Boy Meets Boy

I was very curious when I saw we had this book on our required texts list for class. I have been exposed to much literature involving LGBT issues. Also bringing this issue in the classroom is a mystery to me. I was not sure how to represent the topic to my future students or how comfortable I would be discussing it with them. Because of these future obstacles I was extremely glad we not only read this book, but we brought the topic alive in our classroom.

I have in between feelings about the book. I thought it was great how the author wrote it so LGBT society was very common and familiar in the society. These people were not an outcast at all. I only had one issue with the book. I did not think it was realistic at all. The world these students were living was not something you would find in society today. I first I thought it was giving students a false image of what it would be like to be someone living one of those lifestyles. After our class discussion a different aspect was thrown my way. A member in my group stated maybe when some who is LGBT this world would be something they would hope for. Even though they know it is not that way know, maybe this will give them hope that someday more and more people will be accepting of them. At the very least it is just a good book for these people to relate to. Many times students in this age group are still discovering themselves and if they do have some of the feelings or tendencies brought up in the book, the student will not feel so alone and feel as though they are a place in society just like everyone else.