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Sexual minorities : discrimination, challenges, and development in America

Title
  1. Sexual minorities : discrimination, challenges, and development in America / Michael K. Sullivan, editor.
Published by
  1. New York : Haworth Social Work Practice Press, ©2003.

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Additional authors
  1. Sullivan, Michael K.
Description
  1. 253 pages; 23 cm
Summary
  1. This text examines various stumbling blocks that prevent many gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered people from living unrestricted healthy lives. It concentrates on the effects of outside influences on the homosexual psyche from adolescence to mid-life.
Uniform title
  1. Journal of human behavior in the social environment.
Subject
  1. Sexual minorities > United States > Social conditions
  2. Homophobia > United States
  3. Social work with gay people > United States
  4. Homophobia
  5. Social work with gays
  6. Minorité sexuelle
  7. Homophobie
  8. Travail social
  9. Homosexuel
  10. Bisexuel
  11. Lesbienne
  12. United States
  13. États-Unis
Contents
  1. Homophobia, history, and homosexuality : trends for sexual minorities / Michael K. Sullivan -- Being heard on sexual orientation : an analysis of testimonies at public hearings on an anti-discrimination bill / Geoffrey L. Greif, Daphne L. McClellan -- Conceptions of gay male life-span development : past and present / David Roseborough -- Getting a piece of the pie : cultural competence for GLBT employees at the workplace / Nan Van Den Bergh -- Heterosexism and social work : an ethical issue / Maryann Krieglstein -- Coming out as a lesbian or gay : a potential precipitant of crisis in adolescence / Vanessa E. Ford -- Risk factors of gay, lesbian, and bisexual adolescents : review of empirical literature and practice implications / Sanna J. Thompson, Lon Johnston -- Gay adolescents in rural areas : experiences and coping strategies / Darrell G. Yarbrough -- Providing HIV education and outreach via Internet chat rooms to Men Who Have Sex with Men / Samuel A. MacMaster, Redford Aquino, Kenneth A. Vail -- Sex role identity and jealousy as correlates of abusive behavior in lesbian relationships / Grace A. Telesco -- Lesbian-headed stepfamilies / Karen I. Fredriksen-Goldsen, Pauline I. Erera -- Life course analysis-- the courage to search for something more : middle adulthood issues in the transgender and intersex community / Tarynn M. Witten -- Discrimination in the workplace : the firing of a transsexual / Phyllis E. Berry [and others].
Note
  1. "Co-published simultaneously as Journal of human behavior in the social environment, volume 8, numbers 2/3 2003."
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.