{"product_id":"a-secret-i-cant-tell-the-first-generation-of-children-from-openly-gay-and-lesbian-homes-9798985574722","title":"A Secret I Can't Tell: The First Generation of Children from Openly Gay and Lesbian Homes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis edition includes interviews with the subjects 40 years later.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1977 a law was passed in Florida banning discrimination in housing, employment, and public accommodation based on sexuality. This law was an important step towards respecting gay and lesbian civil rights. However, immediately after it was passed, a group called Save Our Children vowed to overturn the law. This group stirred up so much fear regarding the idea of a gay role model, such as a teacher, interacting with children that the gay-rights ordinance was repealed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1979 Joe Gantz decided to show more realistic and positive gay role models than the distorted images promoted by the campaign, by finding families raising children in openly gay homes and asking them to tell their story. A Secret I Can't Tell follows five families raising children in homes where one or both parents were not hiding their homosexuality. This book was first published in 1983, and it's being republished in 2022 with an update from many of the children 40 years later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Secret I Can't Tell is a time capsule that gives insight into the intense stress and uncommon bravery that gay and lesbian couples and their children had to go through as pioneers in this movement. The stories told by these kids and their parents can help us appreciate the many challenges that gay families had to deal with as the first wave of families living in openly gay and lesbian homes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Carpenter Hill Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798985574722\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Joe Gantz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42746035208373,"sku":"9798985574722","price":29.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_14b48cdd-ae32-435d-b6e8-ef0eaeaaaac8.jpg?v=1676996118","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-secret-i-cant-tell-the-first-generation-of-children-from-openly-gay-and-lesbian-homes-9798985574722","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}