Out in psychology : lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer perspectives / edited by Victoria Clarke and Elizabeth Peel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clarke, Victoria, Ph. D.

Peel, Elizabeth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sexual minorities--Psychology.

Sexual minorities.

Gay people--Psychology.

Gay people.

Sexual minorities--Mental health services.

Gay people--Mental health services.

Gays--Mental health services.

Mental health services.

Psychology.

Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people.

LGBTQ+ people.

Physical Description:

xxi, 473 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, [2007]

Summary:

This essential and informative text showcases a range of up-to-date approaches to the exciting and rapidly expanding area of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer psychologies. Out in Psychology places a strong emphasis on exploring the potential of qualitative and critical approaches and gives much-needed attention to often overlooked bisexual and trans psychological research. It offers a fresh perspective on lesbian and gay topics by incorporating new areas of engagement such as sociology, law, sport psychology, occupational psychology and critical psychology. Compiled from the work of a range of international contributors based in a variety of professional settings, this fascinating and informative resource is divided into four accessible sections that each provide a novel approach to LGBTQ psychologies: Histories and Commentaries, Work and Leisure, Lives and Experiences, Health and Practice. This volume is essential reading for students and academics (both lecturers and researchers) in Psychology, Sociology, Women's Studies, Sexuality Studies and LGBT/Queer Studies, and also counsellors and therapists in private practice, as well as members of the general LGBTQ, community.

Contents:

Foreword / by Jerry J. Bigner

Introducing Out in psychology / Victoria Clarke & Elizabeth Peel

From lesbian and gay psychology to LGBTQ psychologies : a journey into the unknown (or unknowable)? / Victoria Clarke & Elizabeth Peel

What comes after discourse analysis for LGBTQ psychology? / Peter Hegarty

Recognising race in LGBTQ psychology : power, privilege and complicity / Damien W. Riggs

Personality, individual differences and LGB psychology / Gareth Hagger-Johnson

Heteronormativity and the exclusion of bisexuality in psychology / Meg Barker

A minority within a minority : experiences of gay men with intellectual disabilities / Christopher Bennett & Adrian Coyle

Closet talk : the contemporary relevance of the closet in lesbian and gay interaction / Victoria Land & Celia Kitzinger

Romance, rights, recognition, responsibilities and radicalism : same-sex couples' accounts of civil partnership and marriage / Victoria Clarke, Carole Burgoyne & Maree Burns

The experience of social power in the lives of trans people / Clair Clifford & Jim Orford

What do they look like and are they among us? : bisexuality, (dis)closure and (un)viability / Maria Gurevich ... [et al.]

Heterosexism at work : diversity training, discrimination law and the limits of liberal individualism / Rosie Harding & Elizabeth Peel

Out on the ball fields : lesbians in sport / Vikki Krane & Kerrie J. Kauer

Homophobia, rights and community : contemporary issues in the lives of LGB people in the UK / Sonja J. Ellis

Striving for holistic success : how lesbians come out on top / Faith Rostad & Bonita C. Long

On passing : the interactional organization of appearance attributions in the psychiatric assessment of transsexual patients / Susan A. Speer & Richard Green

Alcohol and gay men : consumption, promotion and policy responses / Jeffrey Adams, Tim McCreanor & Virginia Braun

Towards a clinical-psychological approach to address the heterosexual concerns of intersexed women / Lih-Mei Liao

Educational psychology practice with LGB youth in schools : individual and institutional interventions / Jeremy J. Monsen & Sydney Bayley

Que(e)rying the meaning of lesbian health : individual(izing) and community discourses / Sara MacBride-Stewart

Transsexualism : diagnostic dilemmas, transgender politics and the future of transgender care / Katherine Johnson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780470012871

0470012870

9780470066423

0470066423

OCLC:

75389950