2023年3月16日 · Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), formed in 1972, offered family members greater support roles in the gay rights movement. 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 ...

2008年10月29日 · Although many lesbians and gay men learn to cope with the social stigma against homosexuality, this pattern of prejudice can have serious negative effects on health and well-being. Individuals and groups may have the impact of stigma reduced or worsened by other characteristics, such as race, ethnicity, religion, or disability.

Among women 18-44 years of age, 29 percent of bisexual women and 23 percent of lesbians are living in poverty, compared to 21 percent of their heterosexual counterparts. 20 percent of gay men and 25 percent of bisexual men 18-44 years of age are living at or below the federal level of poverty, compared to 15 percent of heterosexual men.

Sexual orientation is a component of identity that includes sexual and emotional attraction to another person and the behavior and/or social affiliation that may result from this attraction. Gender identity is one’s self-identification as male, female, or an alternative gender.

The families of lesbians and gay men: A new frontier in family research. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 57, 111-127. Examined the extent to which the family relations of lesbians and gay men are integrated into the family literature by reviewing over 8,000 articles published between 1980 and 1993 in nine journals that publish family research.

families headed by lesbians and gay men differ from one another, transgender parents, single gay men and lesbians raising children, and relationships between children and their gay and lesbian stepparents. In conclusion, Lesbian and Gay Parents and Their Children is an important contribution to the literature on gay and lesbian families.

An example such as "Psychologists need training in working with special populations such as lesbians, drug abusers, and alcoholics" is stigmatizing in that it lists a status designation (lesbians) with designations of people being treated. Comparisons of lesbians or gay men with parallel groups. When comparing a group of gay men or lesbians to ...

Among lesbians and gay male practitioners, 71% specialized in treating homosexual clients, compared with 42% of the bisexual providers and only 9% of the heterosexual providers. It should be noted that these materials are not based on or intended to be a …

Resources for students and psychologists to gain a better understanding of issues that may affect the straight spouse when a wife or husband comes out as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.

2024年1月1日 · That differential policy impact is by design, said Sara McClelland, PhD, an associate professor of psychology and women’s and gender studies at the University of Michigan, who studies abortion policy’s racist and sexist underpinnings.