Silent Lives: How High a Price?/
Silent Lives: How High a Price?/ for personal reflections and group discussions about sexual orientation
Boesser,Sara L.
- Lanham: Hamilton Books, 2004.
- 317
The personal price of silence: what are the personal costs for individuals who pass as heterosexual? --
Secret lives: the veil of silence --
What is the price for children who realize they are "different"? --
What is passing's price as individuals continue to grow? --
How does it feel? What personal price is paid? --
How would people be different if they didn't pass? --
How do lesbian, bisexual, and gay people feel about famous/successful people who pass? --
The fabric of our lives: what are the costs to society? --
What are the ripple effects when people pass? --
How do the societal pressures that demand passing hurt everyone? --
Conclusion: silent no more --
Personal --
Political --
Beyond silence --
Everyone can come out, A-Z: ideas for straight allies, and for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and intersexual people --
Contact information.
0761856617
305 / BOE/S
The personal price of silence: what are the personal costs for individuals who pass as heterosexual? --
Secret lives: the veil of silence --
What is the price for children who realize they are "different"? --
What is passing's price as individuals continue to grow? --
How does it feel? What personal price is paid? --
How would people be different if they didn't pass? --
How do lesbian, bisexual, and gay people feel about famous/successful people who pass? --
The fabric of our lives: what are the costs to society? --
What are the ripple effects when people pass? --
How do the societal pressures that demand passing hurt everyone? --
Conclusion: silent no more --
Personal --
Political --
Beyond silence --
Everyone can come out, A-Z: ideas for straight allies, and for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and intersexual people --
Contact information.
0761856617
305 / BOE/S