A Secret I Can't Tell: The First Generation of Children from Openly Gay and Lesbian Homes

This edition includes interviews with the subjects 40 years later.In 1977 a law was passed in Florida...
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Author: Joe Gantz
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A Secret I Can't Tell: The First Generation of Children from Openly Gay and Lesbian Homes by Gantz, Joe

A Secret I Can't Tell: The First Generation of Children from Openly Gay and Lesbian Homes

CHF 47.15

A Secret I Can't Tell: The First Generation of Children from Openly Gay and Lesbian Homes

CHF 47.15
Author: Joe Gantz
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

This edition includes interviews with the subjects 40 years later.


In 1977 a law was passed in Florida banning discrimination in housing, employment, and public accommodation based on sexuality. This law was an important step towards respecting gay and lesbian civil rights. However, immediately after it was passed, a group called Save Our Children vowed to overturn the law. This group stirred up so much fear regarding the idea of a gay role model, such as a teacher, interacting with children that the gay-rights ordinance was repealed.

In 1979 Joe Gantz decided to show more realistic and positive gay role models than the distorted images promoted by the campaign, by finding families raising children in openly gay homes and asking them to tell their story. A Secret I Can't Tell follows five families raising children in homes where one or both parents were not hiding their homosexuality. This book was first published in 1983, and it's being republished in 2022 with an update from many of the children 40 years later.

A Secret I Can't Tell is a time capsule that gives insight into the intense stress and uncommon bravery that gay and lesbian couples and their children had to go through as pioneers in this movement. The stories told by these kids and their parents can help us appreciate the many challenges that gay families had to deal with as the first wave of families living in openly gay and lesbian homes.




Author: Joe Gantz
Publisher: Carpenter Hill Publishing
Published: 12/02/2022
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9798985574722

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