Heterick Summer Book Bingo 2019

One cold night in Chicago, teenager Will Grayson crosses paths with...Will Grayson! Two teens with the same name who run in two very different circles suddenly find their lives going in new and unexpected directions. Culminating in epic turns-of-heart on both of their parts, they team up to produce the most fabulous musical ever to grace the high school stage. Told in alternating voices from two of the most popular names in young adult fiction, this unique collaborative novel features a double helping of heart and humor.

Nonbinary gender identities are those that fall outside the traditional binary of "man" and "woman," including genderfluid, androgynous, genderqueer, and others, some of which overlap. Although there have always been people who identify outside the gender binary, only recently have they gained popular media attention. Despite some visibility, however, they are poorly understood by the general public. This timely resource--the first reference on nonbinary gender identities--offers an accessible entry into researching this topic.

"When Brooklyn Was Queer" is a groundbreaking exploration of the LGBT history of Brooklyn. As a queer neighborhood Brooklyn has always fallen in the shadow of Greenwich Village and Harlem; in addition, there has been a systematic erasure of Brooklyn's queer history. Ryan unearths that history for the first time, showing how the Brooklyn of today is inextricably linked to the diverse people who created its neighborhoods and cultures.

Ten years ago, Allen was a suit-and-tie-wearing Mormon missionary. Now she's a senior "Daily Beast" reporter happily married to another woman. A lot in her life has changed, but what hasn't is her love of Red State America, and of queer people who live there. In "Real Queer America," Allen takes readers on a cross-country road-trip with the motto "Something gay every day." Through her stops, she introduces us to scores of LGBT people working for change, and captures profound cultural shifts underway in unexpected places.

Bringing together the medical, social, psychological, and political aspects of being trans in the United States today, "'You're in the Wrong Bathroom!'" unpacks the twenty-one most common myths and misconceptions about transgender and gender-nonconforming people. Authors Erickson-Schroth, a psychiatrist, and Jacobs, a psychotherapist, address a range of fallacies, like the ideas that trans people are a danger to children and are mentally ill.

Rita Mae Brown tells the story of Molly Bolt, the adoptive daughter of a dirt-poor Southern couple who boldly forges her own path in America. With her startling beauty and crackling wit, Molly finds that women are drawn to her wherever she goes--and she refuses to apologize for loving them back.

Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he's pushed out--without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he's never met.

Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming pool, they seem to have nothing in common. But as the loners start spending time together, they discover that they share a special friendship--the kind that changes lives and lasts a lifetime. And it is through this friendship that Ari and Dante will learn the most important truths about themselves and the kind of people they want to be.