Queer kids : the challenges and promise for lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth / Robert E. Owens, Jr.
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New York :
Haworth Press,
[1998]
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| Series: | Haworth gay & lesbian studies.
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Table of Contents:
- Who Are Queer Kids?
- A Working Vocabulary
- "Becoming" Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual
- Feeling Different
- Awareness of Same-Sex Attractions
- First Sexual Contacts and Dating
- Self-Identification
- Coming Out of the Closet
- Stages
- Challenges for Queer Kids
- What Challenges?
- The Special Problem of Schools
- School Personnel
- Curriculum
- Harassment and Violence
- Extracurricular Activities
- College Campuses
- Outcomes for Sexual-Minority Youths
- Statistics
- The Pluses
- Addressing the Needs of Queer Kids
- Change Societal Attitudes
- Provide More Role Models
- Educate Families
- Eliminate Untenable School Conditions
- Monitor Juvenile Courts
- Establish Special Programs and Schools
- Open All Youth Programs to Lesbian and Gay Youth
- Involve the Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Community
- Train More Knowledgable and Unbiased Professionals
- Organize College Students
- Conclusion: Who Owns the Problem?
- Counseling
- Difficulties in Serving Queer Kids
- Education of the Counselor
- Getting 'Em in the Door
- Keeping 'Em There
- Counseling Beyond the Individual Teen
- Helping Suicidal Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youths
- Counseling for Coming Out
- Challenges to Coming Out
- Counseling Others
- Parental Acceptance
- Acceptance of a Lesbian, Gay, or Bisexual Child
- Acceptance of a Partner or Lover
- Sharing with Others
- Letter to a Queer Kid
- Who Are You?
- Being Different
- Take Pride in Yourself
- Coming Out
- A Relationship: That Special Someone
- Gender Needs.