Out in Psychology: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer Perspectives

Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Out in Psychology: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer Perspectives

Editor(s): Victoria Clarke, Elizabeth Peel

Published Online: 9 MAY 2008

Print ISBN: 9780470012871

Online ISBN: 9780470713099

DOI: 10.1002/9780470713099

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There has been a recent explosion of interest in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Perspective Psychology amongst students and academics, and this interest is predicted to continue to rise. Recent media debates on subjects such as same-sex marriage have fuelled interest in LGBTQ perspectives. This edited collection showcases the latest thinking in LGBTQ psychology. The book has 21 chapters covering subjects such as same sex parenting, outing, young LGBTQ people, sport, learning disabilities, lesbian and gay identities etc. The book has an international focus, with contributors from UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand

Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–xxi)

    1. Chapter 1

      Introducing Out in Psychology (pages 1–9)

      Victoria Clarke and Elizabeth Peel

    1. Chapter 2

      From Lesbian and Gay Psychology to LGBTQ Psychologies: A Journey into the Unknown (or Unknowable)? (pages 11–39)

      Victoria Clarke and Elizabeth Peel

  4. Part I: Histories and Commentaries

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      Power, Invisibility and Heteronormativity: Invitations to Paradox (pages 37–39)

      Glenda M. Russell

    2. Chapter 3

      What Comes After Discourse Analysis for LGBTQ Psychology? (pages 41–57)

      Peter Hegarty

    3. Chapter 4

      Recognizing Race in LGBTQ Psychology: Power, Privilege and Complicity (pages 59–76)

      Damien W. Riggs

    4. Chapter 5

      Personality, Individual Differences and LGB Psychology (pages 77–94)

      Gareth Hagger-Johnson

    5. Chapter 6

      Heteronormativity and the Exclusion of Bisexuality in Psychology (pages 95–117)

      Meg Barker

  5. Part II: Lives and Experiences

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      The Challenge of Understanding LGBTQ Lives and Experiences (pages 119–123)

      Becky J. Liddle

    2. Chapter 7

      A Minority Within a Minority: Experiences of Gay Men with Intellectual Disabilities (pages 125–145)

      Christopher Bennett and Adrian Coyle

    3. Chapter 8

      Closet Talk: The Contemporary Relevance of the Closet in Lesbian and Gay Interaction (pages 147–171)

      Victoria Land and Celia Kitzinger

    4. Chapter 9

      Romance, Rights, Recognition, Responsibilities and Radicalism: Same-Sex Couples' Views on Civil Partnership and Marriage (pages 173–193)

      Victoria Clarke, Carole Burgoyne and Maree Burns

    5. Chapter 10

      The Experience of Social Power in the Lives of Trans People (pages 195–216)

      Clair Clifford and Jim Orford

    6. Chapter 11

      “What do they Look Like and Are They Among Us?”: Bisexuality, (Dis)closure and (Un)viability (pages 217–241)

      Maria Gurevich, Jo Bower, Cynthia M. Mathieson and Bramilee Dhayanandhan

  6. Part III: Work and Leisure

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      LGBTQ Psychologies go to Work (pages 143–146)

      Suzanna M. Rose

    2. Chapter 12

      Heterosexism at Work: Diversity Training, Discrimination Law and the Limits of Liberal Individualism (pages 247–271)

      Rosie Harding and Elizabeth Peel

    3. Chapter 13

      Out on the Ball Fields: Lesbians in Sport (pages 273–290)

      Vikki Krane and Kerrie J. Kauer

    4. Chapter 14

      Homophobia, Rights and Community: Contemporary Issues in the Lives of LGB People in the UK (pages 291–310)

      Sonja J. Ellis

    5. Chapter 15

      Striving for Holistic Success: How Lesbians Come Out on Top (pages 311–330)

      Faith Rostad and Bonita C. Long

  7. Part IV: Health and Practice

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      Bringing LGBTQ Psychology into Mainstream Practice (pages 331–334)

      Ian Rivers

    2. Chapter 16

      On Passing: The Interactional Organization of Appearance Attributions in the Psychiatric Assessment of Transsexual Patients (pages 335–368)

      Susan A. Speer and Richard Green

    3. Chapter 17

      Alcohol and Gay Men: Consumption, Promotion and Policy Responses (pages 369–390)

      Jeffery Adams, Tim McCreanor and Virginia Braun

    4. Chapter 18

      Towards a Clinical–Psychological Approach to Address the Heterosexual Concerns of Intersexed Women (pages 391–408)

      Lih-Mei Liao

    5. Chapter 19

      Educational Psychology Practice with LGB Youth in Schools: Individual and Institutional Interventions (pages 409–425)

      Jeremy J. Monsen and Sydney Bayley

    6. Chapter 20

      Que(e)rying the Meaning of Lesbian Health: Individual(izing) and Community Discourses (pages 427–443)

      Sara MacBride-Stewart

    7. Chapter 21

      Transsexualism: Diagnostic Dilemmas, Transgender Politics and the Future of Transgender Care (pages 445–464)

      Katherine Johnson

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      Index (pages 465–473)

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