[PDF] Coming Out Coming Home eBook

Author : Michael C. LaSala
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 26,66 MB
Release : 2010-06-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0231512996

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The discovery that a child is lesbian or gay can send shockwaves through a family. A mother will question how she's raised her son; a father will worry that his daughter will experience discrimination. From the child's perspective, gay and lesbian youth fear their families will reject them and that they will lose financial and emotional support. All in all, learning a child is gay challenges long-held views about sexuality and relationships, and the resulting uncertainty can produce feelings of anger, resentment, and concern. Through a qualitative, multicultural study of sixty-five gay and lesbian children and their parents, Michael LaSala, a leading expert on this issue, outlines effective, practice-tested interventions for families in transition. His research reveals surprising outcomes, such as learning that a child is homosexual can improve familial relationships, including father-child relationships, even if a parent reacts strongly or negatively to the revelation. By confronting feelings of depression, anxiety, and grief head on, LaSala formulates the best approach for practitioners who hope to reestablish intimacy among family members and preserve family connections as well as individual autonomy well into the child's maturation. By restricting his study to parents and children of the same family, LaSala accurately captures the reciprocal effects of family interactions, identifying them as targets for effective treatment. Coming Out, Coming Home is also a valuable text for families, enabling adjustment through relatable scenarios and analyses.

Author : Kenneth Burr
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 36,92 MB
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 113691465X

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Coming Out, Coming Home has the potential for increasing spiritual growth and development in our society. Although many books have been written about gay rights and pro-gay theologies, few have provided people with an opportunity to enlarge belief systems advocating Scriptural principles while embracing the possibility of gay spirituality. In our present culture many people feel the need to split the personal from their professional lives in order to maintain proper boundaries, and the private from the public in order to gain the acceptance of others. This book provides the opportunity for readers to find a deeper connection with themselves and others as you savor the stories of sexual minorities who have sought meaningful connections between their spirituality and sexuality. Expect to experience something profound when you find formerly rigid boundaries between God and gays begin to relax. Your God might be much larger than you ever imagined!

Author : Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 24,23 MB
Release : 2001-02-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780520227354

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An "ethnographic" novel that portrays life in California's Napa Valley as it might be a very long time from now, imagined not as a high tech future but as a time of people once again living close to the land.

Author : Torie Osborn
Publisher : St Martins Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 50,49 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780312145729

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A call to involvement for gays and lesbians and their families emphasizes how every open gay or lesbian strikes a blow for social justice

Author : Martia Nelson
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 32,35 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781450588607

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Fear, anger, loneliness, and money stress are modern day "plagues" that sap our energy and steal our joy. Coming Home provides the antidote! It guides us into our true self where we find a wealth of unconditional love, happiness, prosperity, and connectedness with all life. Each page evokes self-love and a feeling of being seen and understood at the deepest level. "Coming Home offers deep insight into the nature of the field of pure potentiality within us all. It will help all those who seek fulfillment from the level of Being rather than Doing." -DEEPAK CHOPRA "Coming Home is the clearest, most powerful explanation of the universe and how it works that I have ever read. It's brilliant. This book will be on my bedside table for quite some time. I believe it's destined to become a classic." -SHAKTI GAWAIN

Author : P.J. Gray
Publisher : Saddleback Educational Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,39 MB
Release : 2013-05-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781622500512

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Will has left his troubled teen years behind. He's stayed out of trouble. Traveled. Worked odd jobs. Matured. Now he's coming home. No one could be more thrilled than his mother, Nia. But old family secrets keep them apart. And one shattering event may destroy their relationship for good and ruin everyone's shot at happiness. This three-book series keeps the tension tight and the interest high. Titles include: Coming Home, Searching for Answers, and The Truth.

Author : Kate Banks
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 34,35 MB
Release : 2003-03-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780374347475

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Mama’s back from work! “Mama’s coming home,” says Papa. And that’s all it takes to get this rambunctious household – two boys, a baby, a dog, and a cat – to settle down. As they pitch in, preparing dinner and straightening up the house, Mama crosses the bustling city, eager to be with her family. Tomek Bogacki’s clever illustrations and Kate Banks’s rhythmic text capture the spirit of activity and anticipation as finally, at the end of the day, their two worlds come together. Children will delight in sharing in the celebration of this everyday homecoming.

Author : Meg Umans
Publisher :
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 37,65 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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This book is a collection of coming-out letters from individuals all over the United States. The editor collected the letters to meet a need that customers in her bookstore expressed to her.

Author : Michael C. LaSala
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 38,9 MB
Release : 2010-06-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0231143834

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The discovery that a child is lesbian or gay can send shockwaves through a family. A mother will question how she's raised her son; a father will worry that his daughter will experience discrimination. From the child's perspective, gay and lesbian youth fear their families will reject them and that they will lose financial and emotional support. All in all, learning a child is gay challenges long-held views about sexuality and relationships, and the resulting uncertainty can produce feelings of anger, resentment, and concern. Through a qualitative, multicultural study of sixty-five gay and lesbian children and their parents, Michael LaSala, a leading expert on this issue, outlines effective, practice-tested interventions for families in transition. His research reveals surprising outcomes, such as learning that a child is homosexual can improve familial relationships, including father-child relationships, even if a parent reacts strongly or negatively to the revelation. By confronting feelings of depression, anxiety, and grief head on, LaSala formulates the best approach for practitioners who hope to reestablish intimacy among family members and preserve family connections& mdash;as well as individual autonomy& mdash;well into the child's maturation. By restricting his study to parents and children of the same family, LaSala accurately captures the reciprocal effects of family interactions, identifying them as targets for effective treatment. Coming Out, Coming Home is also a valuable text for families, enabling adjustment through relatable scenarios and analyses.