Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youths and Adults: Knowledge for Human Services Practice
Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youths and Adults is ideal as a main text in courses on stigmatized populations and as a supplement for courses in the applied human services fields. It is a must read for practitioners, supervisors, administrators, professors, and trainers working with members of these communities as clients, staff, or students. It is also an excellent venue for the interested lay reader.
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Research-based, sensitively and accessibly written, this book provides the caring practitioner with a greater understanding of these often oppressed communities, and thereby a greater capacity to support individuals from them. After an overview of the controversies regarding causation, the authors explore: heterosexism; development of gay//lesbian//bisexual communities; identity development and 'coming out'; the family; life course development from adolescence to older adulthood; and guidelines for practice. Booknews Presents a primer for human service professionals on developing a deeper understanding of lesbian, gay, and bisexual persons. Explores the oppressive responses of the heterosexual world as well as the psychological and social development of this population across the lifespan, and considers issues such as friendships, coupling, and parenting. Includes an intervention model to facilitate working with lesbian, gay, and bisexual clients, and an overview of controversies over causation. Useful for students and practitioners. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Preface and Acknowledgments1Introduction32The Oppression of Heterosexism213Development of Community and Culture374Coming Out575Disclosure Challenges696Couples917Mothers, Fathers, and Children1138Youth1279Middle Adulthood14110Older Adulthood15511Affirmative Practice: Overview171References183Index209About the Authors221
\ BooknewsPresents a primer for human service professionals on developing a deeper understanding of lesbian, gay, and bisexual persons. Explores the oppressive responses of the heterosexual world as well as the psychological and social development of this population across the lifespan, and considers issues such as friendships, coupling, and parenting. Includes an intervention model to facilitate working with lesbian, gay, and bisexual clients, and an overview of controversies over causation. Useful for students and practitioners. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \
