Via Media Release from GLAAD:

Los Angeles, CA, November 26, 2008 – As we enter the holiday season, GLAAD asks you to remember members of our community who feel they cannot be themselves, talk about their lives, and stay silent as they gather with families and friends during the holiday season. Often times, the holiday season can be a difficult time of year for members of our community – especially teenagers and young adults who are not able to live openly and honestly.

This holiday season, GLAAD urges you to share stories and spark new dialogues about our lives with your friends and families. These conversations can advance our community and reduce homophobia and discrimination for young LGBT people.

Many examples of these stories are told in the book CRISIS: 40 Stories Revealing the Personal, Social, and Religious Pain and Trauma of Growing Up Gay in America. By including personal stories from well-known LGBT people to middle America teenagers, the book reveals lasting effects of growing up gay in America, while also serving as a beacon of hope for gay youth today.

GLAAD President Neil Giuliano contributed an excerpt from his forthcoming memoir, The Campaign Within, to the book.

“I am proud to be part of a project with a goal of reaching out and helping LGBT youth,” said Giuliano. “Now more than ever, our community needs to increase our visibility and work to show the common ground that we all share.”

CRISIS, edited by Mitchell Gold, a philanthropist and leading figure in the furniture industry, examines the overwhelming effects of prejudice and discrimination on the lives of a diversity of gay people. With a foreword by Martina Navratilova, the book features life stories by well-known Americans such as Oprah designer Nate Berkus, Actor Richard Chamberlain, Congressman Barney Frank, Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, former NBA player John Amaechi and Bishop Gene Robinson.

CRISIS also features GLAAD Member Reverend Dr. Mel White, GLAAD Media Circle Members Howard Bragman, Jim Hormel, Charles Robbins, and Kevin Jennings, and GLAAD Alliance Circle Members Bruce Bastian, Bob Williams, and Brian Graden. GLAAD Media Award Honorees Martina Navratilova, Brian Graden, and Alec Mapa contributed to the book, along with GLAAD Media Award Winners Dan Karslake and Bishop Gene Robinson (award recipients for “For the Bible Tells Me So”).

CRISIS is the perfect gift for people in your life who need a better understanding of what gay teens go through. This holiday season, share these stories with your friends and family by purchasing CRISIS online: http://astore.amazon.com/faiiname-20/detail/1929774109/105-8170471-5868431.

Editor Mitchell Gold will be donating all proceeds to LGBT youth-focused organizations. For more information, please visit www.crisisbook.org.

About GLAAD
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. For more information, please visit www.glaad.org.

Media Contact:
Richard Ferraro
Director of Public Relations
(646) 871-8011
ferraro@glaad.org

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