Research Catalog

Title

The lives of lesbians, gays, and bisexuals : children to adults / Ritch C. Savin-Williams, Kenneth M. Cohen, [editors].

Publication

Fort Worth : Harcourt Brace College Pub., 1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Savin-Williams, Ritch C.
• Cohen, Kenneth M.

Description

xviii, 493 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

This contributed text features articles written by experts from psychology, sociology, anthropology, education, women's studies, and law. Developmental focus provides students with a sense of continuity in understanding the life span challenges of gays, lesbians, and bisexuals. Range of topics includes perinatal factors in gender identity, issues in sexual childhood identity, perspectives on coming out, ethnic minorities, dating, relationships, families, and law. Lists of resources, organizations and services, as well as policy recommendations, form a valuable reference guide within the textbook.

Subject

• Gay people > Psychology
• Gay people > Social conditions
• Homosexuality > Psychological aspects
• Developmental psychology
• Bisexual people
• Sexual and Gender Minorities
• Personnes homosexuelles > Conditions sociales
• Homosexualité > Aspect psychologique
• Psychologie du développement
• Bisexuels
• Bisexuals
• Developmental psychology
• Gays > Psychology
• Gays > Social conditions
• Homosexuality > Psychological aspects
• Homoseksuelen
• Biseksualiteit
• Ontwikkeling (psychologie)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Theories of homosexuality / Lee Ellis -- The role of perinatal factors in determining sexual orientation / Lee Ellis -- Gender identity / J. Michael Bailey -- Memories of childhood and early adolescent sexual feelings among gay and bisexual boys : a narrative approach / Ritch C. Savin-Williams -- Developmental perspectives on coming out to self and others / Kenneth M. Cohen and Ritch C. Savin-Williams -- Ethnic- and sexual-minority youth / Ritch C. Savin-Williams -- Dating and romantic relationships among gay, lesbian, and bisexual youths / Ritch C. Savin-Williams -- Psychosocial outcomes of verbal and physical abuse among lesbian, gay, and bisexual youths / Ritch C. Savin-Williams and Kenneth M. Cohen -- Lesbians, gay men, and bisexual people in college / Nancy J. Evans and Anthony R. D'Augelli -- What's in a name? Sexual self-identification among women / Carla Golden -- Gay and lesbian relatioships / Letitia Anne Peplau, Rosemary C. Veniegas, and Susan Miller Campbell -- Lesbian and gay parents and their children / Charlotte J. Patterson -- Lesbian and gay parents encounter educators : initiating conversations / Virginia Casper and Steven Schultz -- Lesbians, gay men, and the law / William B. Rubenstein -- Older lesbians and gay men : old myths, new images, and future directions / Sharon Jacobson and Arnold H. Grossman -- Gay cultures, gay communities : the social organization of lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals / Kristin Gay Esterberg -- Double minorities : Latino, black, and Asian men who have sex with men / Martin F. Manalansan IV -- Two-spirit persons : gender nonconformity among Native American and Native Hawaiian youths / Walter L. Williams -- Bisexuality : exploring/exploding the boundaries / Jay P. Paul -- Mental health and sexual orientation / John C. Gonsiorek.

ISBN

• 0155014978
• 9780155014978

LCCN

95076861

OCLC

• ocm34056765
• 34056765
• SCSB-14692203

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library