Geography Club

The Geography Club is a novel by Brent Hartinger about a group of teenagers who start a Gay-Straight Alliance at their high school. Fearing backlash, they call it the Geography Club, in the hope that no one will join a club so boring. Hilarity Ensues.

There a two sequels, Split Screen and The Order of the Poison Oak.

This book provides and example of:

 * Accidental Truth: Someone starts a rumor that Russell is gay.
 * The Beard: Russell gets a girlfriend, though only because his friend blackmailed him into it.
 * Driven to Suicide: Ike, though he recovered
 * Eating Lunch Alone: Brian Bund
 * Gay Bravado: The first chapter in the locker room. Hilarious in Hindsight, as both characters were in fact gay.
 * Gayngst naturally, but not overpoweringly so
 * Have I Mentioned I Am Bi Min.
 * I Am One of Those, Too: "Is this the Geography Club?"
 * Lesbian Jock: Terese
 * No Bisexuals: Averted with Min, and she won't let you forget it.
 * Straight Gay: Kevin
 * Token Lesbian: Terese. Min might also be considered a token bisexual.
 * Transparent Closet: "Come on, Russell. Animated Disney musicals?"