Be Gay

About The Book

if you think your friend is a lesbian, can you ask her?

how do people become gay?

is it a sin? is it a choice?

No question goes unanswered in this important book about being gay. All the basics -- and not-so-basics -- are covered in more than one hundred questions asked by real teens just like you. So the answers contain all the info you want to know. And just in case you feel like sharing, there's a new "parents only" chapter to clue them in too.

Expert Eric Marcus has fully updated and revised this essential guide for today's readers. He candidly and clearly pushes aside the myths and misinformation about being gay and lesbian, answering all the questions that are on your mind.

About The Author

Photograph by Dixie Sheridan

Eric Marcus is the author of several books on gay issues, including Is It A Choice? and Making Gay History. He is also the author of Why Suicide? and coauthor of Breaking the Surface, the #1 New York Times bestselling autobiography of Olympic diving champion Greg Louganis. Visit him at EricMarcus.com.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (January 1, 2013)
  • Length: 192 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781442483019
  • Ages: 14 - 99

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Awards and Honors

  • Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year Selection Title
  • ALA Rainbow List Nominee

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