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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Swanson, Ruby Remenda, 1954-     Subjects     Swanson, Ruby Remenda, 1954-     Swanson, Ruby Remenda, 1954- -- Family.     Parents of gays -- Canada.     Parents of gays -- Biography.     Coming out (Sexual orientation) -- Canada.     Gay teenagers -- Family relationships -- Canada.     Mothers and sons -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Swanson, Ruby Remenda, 1954-       by title:      A family outing : a ...       by call number:      306.8743 S972f     Search the Web     Swanson, Ruby Remenda, 1954-     Swanson, Ruby Remenda, 1954-     Swanson, Ruby Remenda, 1954- -- Family.     Parents of gays -- Canada.     Parents of gays -- Biography.     Coming out (Sexual orientation) -- Canada.     Gay teenagers -- Family relationships -- Canada.     Mothers and sons -- Biography.       MARC Display

A family outing : a memoir / Ruby Remenda Swanson. by Swanson, Ruby Remenda, 1954- Cormorant Books, c2016. Call #: 306.8743 S972f Subjects Swanson, Ruby Remenda, 1954-   Swanson, Ruby Remenda, 1954- -- Family.   Parents of gays -- Canada.   Parents of gays -- Biography.   Coming out (Sexual orientation) -- Canada.   Gay teenagers -- Family relationships -- Canada.   Mothers and sons -- Biography. ISBN:  9781770864764 (trade pbk) Description:  xi, 203 p. ; 23 cm. Summary:  "Ruby Swanson’s life changed when her sixteen-year-old son walked to her office, closed the door, and with his hand still on the doorknob said, “I’m gay.” Despite her initial reaction of shock, fear, and denial, Ruby became a public advocate for equality and acceptance of the LGBT community. A Family Outing is the story of Ruby’s experiences. She addresses the deeply homophobic time in which baby boomers grew up, the emergence of the gay rights movement, and how the AIDS epidemic transformed the LGBT landscape. A Family Outing is a memoir about discovering gay great-uncles and learning about their lives. It is about operating spotlights at a drag queen show, and about marching in Pride Parades. It is about the discrimination that gay people continue to face today and what emerges from the direct, clear-eyed prose. Finally, it is the picture of a woman who endured taunts from religious fundamentalists and political protestors to become an LGBT advocate."--Publisher. Genre:  Memoirs. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 306.8743 S972f Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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