Inside Out: Straight Talk from a Gay Jock »

Mark Tewksbury (Montreal, PQ) won a gold medal in swimming in the 1992 Barcelona Olymics. He’s been inducted into the Canadian Hall of Fame and has appeared on the cover of Time.

"To reach the pinnacle of Olympic swimming takes incredible dedication, resilience and courage that few possess. To reach your true self takes these attributers and a great deal more courage so, therefore, even fewer arrive at  this point into heir lives. mark Tewksbury is one of these courageous people who achieve so much and through pain,k, suffering, daring, and pure fight, become who they truly are, inside and out." - Duncan Armstrong O.A.M., Australian Olympic Swimming Legend

"Because it has such an hones and unabashed self-reflective voice, Inside Out needs to be in every school library, from elementary grades to grad schools." - Laura Robinson, The Globe and Mail

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

Chapter One. Childhood Secrets.

Chapter Two. See Mark Run.

Chapter Three.

Playing Straight.

Chapter Four. Fairly Straight Forward.

Chapter Five. BAM!

Chapter Six. Post-Olympic Depression.

Chapter Seven. One-Way Ticket to Australia.

Chapter Eight. Seduction.

Chapter Nine. Rupture.

Chapter Ten. Steps to Freedom.

Chapter Eleven. Enough.

Chapter Twelve. Outspoken.

Chapter Thirteen. Finding Out.

Chapter Fourteen. Valued.

Chapter Fifteen. Wake-Up.

Chapter Sixteen. Growing pains.

Chapter Seventeen. Full Circle.

Index.