Gay Believers: Homosexuality and Religion

The Gallup’s Guide to Modern Gay, Lesbian, & Transgender Lifestyle

Emily Sanna

For centuries, organized religion has been a main force behind the prejudice and rejection of the LGBT community. Members of this community have struggled with the conflicts of being both religious and gay, but many are beginning to find support and inclusion. Learn about how the world’s major religious traditions view homosexuality and how many have grown to accept LGBT people as they are.

From School Library Journal

Grade 6 Up–While these series titles leave out a key group, bisexuals, they cover a wide range of topics. The advice is solid and can easily be found elsewhere, but the books are easy to read, up-to-date, and include personal stories that many readers will relate to. Religion discusses homosexuality in Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Each book includes photographs; charts; sidebars with additional pertinent information such as definitions and anecdotes; extensive bibliographies; links to useful websites; and book suggestions. Unfortunately, some of the charts are not easy to decipher, and some of the photograph captions contradict the texts. For the most part, though, the information is clearly presented without being too dry.–Sarah K. Allen, Elko Middle School, Sandston, VA

From Booklist

Part of the new Gallup’s Guide to Modern Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Lifestyle series, this short introduction to homosexuality and religion offers younger teens an objective and thoughtful look at a controversial issue. Colorful sidebars with catchy labels offer definitions of words used in the text (“What’s that mean?”) as well as supplemental material (“Extra info”). Links to websites and short bibliographies at the end of each chapter offer more resources to explore five major religions. Colorful photos of religious art add to the text, though the few photos of actual people are less successful, with a notably awkward image of two young people cautiously opening a closet door and peering out to illustrate the stress of “coming out of the closet” in a religious family. Sanna frequently tells a story to illustrate her point, with quotes from both young gay believers and religious leaders. Short sentences and large print make this suitable for middle-school curriculum or for less-advanced readers. For older readers, try Kevin Hillstrom’s Religion and Sexuality (2008), from the Opposing Viewpoints series. Grades 6-10. –Debbie Carton –This text refers to the Library Binding edition.

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ISBN	9781422218686
Genre	Religion & Spirituality; YA Nonfiction (Young Adult)
Publication Date	01-Sep-10
Publisher	Mason Crest
Format	Trade Paperback
No. of Pages	64
Series	Gallup’s Guide to Modern Gay, Lesbian, & Transgender Lifestyle
Language	English
Rating	NotRated
Subject	Gays – Religious Life – Juvenile Literature; Gays – Religious Life – Juvenile Literature. – United States; Homosexuality – Religious Aspects – Juvenile Literature; Sex – Religious Aspects – Juvenile Literature
BookID	4543

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Gay Believers: Homosexuality and Religion by Emily Sanna