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Homosexuality : research implications for public policy /

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"Despite scientific study and scholarly research, homosexuality continues as the subject of an intense, and often bitter, debate. Current and concise, Homosexuality summarizes what science knows about homosexuality and its relevance for public policy. The chapters here focus on concerns that ha...

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Other Authors: Gonsiorek, John C. (Editor), Weinrich, James D. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Newbury Park : Sage Publications, [1991]
Subjects:
Homosexuality > United States.
Homosexuality > Government policy > United States.
Gays > United States > Psychology.
Gay and lesbian studies.
Homosexuality
Public Policy
United States
Homosexualité > États-Unis.
Homosexualité > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Homosexuels > États-Unis > Psychologie.
Homosexualité.
homosexuality.
Gays > Psychology.
Homosexuality.
Homosexuality > Government policy.
United States.
Homoseksualiteit.
Overheidsbeleid.
Table of Contents:
  • The definition and scope of sexual orientation / John C. Gonsiorek and James D. Weinrich
  • Homosexuality, nature, and biology: is homosexuality natural? Does it matter? / John A.W. Kirsch and James D. Weinrich
  • Masculinity and femininity in homosexuality: "inversion" revisited / Richard C. Pillard
  • Strange customs, familiar lives: homosexualities in other cultures / James D. Weinrich and Walter L. Williams
  • Stigma, prejudice, and violence against lesbians and gay men / Gregory M. Herek
  • Sexual orientation and the law / Rhonda R. Rivera
  • Psychological and medical treatments of homosexuality / Charles Silverstein
  • The empirical basis for the demise of the illness model of homosexuality / John C. Gonsiorek
  • Constructionism and morality in therapy for homosexuality / Gerald C. Davison
  • Sexual orientation conversion therapy for gay men and lesbians: a scientific examination / Douglas C. Haldeman
  • Homosexual identity: coming out and other developmental events / John C. Gonsiorek and James R. Rudolph
  • Lesbian and gay relationships / Letitia Anne Peplau
  • Lesbian mothers and gay fathers / G. Dorsey Green and Frederick W. Bozett
  • Partner notification as an instruments for HIV control / Edmund F. Dejowski, Lidia Dengelegi, Stephen Crystal, and Pearl Beck
  • AIDS prevention and public policy: the experience of gay males / John C. Gonsiorek and Michael Shernoff.