And political action exploded through the national gay and lesbian task force, the human rights campaign, the election of openly gay and lesbian representatives like elaine noble and barney frank, and, in. This american psychologist reprint presents suggestions for avoiding heterosexual bias in language concerning lesbians, gay men and bisexual persons. Includes a summary of research findings on lesbian mothers, gay fathers and their children, an annotated bibliography of the published psychological literature and additional resources relevant to lesbian and gay parenting. The mission of clgc's task force on bias in psychotherapy with lesbians and gay men was to describe the range of problems that gay male and lesbian clients can face in psychotherapy and to provide an empirical basis for the development of guidelines and suggestions for practice. Out lesbians and gay men The majority of research on this topic asks whether children raised by lesbian and gay parents are at a disadvantage when compared to children raise by heterosexual parents
The most common questions and do children of lesbian and gay parents have more problems with sexual identity than do children of heterosexual parents? This special issue focuses on minority stress theory, which describes stress processes that stem from stigma and prejudice experienced by lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgender individuals (lgbt) and that place lgbt people at risk for adverse mental and physical health outcomes. An extensive list of apa and other resources to support the aging lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Repeal of the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy will lift a heavy psychological burden of secrecy from gay, lesbian and bisexual military. Heterosexist bias is conceptualizing human experience in strictly heterosexual terms and consequently ignoring, invalidating or derogating homosexual behaviors and sexual orientation, and lesbian, gay male and bisexual relationships and lifestyles.
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