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Lesbian and Gay Psychology: New Perspectives » (1st Edition)

Book cover image of Lesbian and Gay Psychology: New Perspectives by Adrian Coyle

Authors: Adrian Coyle (Editor), Celia Kitzinger
ISBN-13: 9781405102223, ISBN-10: 1405102225
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Date Published: May 2002
Edition: 1st Edition

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Author Biography: Adrian Coyle


Adrian Coyle is Senior Lecturer and Joint Course Director of the Practitioner Doctorate in Psychotherapeutic and Counselling Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Surrey.

Celia Kitzinger is Professor of Conversation Analysis, Gender and Sexuality in the Department of Sociology at the University of York.

Both editors are well-established in the field of lesbian and gay psychology.

Book Synopsis

Written in an accessible but scholarly manner, this is the first British-edited and authored collection on lesbian and gay psychology.

Table of Contents

List of contributors
Foreword: The cutting edges of lesbian and gay psychology
1Introducing lesbian and gay psychology1
2Developmental issues for lesbian and gay youth30
3Girls' friendships and the formation of sexual identities45
4Coming out as lesbian63
5Lesbian and gay parenting81
6Resistance and normalization in the construction of lesbian and gay families: A discursive analysis98
7Lesbian health117
8Gay men's physical and emotional well-being: Re-orienting research and health promotion135
9Psychopathology and the social and historical construction of gay male identities154
10Lesbian and gay affirmative psychotherapy: Defining the domain175
11Family therapy with lesbian and gay clients198
12'I've always tolerated it but ...': Heterosexual masculinity and the discursive reproduction of homophobia219
13Student support for lesbian and gay human rights: Findings from a large-scale questionnaire study239
14Lesbian and gay awareness training: Challenging homophobia, liberalism and managing stereotypes255
Index275

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