School Experiences of Gay and Lesbian Youth: The Invisible Minority
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School Experiences of Gay and Lesbian Youth: The Invisible Minority shows teachers, youth advocates, administrators, and academic researchers how to embrace the needs of sexual minority students. Through research and case studies, this book explains the ways in which schools are failing the vulnerable population of gay, lesbian, and bisexual youths. This text shows you how to take responsibility for recognizing and protecting the rights and needs of gays and lesbians and ridding schools of discrimination, harassment, and violence.As School Experiences of Gay and Lesbian Youth illustrates, the consequences of the cognitive, social, and emotional isolation that sexual minority youths experience as a result of homophobia and heterosexism can be devastating. With this book’s helpful suggestions, provocative insight, and open challenges, you can help gay and lesbian youths develop feelings of self-worth as well as positive aspirations for their futures. Experiences of Gay and Lesbian Youth will help social workers, psychologists, academics, counselors, and other professionals understand:the dearth of role models in the career development of lesbian and gay youthshow to integrate sexual orientation into career counselinghow to incorporate the topic of homosexuality into educational curriculaforms of homophobia (from the victim’s and the agressor’s points of view) and heterosexism in the high school environmenthow to open discussions about gay and lesbian issues at schoolthe importance of having visible lesbian, gay, and bisexual staff who can provide support for sexual minority youthSchool Experiences of Gay and Lesbian Youth also informs you on the experiences gay and lesbian adults who attended high school five to fifty years ago, as well as college students who have reported incidents of homophobic behavior in high school. In addition, this text discusses teachers’fears of being fired as a result of talking about sexual minority issues and how school environments can lead students to become drop outs. Experiences of Gay and Lesbian Youth will inform you on the issues facing gay and lesbian youth and provide you with suggestions on how to make the classroom a welcoming environment, regardless of sexual orientation. Library Journal Through research and case studies, seven essays explore the needs of queer students, explain how to meet those needs, and examine the consequences of failing to do so.
Foreword: Schools: The Neglected Site of Queer ActivistsPreface: Images of the Invisible MinorityCareer Development of Lesbian and Gay Youth: Effects of Sexual Orientation, Coming Out, and Homophobia1I Will Survive: Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youths' Experience of High School17Learning to Be Invisible: Female Sexual Minority Students in America's Public High Schools35Learning Lessons from School: Homophobia, Heterosexism, and the Construction of Failure51Beyond High School: Heterosexuals' Self-Reported Anti-Gay/Lesbian Behaviors and Attitudes65Coming Out in a School Setting: Former Students' Experiences and Opinions About Disclosure85The Sound of Silence: Public School Response to the Needs of Gay and Lesbian Youth101Index111
