LGBTQ Youth Issues: A Practical Guide for Youth Workers Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning YouthThis new, revised edition brings recent research and clinical practice regarding LGBTQ youth into focus for all kinds of youth-serving professionals. These youth are often an invisible population, but it's safe to say that every agency that works with youth has had clients who identify as LGBTQ. With a combination of practical tips, proven research, and personal vignettes - where the youth are able to speak for themselves - this book is a guide for workers who want to help LGBTQ youth confront challenges with their families, at school, in out-of-home care, or in the wider community. New in this edition is a chapter on transgender youth issues, a chapter on other special populations of LGBTQ youth, and specially highlighted sections in each chapter that answer the question, "What Can Youth Workers Do?". |
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Contents
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| 43 | |
Family Issues | 57 |
Discrimination and AntiLGBTQ Harassment and Violence | 67 |
Creating Healthy and Affirming Social Environments | 73 |
Relationships and Dating | 83 |
School Issues | 89 |
Health Mental Health Issues for LGBTQ Youth | 97 |
OutofHome Programs for LGBTQ Youth | 105 |
Working with Transgender and Gender Variant Youth | 117 |
Other Special Populations within the Community of LGBTQ Youth | 133 |
Conclusions A Call for Organizational Transformation | 149 |
| 157 | |
LGBTQ Resources | 169 |
About the Author | 175 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | LGBTQ Youth Issues: A Practical Guide for Youth Workers Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Youth |
| Author | Gerald P. Mallon |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | CWLA, 2010 |
| ISBN | 1587601389, 9781587601385 |
| Length | 175 pages |
| Subjects | › › Social Science / Gender Studies Social Science / LGBT Studies / Gay Studies Social Science / LGBT Studies / Lesbian Studies |
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