The book combines autobiographical sources, personal interviews and questions for reflection to explore issues relevant to everyone's sexual orientation and gender status, be they heterosexual, or gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or intersexual.
Author Sara L. Boesser examines the consequences a sexual minority person suffers when attempting to pass as heterosexual and/or as of a traditional gender expression. Boesser also looks at how society as a whole is affected when an individual is pressured to hide his/her sexual identity.
Ten percent of the net proceeds from Silent Lives: How High a Price? are donated by the author to Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG).