Silent Lives: How High a Price?: For Personal Reflections and Group Discussions about Sexual Orientation

Silent Lives is a graphic and accurate description of the high costs of the closet, not just to individuals but to society, written by a human rights activist who knows what she”s talking about. Frequently posed, thought-provoking questions make this book appropriate for group discussion. I highly recommend it for people who sincerely want to know what they can do to further the cause of justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-gender, and intersexual people. — Virginia Ramey Mollenkott Ph.D, co-author of Is the Homosexual My Neighbor?: A Positive Christian Response, author of Sensuous Spirituality: Out from Fundamenta

Inspiring, Hopeful and Affirming! Silent Lives stands as a beacon of light for the healing of our larger humanity. — Jean E. Balestrery, Social Worker

Sara Boesser graphically illustrates the high price GLBT people, their families, and society pay for the silence of the closet. Sara”s personal anecdotes, exercises for reflection and group discussion, and tips for coming out can help families break the silence that hurts everyone. — http://cflag.dioceseny.org

[Silent Lives is a] . . . stunning new book! It”s beautifully crafted and keenly argued. — Rev. Bennet Sims, former Episcopal Bishop of Atlanta

This is a book that can be used by religious, educational, and civic groups. Acknowledging her appreciation for the work of Virginia Ramey Mollenkott and Letha Dawson Scanzoni in Is the Homosexual My Neighbor?, Boesser integrates religious issues into this work but does not focus on them. Thus this work brings forward fresh questions and positive points that can be raised in a variety of social and civic arenas where human rights issues remain to be resolved. Silent Lives: How High a Price? is a new approach and very helpful addition to the national dialog concerning human sexuality. — Nancy A. Hardesty, Clemson University

Readers not well informed about GLBT will find…[Silent Lives]…to be as inspiring as the author intended. This book would be a good choice for the general public…including parents, friends, relatives, coworkers, educators, and social service personnel / practitioners…as an excellent example of the discourse about the coming-out process. — Rujira Rojjanaprapayon Ph.D, University of Minnesota, Morris

Sara Boesser has written a radiantly beautiful book that asks us to consider the profound spiritual, emotional and social costs of silence and of “passing”, both for those whose sexual orientation is not heterosexual, and for those who are. — Jampa Naphtali Williams