Boys Like Us: Gay Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories

Patrick Merla

Avon, 1996 - Social Science - 365 pages

Coming out is undeniably central to every gay man's life, but the phrase encompasses multiple meanings. Here are accounts of revealing one's sexual identity to parents, siblings, friends, and co-workers and, in one notable instance, to a stockbroker. Men tell of their first sexual encounters from their preteens to their thirties, with childhood friends who rejected or tenderly embraced them, with professors, with neighbors, with a Broadway star.

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Review: Boys Like Us

User Review  - Noah Moore-goad - Goodreads

Highly recommend this book!

Review: Boys Like Us

User Review  - Sean Estelle - Goodreads

This is one of the most important books I have ever read. A collection of coming out stories from writers in every class, every walk of life, this anthology has given me courage and hope. It details ...

Contents

• Coming: 1
• Cinnamon Skin: 27
• Hes One: 40

About the author

Patrick Merla edited two of the most influential gay publications in the United States: "Christopher Street" and "New York Native." He is the author of "The Tales of Patrick Merla." He lives New York City.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Boys Like Us: Gay Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories
• Editor: Patrick Merla
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Avon, 1996
• ISBN: 0380973405, 9780380973408
• Length: 365 pages
• Subjects: Social Science / Gay Studies