Full Spectrum : A New Generation of Writing about Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Other Identities

by LEVITHAN, DAVIDMERRELL, BILLY

• ISBN13: 9780375932908
• ISBN10: 0375932909
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2006-05-09
• Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc

Summary

Teens are more aware of sexuality and identity than ever, and they're looking for answers and insights, as well as a community of others. In order to help create that community, YA authors David Levithan and Billy Merrell have collected original poems, essays, and stories by young adults in their teens and early 20s.The Full Spectrumincludes a variety of writersgay, lesbian, bisexual, straight, transitioning, and questioningon a variety of subjects: coming out, family, friendship, religion/faith, first kisses, break-ups, and many others. This one of a kind collection will, perhaps, help all readers see themselves and the world around them in ways they might never have imagined. We have partnered with the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) and a portion of the proceeds from this book will be donated to them. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Table of Contents

O.K.	1	(8)
Courtney Gillette
A Gay Grammar	9	(3)
Gabe Bloomfield
It's Not Confidential, I've Got Potential	12	(9)
Eugenides Fico
Snow and Hot Asphalt	21	(10)
Benjamin Zumsteg
When You're a Gay Boy in America	31	(6)
Danny Zaccagnino
I Smell the Gas of My Father's Fishing Boat	37	(2)
Adam K. Boehmer
Fourth of July	39	(2)
Lauren Rile Smith
My Diary: Documented, Done	41	(14)
L. Canale
Crying Wolfe	55	(15)
Jack Lienke
Trans-ventures of an F2M	70	(8)
Alexzander Colin Rasmussen
Queer: Five Letters	78	(9)
Kat Wilson
Falling Off My Bike and Riding into the Sunset	87	(10)
Christopher Wilson
The Night Marc Hall Went to the Prom	97	(4)
J. J. Deogracias
Don't Tell Me That I'm Overly Sensitive and Paranoid	101	(4)
Alex Weissman
My poems	105	(2)
Isaac Oliver
Sacagawea	107	(1)
Laura Heston
A Fairy's Tale	108	(13)
Travis Stanton
A Boy in the Girls' Bathroom	121	(4)
Dylan Forest
Our Space	125	(4)
Jovencio de la Paz
Four Photos	129	(9)
Justin Levesque
Break--up in Slow Motion	138	(8)
Joshua Dalton
A Story Called ``Her''	146	(10)
Alison Young
Moment: This Could've Been Me	156	(3)
Evin Hunter
A Quietly Queer Revolution	159	(11)
Laci Lee Adams
Hatchback	170	(15)
Kaitlyn Tierney Duggan
Walking the Tracks	185	(4)
Eric Knudsen
The Most Important Letter of Our Life	189	(6)
JoSelle Vanderhooft
Without a Trace	195	(14)
Anthony Rella
Body isn't this	209	(5)
Zara Iris
Nice Ass	214	(1)
Jesse Cameron Alick
``Girl + Faggots''	215	(3)
Caspian Gray
Something for the Ladies	218	(6)
Danny Thanh
Click and Drag	224	(3)
Joel de Vera Moncada
Jill Sobule and Four Other Torture Devices	227	(7)
Ella Pye
Gaydar	234	(11)
Jesse Bernstein
The Short Version	245	(9)
Grover Wehman
All You Need Is Love	254	(2)
Stefanie Davis
That Night	256	(4)
Matthew Mayo
Continuation of the Life	260	(3)
Tyrell Pough
Three Sunsets	263
Robert Brittain