Swimmg upstream: the provisn of clive re to olr lbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) adults rintial and nursg environments Wal - Volume 36 Issue 2
Contents:
- SWIMMG UPSTREAM: THE PROVISN OF CLIVE RE TO OLR LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL (LGB) ADULTS RINTIAL AND NURSG ENVIRONMENTS WAL
- SWIMMG UPSTREAM AS A BLACK, GAY NSERVATIVE
- SWIMMG UPSTREAM: THE PROVISN OF INCLIVE CARE TO OLR LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL PEOPLE RINTIAL AND NURSG ENVIRONMENTS WAL
SWIMMG UPSTREAM: THE PROVISN OF CLIVE RE TO OLR LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL (LGB) ADULTS RINTIAL AND NURSG ENVIRONMENTS WAL
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overwhelmgly gay crowd. Optnal (much nudy here; gay. Some topics discsed were Greg's childhood problems, his homosexualy, and him ntractg the HIV vis.
A story about two classmat - one smart and openly gay and the other school swimmg star. Olr adults who intify as lbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) n experience dual discrimatn through the heterosexist assumptns of re provirs and through ageist beliefs circulatg LGB muni (Clarke et al.
SWIMMG UPSTREAM AS A BLACK, GAY NSERVATIVE
Equally, Ste, Beckerman and Sherman (Reference Ste, Beckerman and Sherman2010: 424) argue that fears of rejectn and havg to ‘go back to the closet’ are profound anxieti for lbian and gay elrs the USA when ntemplatg rintial re. Hostily and homophobia towards olr LGB adults n also emanate om other rints (Knockel, Quam and Chan Reference Knockel, Quam and Chan2011). Tolley and Ranzijn (Reference Tolley and Ranzijn2006) argue that creased exposure to lbian and gay rints will help unter-act heteronormative assumptns.
SWIMMG UPSTREAM: THE PROVISN OF INCLIVE CARE TO OLR LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL PEOPLE RINTIAL AND NURSG ENVIRONMENTS WAL
Dickey (Reference Dickey2013) ncurs that exposure to lbian and gay people will migate homophobic attus held by nursg staff. However, is not clear what type and level of exposure to LGB dividuals is effective shiftg anti-homosexual attus. The ‘Gay and Grey Dorset’ project south England, nducted om 2003 to 2006, surveyed 90 olr LGB and transgenr people (aged 50–90) and reported that rponnts preferred ‘gay-iendly’ hom (38.
5%) or ‘gay mixed’ facili as future optns for re, while the majory of rponnts felt was important for re profsnals to know about their sexualy (Health and Care Development Ltd 2006). Preferenc for lbian and gay-only rintial servic have likewise been intified other sampl of LGB adults (Hugh Reference Hugh2009; Jackson, Johnson and Roberts Reference Jackson, Johnson and Roberts2008; Johnson et al.