Overview

A broad range of culture-related topics specific to the lesbian and gay community are explored in this volume. Along with empirical, clinical and theoretical discussions, personal narrative offers poignant insight into additional complexities, pressures and losses that lesbians and gay men must cope with in a world that often handles diversity with bigotry.

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Author:   Beverly A. Greene
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Volume:   3
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.550kg
ISBN:  

9780803953635

ISBN 10:   0803953631
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   08 May 1997
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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Table of Contents

Frontnote - James BaldwinNative Gay and Lesbian Issues - Terry Tafoya The Two SpiritedA National Survey of the Intimate Relationships of African-American Lesbians and Gay Men - Letitia Anne Peplau, Susan D Cochran and Vickie M Mays A Look at Commitment, Satisfaction, Sexual Behavior and HIV DiseaseLeaving the Confederate Closet - Bonnie Ruth StricklandFemale, Lesbian and Jewish - Sari H Dworkin Complex and InvisibleFrom Apartheid to Mandela's Constitution - Cheryl Potgieter Black South African Lesbians in the NinetiesSymbol of Privilege, Object of Derision - Armand R Cerbone Dissonance and ContradictionsExploring the Lives of Older African-American Gay Men - Clarence Lancelot Adams Jr and Douglas C KimmelGreek American Lesbians - Leah M Fygetakis Identity Odysseys of Honorable Good GirlsCrossing Borders and Boundaries - Oliva M Espin The Life Narratives of Immigrant LesbiansEthnic Minority Lesbians and Gay Men - Beverly Greene Mental Health and Treatment IssuesDon't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Know - Connie S Chan The Formation of a Homosexual Identity and Sexual Expression among Asian-American LesbiansThe Relationships among Self-Esteem, Acculturation and Lesbian Identity Formation in Latina Lesbians - Marta A AlquijaySexual Identity and the Discontents of Difference - Carla M TrujilloCultural Diversity and the Coming-Out Process - Althea Smith Implications for Clinical PracticeEndnote - Audre Lorde

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