1. In "Slipping Away," find specific examples of the similarities between racial prejudice and sexual prejudice.

2. What choices about life do you think Vince makes as an adult, based on what we learn about him in "Am I Blue?"

3. What are the parents afraid of in "Parents' Night" and in "We Might As Well All Be Strangers?" If these parents met together, what do you suppose their conversation might be like?

4. What does Willie in "Holding" have in common with the mother in "We Might As Well All Be Strangers?" Who do you think is more mature by the end of the stories, and why?

5. What is the significance of the title of "Hands"?

6. Of the eight stories about lesbian characters, what do these characters share in common? What are their differences?

7. Of the eight stories about homosexual boys, what do these characters share in...