Hirons Library : LGBTQ: Health and Education

Health

Care Work by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Call Number: HV1568 .P54 2018

ISBN: 1551527383

Publication Date: 2018-10-30

Lambda Literary Award winning poet and essayist and long-time disability justice advocate Leah Piepzna-Samarasinha writes passionately and personally about disability justice in her latest book of essays.
LGBT Psychology and Mental Health: Emerging Research and Advances by Richard Ruth (Editor); Erik Santacruz (Editor)
ISBN: 9781440843389

Publication Date: 2017-10-27

This cutting-edge guide spotlights some of the most exciting emerging discoveries, trends, and research areas in LGBT psychology, both in science and therapy.
Gay Relationships for Men and Women by Tina B. Tessina; Tina Tessina
Call Number: HQ76.25 .T46 2003

ISBN: 0874775663

Publication Date: 1990-04-01

Gay Relationships is a comprehensive guide to creating healthy, loving relationships for gay men and lesbian women.
Same-Sex Domestic Violence by Sandra E. Lundy (Editor); Beth Leventhal (Editor)
ISBN: 9780761903239

Publication Date: 1999-08-24

This book examines a broad range of issues that confront victims of same-sex domestic violence, whether women or men, and those who offer them services.
Education, Research, and Practice in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Psychology by Beverly Greene (Editor); Gladys L. Croom (Editor)
ISBN: 9780803953833

Publication Date: 1999-11-15

This volume will serve as a basic resource with information on salient lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered psychology issues and will furnish the reader with a range of references and other resources to explore each topic in greater depth.

Education

Out and about Campus by Kim Howard (Editor); Annie Stevens (Editor)
Call Number: LC2574.6 .O87 2000

ISBN: 1555834809

Publication Date: 2000-04-01

This inspiring collection of first-person accounts on coming out, being out, and staying out presents the courageous voices of 28 remarkable individuals who offer comfort, insight and hope to the many young students who will have to grapple with their sexuality in addition to the woes of jobs, grades and student loans as they enter college life.
A Culturally Proficient Response to LGBT Communities by Randall B. Lindsey; et et al.
ISBN: 9781452241982

Publication Date: 2013-06-20

This inside-out approach carries readers through a personal journey of reflection to action by using the Tools of Cultural Proficiency to examine their values, beliefs, and assumptions about how LGBT communities are served educationally.
LGBTQ Voices in Education by Marni E. Fisher (Editor); Veronica E. Bloomfield (Editor)
Call Number: LC2575 .L53 2016

ISBN: 9781138187092

Publication Date: 2016-04-21

Changing the Culture of Schooling addresses the ways in which teachers can meet the needs of LGBTQ students and improve the culture surrounding gender, sexuality, and identity issues in formal learning environments.
Trans* in College by Kristen A. Renn (Foreword by); Z. Nicolazzo; Stephen John Quaye (Afterword by)
Call Number: LC2574.6 .N52 2017

ISBN: 9781620364567

Publication Date: 2016-12-01

This is both a personal book that offers an account of the author's own trans* identity and a deeply engaged study of trans* collegians that reveals the complexities of trans* identities, and how these students navigate the trans* oppression present throughout society and their institutions, create community and resilience, and establish meaning and control in a world that assumes binary genders.
Dignity for All by Peter DeWitt
ISBN: 9781452205908

Publication Date: 2012-03-06

This book provides professional development ideas and real-life vignettes that will help educational leaders foster a more caring school culture not only for LGBT students, but for all students.

Marriage and Children

Same-Sex Marriage and Children by Carlos A. Ball
Call Number: HQ1033 .B35 2014

ISBN: 9780190628598

Publication Date: 2016-07-06

Same-Sex Marriage and Children is the first book to bring together historical, social science, and legal considerations to comprehensively respond to the objections to same-sex marriage that are based on the need to promote so-called "responsible procreation" and child welfare.
LGBT Families by Nancy J. Mezey
ISBN: 9781452217383

Publication Date: 2014-07-10

This book presents a comprehensive yet accessible understanding of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender families today by drawing upon and making sense of the burgeoning scholarly literature about LGBT families from the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
Uncommon Lives by Catherine Whitney; Christine Henny (Afterword by)
Call Number: HQ74 .W48 1990

ISBN: 0452265908

Publication Date: 1991-04-30

Looks at the relationships of women and their homosexual husbands, discusses parenthood, family life, and the threat of AIDS, and offers profiles of actual couples.
Gay Dads by David Strah; Susanna Margolis
Call Number: HQ76.13 .S77 2004

ISBN: 1585423335

Publication Date: 2004-06-03

An evolution has quietly been occurring in the world of parenting. Recent surveys reveal that millions of children have found loving homes either by being born to, or adopted by, gay men. This book is a celebration of these remarkable new families.
Why Marriage Matters by Evan Wolfson
Call Number: HQ1034 .U5 W65 2005

ISBN: 9780743264594

Publication Date: 2005-06-02

Why Marriage Matters is a clear, straightforward book that brings into sharp focus the very human significance of the right to marry in America -- not just for some couples, but for all. Why is the word marriage so important? Will marriage for same-sex couples hurt the "sanctity" of the institution? How can people of different faiths reconcile their beliefs with the idea of marriage for same-sex couples? How will allowing gay couples to marry affect children?
Outing Yourself by Michelangelo Signorile
Call Number: HQ76.3 .U5 S54 1995

ISBN: 0679438386

Publication Date: 1995-05-23

From the author of Queer in America comes a complete, step-by-step guide to coming out of the closet--the first coming-out guide to the '90s. Signorile's pull-no-punches style gives this book a Susan Powter-ish Stop the Insanity! approach to a difficult and often mishandled experience.