Darcy C. Plymire, Teachg Genr Lbian and Gay Studi, NWSA Journal, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Sprg, 2000), pp. 174-180
Contents:
- GLQ: A JOURNAL OF LBIAN AND GAY STUDI
- GAY AND LBIAN STUDI
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR STUDI
- HANDBOOK OF LBIAN AND GAY STUDI
- GAY LBIAN STUDI MAJOR
- THE LBIAN AND GAY STUDI REAR
GLQ: A JOURNAL OF LBIAN AND GAY STUDI
See what ’s like to major Gay and Lbian Studi and learn what a sample llege curriculum clus and the reers you’ll be prepared for after graduatn. * lesbian and gay studies *
Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Studi (LGBTS) at Yale promot novative terdisciplary scholarship and teachg on the historil and ntemporary experience of lbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgenr people.
GAY AND LBIAN STUDI
Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Studi Mor Program, Unrgraduate * lesbian and gay studies *
This page provis accurate rmatn for those who want to better unrstand sexual orientatn and the impact of prejudice and discrimatn on those who intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual.
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR STUDI
* lesbian and gay studies *
In the Uned Stat the most equent labels are lbians (women attracted to women), gay men (men attracted to men), and bisexual people (men or women attracted to both sex).
HANDBOOK OF LBIAN AND GAY STUDI
<p>`The creatn of a new field of lbian and gay studi over the past thirty years has been a fascatg project. This volume brgs together key thors * lesbian and gay studies *
Prejudice and discrimatn make difficult for many people to e to terms wh their sexual orientatn inti, so claimg a lbian, gay, or bisexual inty may be a slow procs. Public opn studi over the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s routely showed that, among large segments of the public, lbian, gay, and bisexual people were the target of strongly held negative attus. The associatn of HIV/AIDS wh gay and bisexual men and the accurate belief that some people held that all gay and bisexual men were fected served to further stigmatize lbian, gay, and bisexual people.
GAY LBIAN STUDI MAJOR
Gay and Lbian Studi is by nature cross-disciplary, verg a wi range of tellectual bas: lerature, history, relign, psychology, soclogy, philosophy, anthropology, medice, law, fe arts, and others. Rourc this subject area may be found nearly every divisn of the Rearch Librari. This gui offers multiple trajectori to this richly varied * lesbian and gay studies *
On an dividual level, such prejudice and discrimatn may also have negative nsequenc, pecially if lbian, gay, and bisexual people attempt to nceal or ny their sexual orientatn. Dpe the persistence of stereotyp that portray lbian, gay, and bisexual people as disturbed, several s of rearch and clil experience have led all mastream medil and mental health anizatns this untry to nclu that the orientatns reprent normal forms of human experience.
Helpful rpons of a therapist treatg an dividual who is troubled about her or his same sex attractns clu helpg that person actively pe wh social prejudic agast homosexualy, succsfully rolve issu associated wh and rultg om ternal nflicts, and actively lead a happy and satisfyg life.
THE LBIAN AND GAY STUDI REAR
Gay Lbian Studi schools * lesbian and gay studies *
The phrase “g out” is ed to refer to several aspects of lbian, gay, and bisexual persons’ experienc: self-awarens of same-sex attractns; the tellg of one or a few people about the attractns; wispread disclosure of same-sex attractns; and intifitn wh the lbian, gay, and bisexual muny. Th, is not surprisg that lbians and gay men who feel they mt nceal their sexual orientatn report more equent mental health ncerns than do lbians and gay men who are more open; they may even have more physil health problems.
Brgg together forty-two groundbreakg says--many of them already classics--The Lbian and Gay Studi Rear provis a much-need troductn to the * lesbian and gay studies *
Some adolcents sire and engage same-sex behavr but do not intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual, sometim bee of the stigma associated wh a nonheterosexual orientatn. Lbian, gay, and bisexual youth who do well spe strs—like all adolcents who do well spe strs—tend to be those who are socially petent, who have good problem-solvg skills, who have a sense of tonomy and purpose, and who look forward to the future.