Maureen Cavanaugh: You could say that these are the best of times for kids who realize they're gay. There's an openness about sexuality and a growing acceptance of different sexual identities. But, to say it's better than it has been, is not saying it's easy. Just how difficult it remains depends largely on how a young person's family and their community view homosexuality.
The personal stories of some very well-known people who had to keep their sexual identities a secret through adolescence are now told in the book Crisis: 40 Stories Revealing the Personal, Social, and Religious Pain and Trauma of Growing up Gay in America.
Last fall, Tom Fudge talked with the author Mitchell Gold. We begin the interview with Gold describing his book.
Guest
Mitchell Gold, author of Crisis: 40 Stories Revealing the Personal, Social, and Religious Pain and Trauma of Growing up Gay in America.
