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Sexual & Gender Identity Disorders in Children & Adolescents

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Social Work Practice with Transgender and Gender Variant Youth

Social Work Practice with Transgender and Gender Variant Youth
  • Edited by Gerald P. Mallon.

Published March 2009

Through personal narratives and case studies, this fully updated second edition explores the childhood and adolescent experiences of transgendered persons. Addressing the differences between male-to-female (MTF) and female-to-male (FTM) individuals and identifying the specific challenges of…
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Queering Teen Culture

All-American Boys and Same-Sex Desire in Film and Television

Queering Teen Culture
  • By Jeffery P Dennis.

Published May 2006

Why did Fonzie hang around with all those high school boys?Is the overwhelming boy-meets-girl content of popular teen movies, music, books, and TV just a cover for an undercurrent of same-sex desire? From the 1950s to the present, popular culture has involved teenage boys falling for, longing over,…
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Juvenile Offenders and Mental Illness

I Know Why the Caged Bird Cries

  • By Marvin D Feit, John S Wodarski, Catherine Dulmus and Lisa A. Rapp-Paglicci.

Published October 2005

Get the latest research on juvenile offenders who have a mental illnessMost youths in the juvenile justice system who have one or more mental disorders do not receive proper treatment or education, nor do they serve sentences appropriate for their crimes. Juvenile Offenders and Mental Illness: I…
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How Homophobia Hurts Children

Nurturing Diversity at Home, at School, and in the Community

How Homophobia Hurts Children
  • By John Dececco, Phd, and Jean M Baker.

Published December 2001

Homophobia hurts kids. Explore ways to minimize that trauma!This book illustrates the ways that children growing up to be gay are harmed by homophobia before anyone, including themselves, even knows they are gay. This compelling and sympathetic volume describes many simple ways that these children…
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Being Gay and Lesbian in a Catholic High School

Beyond the Uniform

Being Gay and Lesbian in a Catholic High School
  • By John Dececco, Phd, Michael Maher and Mary Elizabeth Sperry.

Published May 2001

Recognize the homophobia and anti-gay violence in a respected institution!The only study of its kind, Being Gay and Lesbian in a Catholic High School: Beyond the Uniform offers compelling evidence to Catholic educators, clergy, and laypeople that their superb academic institutions are not…
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Childhood Sexuality

Normal Sexual Behavior and Development

  • By Theo Sandfort.

Published March 2001

What is “normal sexual behavior” in a child?Childhood sexuality is an often neglected field in sex research. There is very little literature about what one might call “normal child sexual behavior.” The existing literature on child sexuality gives the impression that the…
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Social Work Practice with Transgender and Gender Variant Youth

  • Edited by Gerald P Mallon, and Gerald P. Mallon.

Published May 2000

Through personal narratives and case studies, Social Services with Transgendered Youth explores the childhood and adolescent experiences of transgendered persons. Addressing the differences between male-to-female (MTF) and female-to-male (FTM) individuals and identifying the specific challenges of…
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Queer Kids

The Challenges and Promise for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth

  • By John Dececco, Phd, and Robert E Owens.

Published May 1998

Packed to the hilt with living narratives, scholarly research, and problem-solution scenarios, Queer Kids: The Challenges and Promise for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth examines the unique challenges faced by today’s homosexual young adults. You’ll learn what modern-day queer kids do to cope,…
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Helping Gay and Lesbian Youth

New Policies, New Programs, New Practice

  • By Teresa Decrescenzo.

Published October 1994

This pioneering book brings together for the first time the most up-to-date information and thought on gay and lesbian youth in America. Gay adolescents need much more attention than they have been getting from social service providers, and social workers have an ethical obligation to try to meet…
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Growing Up Gay in the South

Race, Gender, and Journeys of the Spirit

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Published January 1991

This groundbreaking new book weaves personal portraits of lesbian and gay Southerners with interdisciplinary commentary about the impact of culture, race, and gender on the development of sexual identity. Growing Up Gay in the South is an important book that focuses on the distinct features of…
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