 | Work of a Gay College Chaplain: Becoming Ourselves in the Company of Others
Comstock, Gary David
Combining personal experience, theoretical discussions, in-depth research, and practical exercise, The Work Of A College Chaplain offers a theoretical and practical model for relating to people whose experience is different than our own. This book provides suggestions for transcending cultural expectations of gender and orientation; writing methods to help clarify issues of ide (more...) |
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 | Coming Out of the Classroom Closet: Gay & Lesbian Students, Teachers and Curricula
Harbeck, Karen M.
This landmark book empowers educators to become visible, positive influences and role models for gay and lesbian students in their classrooms and schools. As most homosexual educators, and even students, remain invisible due to possible hostilities of “coming out,” this eye-opening book presents recent research to help gay and lesbian teachers break their silence. It encourages (more...) |
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 | Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price
Blumenfeld, Warren J. (ed.)
The hatred of lesbians, gay males, and bisexuals remains an 'acceptable' prejudice in our society despite the widespread damage it causes in all our lives. Inviting sexual minorities and heterosexual men and women to become allies in the fight against homophobia, the contributors to this anthology explore how homophobia colludes with sexism by forcing people into rigid gender r (more...) |
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 | Gay and Lesbian Youth
Herdt, Gilbert
Social scientists examine the personal experiences of gay and lesbian teenagers from culture to culture and address the problems and obstacles these young people face. The changing contexts, values, and goals of societies worldwide are affecting how these adolescents adapt to being homosexual, and this compelling book gives keen insight into how changes in the United States con (more...) |
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 | One Teacher in Ten: Gay and Lesbian Educators Tell Their Stories First Ed.
Jennings, Kevin
Gay and lesbian teachers have traditionally dwelled in the deepest of closets. But increasing numbers of young people are now being served by educators who are out and proud. One Teacher in 10 is a compilation of these stories. Set in small-town America as well as the country's urban centers, it chronicles both their struggles and victories as these educators have put th (more...) |
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 | Becoming Visible: Reader in Gay and Lesbian History for High School and College Students
Jennings, Kevin
Covering 2000 years of history and a diverse range of cultures this reader will be of interest not only to students but the general reader. Includes questions at the end of each chapter which could be assigned to students. Successfully aims to reclaim/affirm gays and lesbians in history. (more...) |
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 | Two Teenagers in Twenty- Writings by Lesbian and Gay Youth
Heron, Ann (ed)
Following on from One Teenager in Ten, these biographical stories from a new generation of gay and lesbian youth aim to break down isolation and despair.
Aimed at teenagers, their educators and those who support them, these stories shed light on the difficulties and importance of coming out. This is an affirming and valuable collection for often invisible gay and lesb (more...) |
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 | Helping Gay and Lesbian Youth:New Policies, New Programs, New Practice
Crescenzo Teresa de,
Specific topics related to gay and lesbian youth that the book addresses are:legal issues--analyzes the feasibility of minor youth to become empowered through the court and legal systemssuicide – challenges previously held beliefs about the suicidality of this group and calls for funding for major research in this areasocial policy – traces the history of policies t (more...) |
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 | Death by Denial: Studies of Suicide in Gay and Lesbian Teenagers
Remafedi, Gary (ed)
This book presents the full findings of a1989 US report into youth suicide and sexual orientation. It also presents the results of other studies, documenting the difficulties faced by teenagers who are coming out, and proposes ways to ease that process. Aimed at educators and professionals working with high school aged youth. (more...) |
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 | Gay Teen: Educational Theory and Practice
Unks, Gerald
National surveys indicate that gay, lesbian and bisexual youth may account for up to 30% of all teen suicides. The Gay Teen is the first volume to explore the unique issues facing homosexual adolescents and equip teachers, counsellors and curriculum specialists with the knowledge and skills needed to educate and support gay students.
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| School's Out: the Impact of Gay & Lesbian Issues on America's Schools
Woog, Dan
Woog presents a diverse collection of stories about how homosexuality is handled in the classroom. From the student who does not want classmates to know he's gay to the straight teacher who wants to teach acceptance by teaching gay issues in the classroom. Gay issues have never been so prominent in education. (more...) |
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 | Boys in Schools: Addressing the Real Issues —Behaviour, Values and Relationships
Browne, Rollo & Fletcher, Richard
Many schools today face serious, daily problems with boys’ behaviour and attitudes that reduce the quality of education for girls and boys. The need for boys to change is crucial – but how can it be done? Boys in Schools presents accounts which show how innovative approaches used in schools can change the way boys view themselves and others.
