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1 online resource (185 pages) |
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Print version record. |
| Summary |
It's hard enough coming out, but playing basketball for a nationally ranked school and trying to figure out your sexual identity in the closeted and paranoid world of big-time college sports--that's a challenge. Kate Fagan's love for basketball and for her religious teammates at the University of Colorado was tested by the gut-wrenching realization that she could no longer ignore the feelings of otherness inside her. In trying to blend in, Kate had created a hilariously incongruous world for herself in Boulder. Her best friends were part of Colorado's Fellowship of Christian Athletes, where they ran weekly Bible studies and attended an Evangelical Free Church. For nearly a year, Kate joined them and learned all she could about Christianity--even holding their hands as they prayed for others "living a sinful lifestyle." Each time the issue of homosexuality arose, she felt as if a neon sign appeared over her head, with a giant arrow pointed downward. During these prayer sessions, she would often keep her eyes open, looking around the circle at the closed eyelids of her friends, listening to the earnestness of their words. Kate didn't have a vocabulary for discussing who she really was and what she felt when she was younger; all she knew was that she had a secret. In The Reappearing Act, she brings the reader along for the ride as she slowly accepts her new reality and takes the first steps toward embracing her true self. |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Author's Note; Chapter 1: March Madness; Chapter 2: The Hot Cuts Experiment; Chapter 3: I Quit; Chapter 4: Come to Jesus; Chapter 5: Pray for Coach; Chapter 6: Eating Pizza and Converting Souls; Chapter 7: Who Here Struggles with Homosexuality?; Chapter 8: Is This Heaven? No, It's Iowa; Chapter 9: Nothing Worth Having Comes Easily; Chapter 10: "God Isn't Okay with You Being Gay"; Chapter 11: Sleeping in the Locker Room; Chapter 12: Lincoln, Nebraska; Chapter 13: The Grassy Knoll; Chapter 14: (Don't) Stay the Night. |
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Chapter 15: Holy Shit ... I'm Definitely GayChapter 16: "To the Mets!"; Chapter 17: Graduation Day; Chapter 18: Ground Zero; Chapter 19: Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin; Chapter 20: The Tattered Cover; Chapter 21: Inside the (Broom) Closet; Chapter 22: Brooklyn Bridge; Acknowledgments. |
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Fagan, Kate (Sports writer)
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Women basketball players -- United States -- Biography.
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Lesbians -- United States -- Biography.
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Coming out (Sexual orientation)
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College sports -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Self-acceptance.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- LGBT.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Sports.
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GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- History.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fagan, Kate. Reappearing act 9781629142050 (OCoLC)879215931 |
| ISBN |
9781629143019 (electronic bk.) |
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1629143014 (electronic bk.) |
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