Petrow, an author and columnist on LGBT manners, offers a book of manners for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered individuals, their straight friends, family members, and coworkers. He covers such topics as coming out, friendships, sex and dating, cohabitation, commitment ceremonies, starting a life, workplace etiquette, travel, illness and grieving, starting a family, parenting, correspondence, and social occasions. He also answers questions from both gay and heterosexual visitors to his website. Some page references in the index are off by one page due to a publishing error; a corrected index can be found on the publisher's website. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)