{"id":25930,"date":"2016-12-28T00:06:20","date_gmt":"2016-12-28T00:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/?p=25930"},"modified":"2022-12-06T19:49:52","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T19:49:52","slug":"opening-the-door-by-shelley-argent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/opening-the-door-by-shelley-argent\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening The Door by Shelley Argent"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Opening The Door<\/em><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>A Mother&#8217;s Journey When Her Son &#8216;Comes Out&#8217;<\/em><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Shelley Argent<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>OPENING THE DOOR is written for anyone who is interested in how families react when someone they love discloses they are gay or lesbian. Shelley Argent tells of her efforts to understand her son&#8217;s life and become part of his world since he told her he was gay. Advocacy and community education have become a major part of her life and in 2005 she was awarded an OAM for her work in assisting understanding and acceptance of people living in the gay community. This volume includes her previous book, Sexuality is not a Choice.<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<h2>Check for it on:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/gp\/search?tag=lesbianfun-20&amp;index=books&amp;field-title=Shelley Argent, Opening The Door\">Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/search?q=Opening The Door, Shelley Argent&#038;qid=\">Goodreads<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?tbm=bks&#038;hl=en&#038;q=Shelley Argent, Opening The Door\">Google Books<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<h2>Details<\/h2>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n .TFtable{\n  border-collapse:collapse; <\/p>\n<p> }\n .TFtable td{ \n  spacing:10px; border:#ffffff 5px solid; padding-right:20px<\/p>\n<p> }\n \/*  Define the text for all the 2nd columns  *\/\n .TFtable td:nth-child(2){\n  color: #0099ff;\n }\n<\/style>\n<table class=\"TFtable\">\n<tr>\n<td>ISBN<\/td>\n<td>9780980753844<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Genre<\/td>\n<td>Family; Parenting &#038; Families; Coming Out<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Publication Date<\/td>\n<td>2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Publisher<\/td>\n<td>Publish-Me!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Format<\/td>\n<td>Trade Paperback<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>No. of Pages<\/td>\n<td>134<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Language<\/td>\n<td>English<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Rating<\/td>\n<td>NotRated<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BookID<\/td>\n<td>9296<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shelley Argent | Opening The Door | OPENING THE DOOR is written for anyone who is interested in how families react when someone they love discloses they are gay or lesbian. 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