From: Kathleen Horning <horning>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 20:18:43 -0500

I've read "Cycler" and, although it has a bisexual secondary character, I wouldn't characterize what the main character is going through as anything remotely like bisexuality. It's more like an alien invasion!

KT

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----- Original Message ----- From: jcothron <jcothron at actionnet.net> Date: Friday, May 23, 2008 6:41 pm Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Question about GLSBQ literature To: derbymiller at fuse.net, ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu


> Sally--
> I can't think of many books about bisexual teens or children just
> now. Hmmm.
> There is a new book due out from Random House this fall by Lauren
> McLaughlin, entitled Recycler. The main character has a girl's body
> (and identity) for most of the month, and when she is due for a
> period, her body and psyche become male--Jack. Gender fluidity, if
> you will. It's a much different premise than anything else I've read.
> I think that Michelle Tea has some bisexual material, but her books
> tend to be for an audience older than high school. Jennifer
> Baumgarten's book, Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics, is a 2007
> nonfiction release that tries to link women's bisexuality with
> feminism, with varying degrees of success. Brett Hartinger's book
> Split Screen: Attack of the Soul-Sucking Brain Zombies contains two
> stories, one of which is the story of Min, a bisexual girl.
> Suggestions, anyone?
> Jane
>
> >---- Original Message ----
> >From: derbymiller at fuse.net
> >To: ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu
> >Subject: RE: [CCBC-Net] Question about GLSBQ literature
> >Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 16:59:36 -0500
> >
> >>When we start questioning whether or not certain books are
> >appropriate for a reading list concerning gender identities, don't we
> >lose sight of the fact that everyone is a person first, more alike
> >than dislike, everyone else in society? I worry that in our quest to
> >help students realize that there are others like him or her, we begin
> >creating boxes, instead of expanding horizons. Why, for example, do
> >we welcome and ask for more books appealing to various alphabetic
> >groups and yet remain silent when it comes to books about those who
> >refuse to be assigned--I am thinking of the individual who is truly
> >bisexual. Are there books for such teens, or is there a sort of taboo
> >against them? Are they considered merely individuals who are still
> >only partly "out"? If asked, would they assent to such a designation?
> >And, most importantly, are there books for them? Have I overlooked
> >resources? Thanks you for your help. Sally Derby
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