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Homosexuality: Debating the Issues » Read Now
by M. Katherine Baird, Robert M. Baird. 282 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

Its balanced approach offers powerful essays on four key issues: the causes of homosexuality, disputes about the role the courts should play, gays and the military, and religious attitudes toward homosexuality.
"... excellent reference book..". -- Publishers Weekly
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Sexualities and Homosexualities » Read Now
by Jaime P. Stubrin. 157 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...as to the many different forms that homosexuality may take. He also pays particular attention...who seldom consult us about their homosexuality. The theories on perversions...
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Homosexual Desire » Read Now
by Guy Hocquenghem, Daniella Dangoor. 160 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...strengthening of anti-homosexual paranoia 66 Homosexuality and crime 67 Homosexuality and disease 69 "Latent" and "patent" homosexuality 72 3 "Disgusting perverts..."...
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Same Sex, Different Cultures: Exploring Gay and Lesbian Lives » Read Now
by Gilbert Herdt. 204 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

Taking examples from ancient cultures Gilbert Herdt shows that what is deemed deviant sexual behaviour in many modern societies was, and is still in some cultures, a natural expression of human nature.
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The Material Queer: A Lesbigay Cultural Studies Reader » Read Now
by Donald Morton. 395 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

The Material Queer challenges traditional lesbian and gay studies by insisting on the embeddedness of gender and sexuality in the social division of labour. The authors look at the historical tradition in homosexual theory.
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Thinking Queer: Sexuality, Culture, and Education » Read Now
by Susan Talburt, Shirley R. Steinberg. 235 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...bibliographical references and index. 1. Homosexuality and education. 2. Education -- Social...between female homosociality and female homosexuality is disavowed through an...
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The Psychology of Sexual Orientation, Behavior, and Identity: A Handbook » Read Now
by Louis Diamant, Richard D. McAnulty. 526 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

This comprehensive overview of research, issues, and theories relating to sexual orientation, behavior, and identity by experts in various disciplines is unique in providing both historical perspectives and a synthesis of the recent advances in understanding homosexuality and heterosexuality...
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This comprehensive overview of research, issues, and theories relating to sexual orientation, behavior, and identity by experts in various disciplines is unique in providing both historical perspectives and a synthesis of the recent advances in understanding homosexuality and heterosexuality. Drawing from biological and psychological research, this major reference explores the major theories about orientation; summarizes recent developments in genetic and neuroanatomic research; considers the role of social institutions in shaping current beliefs; and discusses the social construction of gender, sexuality, and sexual identity. The handbook also describes sexual dysfunctions in ton-clinical populations, clinical disorders, and important social issues. Experts address the continuing controversy over the feasibility of altering sexual orientation; practical concerns such as disability and illness; new developments in treating sexual and personal problems within heterosexual and homosexual populations; and perspectives about sexual deviations today. This handbook is designed for the use of educators, students, and researchers in the social and behavioral sciences.
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Sexual Orientation and Psychoanalysis: Sexual Science and Clinical Practice » Read Now
by Jennifer I. Downey, Richard C. Friedman. 352 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

This book bridges psychoanalytic thought and sexual science. It brings sexuality back to the center of psychoanalysis and shows how important it is for students of human sexuality to understand motives that are often irrational and unconscious. The authors present a new perspective about male and...
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This book bridges psychoanalytic thought and sexual science. It brings sexuality back to the center of psychoanalysis and shows how important it is for students of human sexuality to understand motives that are often irrational and unconscious. The authors present a new perspective about male and female development, emphasizing the ways in which sexual orientation and homophobia appear early in life. The clinical section of the book focuses on the psychodynamics and treatment of homophobia and internalized homophobia.
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Psychological Perspectives on Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Experiences » Read Now
by Linda D. Garnets, Douglas C. Kimmel. 806 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Designed for both the undergraduate and graduate classroom, this selection of important articles provides a comprehensive overview of current thought about the psychological issues affecting lesbians, bisexuals, and gay men. The editors have revised and updated the introduction and included a new...
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Designed for both the undergraduate and graduate classroom, this selection of important articles provides a comprehensive overview of current thought about the psychological issues affecting lesbians, bisexuals, and gay men. The editors have revised and updated the introduction and included a new set of articles for the second edition, most of which have been published since the release of the first edition of Psychological Perspectives. The book is divided into eight sections that deal with the meaning of sexual orientation; the psychological dimensions of prejudice, discrimination, and violence; identity development; diversity; relationships and families; adolescence, midlife, and aging; mental health; and the status of practice, research, and public policy bearing on homosexuality and bisexuality in American psychology.
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Bio-Rhetoric, Background Beliefs and the Biology of Homosexuality, in Argumentation and Advocacy » Read Now
by Robert Alan Brookey. 14 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

...BACKGROUND BELIEFS AND THE BIOLOGY OF HOMOSEXUALITY. by Robert Alan Brookey...scientific research which indicates that homosexuality may have some biological cause...
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Straight Science? Homosexuality, Evolution and Adaptation » Read Now
by Jim McKnight. 218 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

The paradox of the 'gay' gene and Darwin's ideas on successful reproduction have led the author to the interesting conundrum of the evolutionary usefulness and advantage to homosexuality. This provokes questions that few dare to consider or even ask.
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The Mythology of Transgression: Homosexuality as Metaphor » Read Now
by Jamake Highwater. 266 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

