Sexual Minorities

Discrimination, Challenges and Development in America

Michael K. Sullivan

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• ISBN:
  9781317957836
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Sciences sociales
• Subtopic: Études LGBT

Explore the crucial issues facing the GLBT population in their struggle for acceptance in contemporary America! Sexual Minorities: Discrimination, Challenges, and Development in America examines the stumbling blocks that prevent gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and trangenders from living wholesome, healthy lives. This book concentrates on the effects of outside influences on the homosexual psyche from adolescence to mid-life and programs and services that need to be developed to improve quality of life. While some outside influences can make positive changessuch as Internet-based outreach to educate men in chat rooms about HIVsexual minority groups face negativity from society in the forms of homophobia and heterosexism. Sexual Minorities uses statistics, charts, graphs, and surveys to reveal a remarkable trend correlating how contemporary American society treats sexual minorities and how it affects their psychological and psychosocial health. This book also reveals howwhen internalized this hurtful discrimination can cause self-hatred and depression. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of the GLBT population, including:

• the history of homophobia and intolerance toward homosexuals with its basis in cultural, religious, and sociological views
• an in-depth survey utilizing Erikson's psychosocial model to determine the lifespan development of seven out gay males who discuss their coming-out period, their roles in society, their legacies, and later-life issues
• the lack of federal legislation protecting GLBT employees in the workplace and recommendations for creating a sense of security for these employees
• a case study revealing the high incidence rate of heterosexism amongst social workers and the repercussions this could have among homosexual clientele
• surveys and statistics investigating the rate of abusive behavior in lesbian relationships
• three chapters involving specific issues of gay, lesbian, and bisexual adolescents, such as coming out, risk and protective factors, and being homosexual in a rural environment as opposed to a city

Sexual Minorities is an important tool for everyone in today's societyfrom students and practitioners of social work, health care, human sexuality, psychology, and sociology, to legislators, lawyers, activists, and business owners. This book is also vital for every parent, relative, or friend of a man or woman labeled as a sexual minority.

Index

AA. See Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)

Abuse

of GLB adolescents in rural areas, 139-140

physical, in lesbian relationships, 161-163, 162t

psychological, in lesbian relationships, 161-163, 162t

Abusive behavior

jealousy and, in lesbian relationships, 163-164, 164t, 165t

in lesbian relationships, 162-163, 164t

sex role identity and jealousy as correlates of, 153-169. See also Lesbian relationships, abusive behavior in, sex role identity and jealousy as correlates of

Accreditation Standards, 77

ACLU, 22, 23

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 64

as risk factor for GLB adolescents, 120

ADA. See Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Adams, H.E., 2

Adolescent(s)

GLB

described, 131-132

prevalence of, 112

risk factors of, 111-129

family issues, 113-114

HIV/AIDS, 120-122

implications for practice within social environment, 122-124

peer issues, 115-116

school issues, 115-116

substance use, 117-118

suicidal behavior, 118-120

in rural areas, 129-144

described, 132-134

study of

abuse from others in, 139-140

coming out in, 138

data analysis in, 137

data collection in, 136-137

discussion of, 141-142

formal supports in, 141

instrumentation in, 136-137

interactions with parents in, 179

isolation in, 137-138

methodology of, 134-137

results of, 137-141

suggestions to other adolescents in, 140-141

supportive adults in, 140

homosexual, coming out of, 93-110

as crisis, 101-104

study of

clinical implications of, 104-110

introduction to, 94-96

literature review in, 96-100

suggestions to, from GLB adolescents in rural areas, 140-141

AIDS, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 64

as risk factor for GLB adolescents, 120-122

AIDS Resources, Information, an...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Homophobia, History, and Homosexuality: Trends for Sexual Minorities
• Being Heard on Sexual Orientation: An Analysis of Testimonies at Public Hearings on an Anti-Discrimination Bill
• Conceptions of Gay Male Life-Span Development: Past and Present
• Getting a Piece of the Pie: Cultural Competence for GLBT Employees at the Workplace
• Heterosexism and Social Work: An Ethical Issue
• Coming Out as Lesbian or Gay: A Potential Precipitant of Crisis in Adolescence
• Risk Factors of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Adolescents: Review of Empirical Literature and Practice Implications
• Gay Adolescents in Rural Areas: Experiences and Coping Strategies
• Providing HIV Education and Outreach via Internet Chat Rooms to Men Who Have Sex with Men
• Sex Role Identity and Jealousy as Correlates of Abusive Behavior in Lesbian Relationships
• Lesbian-Headed Stepfamilies
• Life Course Analysis–The Courage to Search for Something More: Middle Adulthood Issues in the Transgender and Intersex Community
• Discrimination in the Workplace: The Firing of a Transsexual
• Index