Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Aging: Research and Clinical Perspectives

Douglas Kimmel, Tara Rose, Steven David

Columbia University Press, May 9, 2006 - Social Science - 320 pages

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Aging brings together cutting-edge research, practical information, and innovative thinking regarding the characteristics and processes of aging among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals. Written by experts in the field, the book covers a range of subjects and provides a comprehensive knowledge base for practitioners, students, and researchers.

Contributors address topics such as sexuality, relationships, legal issues, retirement planning, physical and mental health, substance abuse, community needs, gay and lesbian grandparents, and a model agency dedicated to delivering services to the senior LGBT population. Their writing takes a gay-affirmative approach that focuses on resilience, coping, and successful adaptation to aging and is sensitive to the importance of historical oppression in the lives of older members of sexual minorities. The authors also pay close attention to ethnic and cultural issues and identify where further research is needed.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Aging is a groundbreaking collection of some of the most significant voices in this area of research today. Gerontologists and those who serve the LGBT community are in great need of the information contained in this singular and definitive resource.

Contents

• 1 Historical Context for Research on Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Aging by Douglas Kimmel Tara Rose Nancy Orel and Beverly Greene: 1
• 2 Trans Aging by Loree CookDaniels: 20
• The Invisible of the Invisible Minority by Sari H Dworkin: 36
• 4 Physical and Mental Health of Older Lesbian Gay and Bisexual Adults by Arnold H Grossman: 53
• 5 Sexuality in the Lives of Aging Lesbian and Bisexual Women by Linda Garnets and Letitia Anne Peplau: 70
• Sex and Intimacy by Edward A Wierzalis Bob Barret Mark Pope and Michael Rankins: 91
• Patterns Impact and Implications for Intervention by Kimberly F Balsam and Anthony R DAugelli: 110
• 8 Use and Misuse of Alcohol and Drugs by Derek D Satre: 131
• The Retirement Plans of SameSex Couples by Steven E Mock Catherine J Taylor and Ritch C SavinWilliams: 152
• The Centrality of Sexual Orientation in the GrandparentGrandchild Relationship by Nancy Orel: 175
• 11 Legal Concerns of LGBT Elders by Matthew R Dubois: 195
• 12 EndofLife Issues for LGBT Older Adults by Dean Blevins and James L Werth Jr: 206
• Documenting the Need for Affirmative Services for LGB Older Adults by Nancy Orel: 227
• Community Building and Research in the LGBT Aging Population by Marcy Adelman Jeanette Gurevitch Brian de Vries and John A Blando: 247
• New York Citys Pioneer Organization for LGBT Elders by Elizabeth Kling and Douglas Kimmel: 265
• 16 Bibliography of Research and Clinical Perspectives on LGBT Aging by Steven David: 277
• Index: 297

About the author

Douglas Kimmel is professor emeritus at City College of the City University of New York. He is the coeditor (with Linda Garnets) of Psychological Perspectives on Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Experiences and author of the classic text, Adulthood and Aging.Tara Rose is a research assistant professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Southern California. She conducts and consults on longitudinal outcome studies and program evaluations in system of care communities and agencies. She is also interested in the empirical validation of services to LGBT elders. Steven David is a post-doctoral fellow in the department of Geriatric Psychiatry at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital. He has coauthored articles in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and other publications.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Aging: Research and Clinical Perspectives
• Editors: Douglas Kimmel, Tara Rose, Steven David
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Columbia University Press, 2006
• ISBN: 0231509855, 9780231509855
• Length: 320 pages
• Subjects: Social Science / Gerontology; Social Science / LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies