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Overview
While all youth are likely to face traumatic or stressful situations in their transition to adulthood, lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered (LGBT) youth face significant and specific challenges in their lives—a result of living in a society that has yet to accept or be comfortable with the idea of same-sex or other "non-heterosexual" attraction, especially among young people. LGBT Youth Issues Today: A Reference Handbook presents historical background on the topic, provides an up-to-date examination of the issues of concern to LGBT youth, and offers in-depth information and resources for further research.
In addition to providing frank, accessible information about the problems, controversies, and solutions facing today's LGBT teenagers, the work contains a chapter of essays from informed individuals regarding same-sex relationships among youth, voicing the experiences and opinions of activists, social workers, psychologists, educators, parents of LGBT youth, and LGBT youth themselves. Also included is a chapter profiling about 20 individuals and organizations that have been involved in discussions about gay and lesbian youth, such as Tony Perkins, Kevin Jennings, Robert Parlin, the GLBT National Help Center, It Gets Better, Gay Lesbian Straight Educational Network (GLSEN), Family Pride Coalition, Out Scouts, Family Research Council, and the National Organization for Marriage (NOM).
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781610693158 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publication date: | 04/21/2014 |
| Series: | Contemporary World Issues |
| Pages: | 336 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.10(d) |
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Table of Contents
Preface xv
1 Background and History 3
Homosexuality in History 5
Same-Sex Behavior in Adolescence 12
Man-Boy Love 14
The Making of a Gay Community 21
Gay Liberation and Gay Rights 24
But What about LGBT Youth? 28
Homosexuality and Child Molestation 30
The Growth of LGBT Organizations 34
A Word about Words 38
References 46
2 Problems, Controversies, and Solutions 57
Coming Out to Oneself 59
Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Children and Teenagers 64
What about the Qin LGBTQ? 65
Coming Out to Family 70
Coming Out as an Issue for Family 74
Coming Out to One's Friends and Peers 78
School Issues 82
Responses to Bullying 88
Effects of Bullying 92
The School's Role in Controlling Bullying 94
Bullying Laws 95
Homelessness 99
Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts 105
Conclusion 110
References 110
3 Perspectives 125
Introduction 125
Andy's Coming Out: Andy Barlow 125
Scouts for Equality: Justin Bickford 129
Our GSA Journey: Alison Colby 132
Athlete Ally: Brian Healey 135
Bi Youth Need Validation, Not Disbelief: Ellyn Ruthstrom 140
Bi Youth Resources 142
You're Not Straight and You're Not Gay: What's Up?: Jack Scott 144
Survival Sex among Homeless LGBT Youth: Noelle Swan 147
The Road to Transitioning: Danielle White 150
4 Profiles 155
Introduction 155
Advocates for Youth 155
American Civil Liberties Union 157
Harry Benjamin (1885-1986) 159
Bisexual Resource Center 161
Campus Pride, Inc. 163
Diverse Harmony 165
Family Acceptance Project 166
GLAAD 168
Christopher T. Gonzalez (1963-1994) and Jeff Werner (d. 1997) 170
GSA Network 172
Harvey Milk High School 175
The Alliance School of Milwaukee 175
The Hetrick-Martin Institute 177
Human Rights Campaign (HRC) 179
IMPACT 181
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Youth and Student Organization 182
It Gets Better Project 185
Kevin Jennings (1963-) 187
Fred (Fritz) Klein (1932-2006) 190
Lambda Legal 191
Jeanne Manford (1920-2013) 193
Matthew Shepard Foundation 194
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force 196
Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays 199
Robert Parlin (1963-) 201
Point Foundation 202
Dan Savage (1964-) 204
Mark Segal (1951-) 206
Trans Youth Family Allies 208
The Trevor Project 210
Zachariah Wahls (1991-) 212
The Williams Institute 214
5 Data and Documents 217
Introduction 217
Data 217
Table 5.1 Estimate of Sexual Orientation of Young Women and Men 218
Table 5.2 Sexual Behaviors of Non-Gay, Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youth 219
Table 5.3 Prevalence of Certain Risk Behaviors among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Students Compared to Heterosexual Students 219
Table 5.4 Data on LGBT Homeless Youth 221
Documents 222
Tinker v. Des Moines School District, 393 U.S. 503 (1969) 222
Aaron Fricke v. Richard B. Lynch; 491 F.Supp. 381 (1980) 224
Equal Access Act; 20 U.S.C. §§ 4071-74 (1984) 226
Board of Education v. Mergens; 496 U.S. 226 (1990) 227
Jamie S. Nabozny v. Mary Podlesny, William Davis, Thomas Blauert, 92 F.3d 446 (1996) 230
Boy Scouts of America et al. v. Dale (1999) 233
Revised Sexual Harassment Guidance: Harassment of Students by School Employees, Other Students, or Third Parties (2001) 236
Henkle v. Gregory; 150 F.Supp.2d 1067 (2001) 237
Suicide Risk and Prevention for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth (2008) 239
It Gets Better (Obama Post) (2010) 242
Student Non-Discrimination Act; H.R. 998/S. 555 (2011) 243
Recommendations of the Massachusetts Commission on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth (2011) 245
Letter from Secretary of Education Arne Duncan (2011) 247
SAMHSA on Suicide Risk for LGBT Youth (2011) 249
6 Resources for Further Research 253
Books 253
Articles 263
Reports 275
Internet Sources 278
7 Chronology 289
Glossary 301
Index 307
About the Author 317