Resource Guide to Coming Out by Human Rights Campaign Foundation (Washington, DC, 2002). A marvelous, free 42-page pamphlet. Available online in an HTML version and an Acrobat PDF version.
Coming Out: An Act of Love by Rob Eichberg, Ph.D. (New York: Penguin Books, 1991). This classic book is intended to help gay people look at their lives, the nature and quality of their relationships, their feelings of self worth, and their social and political identities as gay people.
Coming Out to Parents: A Two-Way Survival Guide for Lesbians and Gay Men and Their Parents by Mary V. Borhek (Pilgrim Press).
Mom, Dad, I'm Gay: How Families Negotiate Coming Out by Ritch Savin-Williams. Illustrates family reactions to teenagers’ disclosures of gay, lesbian, transgendered, and bisexual identities and discusses factors that determine how parents cope with such disclosures. (American Psychological Association, 2001). Online description.
Now That I'm Out, What Do I Do? Thoughts on Living Deliberately by Brian McNaught. (St. Martin's Press, 2001). Coming out of the straight world is one thing. Finding a place for yourself in the gay world is something else entirely. The author talks about his journey and provides pointers we can all use.
Outing Yourself by Michelangelo Signorile (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995). Signorile provides a 14-step program (complete with exercises, checklists, coming-out stories, and meditations) to show readers how to successfully negotiate the coming-out journey.
National Coming Out Project. A public education and outreach program of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation promoting values of honesty and openness about being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender on campus, in the workplace, and at home. Website contains good information to help you make your journey. http://www.hrc.org/ncop/index.asp
Comingoutstories.com is a new web site that contains coming out stories. You are welcome to add your own. http://www.comingoutstories.com