Boys in Schools is an impo (more...) |
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 | Growing Up Positive: Stories From a Generation of Young People Affected by AIDS
Lucas, Ian
These are the real life experiences of young people and their families, and how they have grown up having to face the realities of AIDS. They are not case studies of a virus, but success stories in how to live with HIV and AIDS, to have fun and be young. From a dozen interviews with young people and those who work with and for them, the book reveals the broader picture of how y (more...) |
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 | Setting Them Straight: You Can Do Something About Bigotry and Homophobia in Your Life
Berzon, Betty
From singer Melissa Etheridge to Olympic champion Greg Louganis, from tennis great Martina Navratilova to the British actor Sir Ian McKellan, celebrities and notables have come forward to put a new face on gay and lesbian sexuality. At the same time, the religious right campaigns to legalize discrimination against gays and promote an anti-gay prejudice in the general public. Th (more...) |
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 | Gender Shock: Exploding the Myths of Male & Female
Burke, Phyllis
In Gender Shock, Phyllis Burke explodes the many myths surrounding our rigid gender system of male and female by looking through three lenses of gender identity: behavior, appearance, and science. Analyzing the latest research in psychology, genetics, neurology, and sociology, Burke finds that gender (or behavior) is not the result of one's biological sex (the body itsel (more...) |
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 | School Experiences of Gay and Lesbian Youth: The Invisibility Minority
Harris, Mary B.
The school environment can be hostile to the lesbigay student and teacher. This book documents that hostility from several new perspectives and offers useful suggestions for its abatement. (more...) |
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| Queer Kids: Challenges and Promise for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth
Owens, Robert E.
Using personal interviews with queer youth to help examine issues faced by the young and queer. Written for counselors, parents and youth. Topics covered includequeer kids and their families and peers
the medical/health care profession’s impact on queer kids
the teachers and counselors of gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth
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 | Living in Sin
Spong, John Shelby
Is celibacy the only moral alternative to marriage? Should the widowed be allowed to form intimate relationships without remarrying? Should the church receive homosexuals into its community and support committed gay and lesbian relationships? Should congregations publicly and liturgically witness and affirm divorces? Should the church's moral standards continue to be set by pat (more...) |
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 | Telling Tales Out of School: Gays, Lesbians, and Bisexuals Revisit Their School Days
Jennings, Kevin (ed)
In more than 30 essays, gays, lesbians, and bisexuals look back at their school days to find that they are still trying to unlearn a basic lesson imparted by the educational system to homosexuals: "Hate yourself". (alyson) (more...) |
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 | Out on Fraternity Row: Personal Accounts of Being Gay in a College Fraternity
Windmeyer, Shane L. & Freeman, Pamela W.
First person accounts of being gay in that completely US institution the college fraternity. (more...) |
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 | Gay Parents/ Straight Schools: Building Communication and Trust
Casper, Virginia & Schultz, Steven B.
The authors openly address the specific educational realities and needs of lesbian- and gay-headed families. They explore why gayness is perceived as such a threat, especially to the education of young children, when it has such potential to enrich the worldviews of both children and adults. (more...) |
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 | In Your Face: Stories from the Lives of Queer Youth
Gray, Mary L.
Presents first hand accounts from 15 gay teens of differing backgrounds about various issues they face growing up queer. The accounts are organized under topic headings related to coming out to friends and the family, religious attitudes, school bigotry, finding community on the Internet, relationships, and extracurriculars in the community.
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 | Queer 13: Lesbian and Gay Writers Recall Seventh Grade
Chase, Clifford
Seventh grade: You remember it, don't you? Sweet sixteen seemed impossibly far away, an elegant, unattainable future. All that we had was the doldrums of thirteen -- not so sweet, and definitely queer.
Now, some of the finest observers of the gay experience take us back to the homerooms and hallways of our youth, in a collection of original essays that captures that time of (more...) |
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 | Queering Elementary Education: Advancing the Dialogue About Sexuality and Schooling
Letts, William J. IV & Sears, James T.
Queering Elementary Education is not about teaching kids to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, or straight. It's not part of a sinister stratagem in the gay agenda. Instead, these provocative and thoughtful essays advocate the creation of classrooms that challenge categorical thinking, promote interpersonal intelligence, and foster critical consciousness.
Queer elementary c (more...) |
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 | One of the Boys: Masculinity, Homophobia and Modern Manhood
Plummer, David
One of the Boys: Masculinity, Homophobia, and Modern Manhood takes a fresh look at the formation of modern male sexual identities. You will find that homophobia is not only widespread, but that it takes diverse forms and has far-reaching behavioral and social consequences. The new concept of “homophobic passage,” which is part of the development of all young men, will en (more...) |
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