Jamake Highwater is a master storyteller and one of our most visionary writers, hailed as "an eloquent bard, whose words are fire and glory" (Studs Terkel) and "a writer of exceptional vision and power" (Anais Nin). Author of more than thirty volumes of nonfiction, fiction, and poetry...
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Jamake Highwater is a master storyteller and one of our most visionary writers, hailed as "an eloquent bard, whose words are fire and glory" (Studs Terkel) and "a writer of exceptional vision and power" (Anais Nin). Author of more than thirty volumes of nonfiction, fiction, and poetry, Highwater--considered by many to be the intellectual heir of Joseph Campbell--has long been intrigued by how our mythological legacies have served as a foundation of modern civilization. Now, in The Mythology of Transgression, he uses his remarkable narrative powers to offer a personal and extraordinarily far-ranging examination of how people who stand outside of society--by dint of their sexual orientation, physical appearance, ideas, artistic inclinations, or ethnic heritage--often achieve lasting, even profound influence upon the culture at large. Drawing from a stunningly rich variety of sources ranging from the arts and literature to biology, physics, psychology, and anthropology, Highwater looks at his own outsider status--as a gay man, an artist, and an orphaned Native American--in an attempt to explore how mythologies from ancient times to the present have shaped the ways we think about social "abnormality" and alienation. Throughout, he points to a paradox at the center of Western values--the competing notions that the outsider is at once sinful and wise, that in everyday life the transgressor is ostracized, while in our most durable folklore and religious legends, heroes must break the rules to achieve greatness. Focusing in particular on homosexuality as a modern metaphor of transgression, Highwater brilliantly mixes personal anecdotes with wide ranging research, leading us on a tour through the history of social conformity and rejection, citing examples that span from Judeo-Christian-Islamic doctrines of good and evil, to the Navajo Nation's ambivalence toward the nature of sexuality, to Carson McCullers's treatment of physical deformity in the novella Member of the Wedding, to Descartes's theories of dualism. He also pays special attention to the debates currently raging in science regarding the biology of homosexuality and provides an engaging discussion of why we are motivated to seek a genetic basis of sexual orientation in the first place. Jamake Highwater has long been celebrated as a writer uniquely suited to give voice to the social outsider. Often provocative, always fascinating, The Mythology of Transgression is a tour de force of eloquent scholarship, a book that will prompt discussion and debate on the subject for years to come.
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Homophobia: Description, Development, and Dynamics of Gay Bashing » Read Now
by Martin Kantor. 223 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Many gays and simpatico straights view homophobia as a problem for gays and lesbians, but not as a treatable disorder. This book attempts to pathologize most forms of homophobia--to view homophobia as a symptom of an emotional disorder. Homophobia is studied from a developmental perspective, showing...
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Many gays and simpatico straights view homophobia as a problem for gays and lesbians, but not as a treatable disorder. This book attempts to pathologize most forms of homophobia--to view homophobia as a symptom of an emotional disorder. Homophobia is studied from a developmental perspective, showing how it originates in the homophobe's early relationships. With a scientifically-based eclectic treatment approach, this work uses psychodynamic, interpersonal, existential, cognitive/behavioral, and supportive techniques to treat homophobes and to help gays and lesbians who are the recipients of the manifestations of this emotional disorder.
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Sex and the Church: Gender, Homosexuality, and the Transformation of Christian Ethics » Read Now
by Kathy Rudy. 158 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

In a provocative reexaminatin of the ethics of family, community, and sex, the author contends that the Christian right's campaign against homosexuality has come to limit the agenda for American Christianity as a whole. "We should be asking not whether gay people should be allowed to fit in, but...
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In a provocative reexaminatin of the ethics of family, community, and sex, the author contends that the Christian right's campaign against homosexuality has come to limit the agenda for American Christianity as a whole. "We should be asking not whether gay people should be allowed to fit in, but rather which historically gay practices can help transform the schismatic, failing church today".
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Understanding Homosexuality, Changing Schools: A Text for Teachers, Counselors, and Administrators » Read Now
by Arthur Lipkin. 504 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

Understanding Homosexuality, written by veteran teacher & university instructor Arthur Lipkin, provides a foundation in gay/lesbian studies & offers models for equity, inclusion, & school reform. It is designed to help teachers, administrators, counselors, & policymakers understand the significance...
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Understanding Homosexuality, written by veteran teacher & university instructor Arthur Lipkin, provides a foundation in gay/lesbian studies & offers models for equity, inclusion, & school reform. It is designed to help teachers, administrators, counselors, & policymakers understand the significance of gay & lesbian issues in education; to aid communication between students & their families; & to facilitate the integration of gay & lesbian families into the school community. This book is also designed to promote the psychological health & development of all students by reducing bigotry, self-hatred, & violence. Bringing together eleven topics related to homosexuality & education, Understanding Homosexuality makes the gay, lesbian, bisexual, & transgender experience part of a democratic multicultural vision.
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The Rights of Lesbians and Gay Men: The Basic ACLU Guide to a Gay Person's Rights » Read Now
by Nan D. Hunter, Sherryl E. Michaelson, Thomas B. Stoddard. 224 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library