Out in Psychology: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer PerspectivesVictoria Clarke, Elizabeth Peel There has been a recent explosion of interest in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Perspective Psychology amongst students and academics, and this interest is predicted to continue to rise. Recent media debates on subjects such as same-sex marriage have fuelled interest in LGBTQ perspectives. This edited collection showcases the latest thinking in LGBTQ psychology. The book has 21 chapters covering subjects such as same sex parenting, outing, young LGBTQ people, sport, learning disabilities, lesbian and gay identities etc. The book has an international focus, with contributors from UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand |
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... context. Moreover, the theories and practices of mainstream psychology are value-laden and reinforce an unjust status quo. By contrast, the central themes of critical psychology are the explicit pursuit of social justice, the promotion ...
... context. Moreover, the theories and practices of mainstream psychology are value-laden and reinforce an unjust status quo. By contrast, the central themes of critical psychology are the explicit pursuit of social justice, the promotion ...
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... contexts (Greene, 2000). Alongside heterosexism, classism, racism, sexism and other forms of oppression are embedded in mainstream psychological practices and LGBTQ psychologies must be at the forefront of challenges to these practices ...
... contexts (Greene, 2000). Alongside heterosexism, classism, racism, sexism and other forms of oppression are embedded in mainstream psychological practices and LGBTQ psychologies must be at the forefront of challenges to these practices ...
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... context: Now more than ever we need to dialogue about our continued strategy for liberation. Do we dive into the assimilationist, erroneous 'melting pot' of America? Or, do we strive to be tossed into the 'salad' of a truly pluralistic ...
... context: Now more than ever we need to dialogue about our continued strategy for liberation. Do we dive into the assimilationist, erroneous 'melting pot' of America? Or, do we strive to be tossed into the 'salad' of a truly pluralistic ...
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... context, in the late 1990s, which gave rise to many of the lesbian and gay organizations that exist today – including the groups within the APA, BPS, APS and CPA – and the cogency of a lesbian and gay standpoint. The 'gender chasm ...
... context, in the late 1990s, which gave rise to many of the lesbian and gay organizations that exist today – including the groups within the APA, BPS, APS and CPA – and the cogency of a lesbian and gay standpoint. The 'gender chasm ...
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... contexts of gender difference).5 It is also important to examine lesbian and gay men as gendered beings: we emphasize how lesbians and gay men negotiate living in a heterosexist world, and neglect how they live as women and men in a ...
... contexts of gender difference).5 It is also important to examine lesbian and gay men as gendered beings: we emphasize how lesbians and gay men negotiate living in a heterosexist world, and neglect how they live as women and men in a ...
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