This volume offers an invaluable resource for both social work educators and practitioners working with gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) clients and their families. It is the first such work to specifically address issues affecting bisexual and transgender people as well as the larger concerns of the GLBT community.
Contributors present specific, practical suggestions for effective knowledge-based and skills-based practice with GLBT clients. Topics include heterosexism and homophobia, identity development, coming out, GLBT adolescents and older adults, health-care concerns, relationships and families, workplace issues, the history of the GLBT civil rights movement, sex reassignment, AIDS, and the role of spirituality in the lives of GLBT individuals. The contributors also consider intragroup issues of race, ethnicity, age, and socioeconomic status.
- Contents
- Volume Editors
- Contributors
- PART ONE A Context for Social Work Practice
- 1. Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Expression
- 2. A Historical Perspective
- 3. Oppression, Prejudice, and Discrimination
- PART TWO Identity Development and Coming Out
- 4. Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Identity Development
- 5. Transgender Identity
- 6. Coming Out as Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender
- PART THREE Relationships and Families
- 7. Psychosocial Support for Families of ay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender People
- 8. Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Adolescents
- 9. Gay Male Relationships and Families
- 10. Lesbian Relationships and Families
- 11. Bisexual Relationships and Families
- 12. Transgender Emergence within Families
- 13. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Aging
- PART FOUR Society and Culture
- 14. Health Concerns for Lesbians, Gay Men, and Bisexuals
- 15. Transgender Health Issues
- 16. Violence, Hate Crimes, and Hate Language
- 17. Religion and Spirituality
- 18. Workplace Issues
- 19. Social Welfare Policy and Advocacy
- 20. Toward Affirmative Practice
- Appendix A: Words and Symbols of GLBT Culture
- Appendix B: GLBT Resources
- Index