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Children of Horizons : [electronic resource] how gay and lesbian teens are leading a new way out of the closet : with a new epilogue / Gilbert Herdt, Andrew Boxer.

By: Herdt, Gilbert H, 1949-.
Contributor(s): Boxer, Andrew.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boston : Beacon Press, c1996Description: xxi, 302 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0807079294; 9780807079294.Subject(s): Gay teenagers -- Social networks -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies | Horizons Social Services Inc. (Chicago, Ill.) -- Case studies | Coming out (Sexual orientation) -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies | Closeted gays -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies | Homosexuality, Female -- Chicago | Homosexuality, Male -- ChicagoDDC classification: 305.9/0664/HER Online resources: Free eBook from the Internet Archive | Additional information and access via Open Library
Contents:
Birth of a culture : an introduction -- From homosexual to gay in Chicago : transformations of a culture -- "Horizons" and the youth -- rituals of coming out -- Milestones of sexual identity development -- Being out -- Conclusion : gay culture and the moral career of youth.
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"We conducted a two-year study of Horizons' youth between 1987 and 1988"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ch. 1. Birth of a culture : an introduction -- ch. 2. From homosexual to gay in Chicago : transformations of a culture -- ch. 3. "Horizons" and the youth -- ch. 4. The rituals of coming out -- ch. 5. Milestones of sexual identity development -- ch. 6. Being out -- ch. 7. Conclusion : gay culture and the moral career of youth.

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