I got two gift cards to Barnes & Noble for Christmas, and I just used them yesterday.
I am always looking to expand my "gay library" so I always head to the gay/lesbian section in any store.
Born This Way - Real Stories of Growing Up Gay by Paul Vitagliano
Based on the hugely popular blog fo the same name,
Born This Way shares 100 different memories of growing up LGBTQ. Childhood photographs are accompanied by sweet, funny, and at times heartbreaking personal stories. Colleccted from around the world and dating back to the 1940s to today, these memories speak to the hardships of an unaccepting world and the triumph of pride, self-love and self-acceptance. This intimate little bookis a wonderful gift for all members of the LGBTQ community as well as their friends and families. Like Dan Savage's "It Gets Better" project,
Born This Way gives young people everywhere the courage to say, "Yes, I'm gay. And I was born this way. I've know it since I was very young, and this is my story."
This was a very quick/easy read, it was childhood photos with brief stories of the people in the pics, by the people in the pics.
If you want to see what the book is like, just go to the blog that inspired it, similiar to the way the DCF spawned "Beyond Brokeback".
http://borngaybornthisway.blogspot.com/