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9780231111379

Let's Get This Straight

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  • ISBN13:

    9780231111379

  • ISBN10:

    0231111371

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-03-01
  • Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr

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Summary

The first book to approach child welfare from a gay- and lesbian-affirming perspective, Let's Get This Straightuncovers and challenges the pervasive presence of "heterocentrism" within the social work profession. It draws upon case examples and in-depth interviews to illustrate the degree to which myths and stereotypes about gay and lesbian youth detrimentally affect those most in need of assistance.Gerald P. Mallon uses an ecological perspective to highlight the five areas of child welfare:(1) family support / preservation;(2) protection from abuse and neglect;(3) adoption services;(4) out-of-home care services; and(5) the development of foster and adoptive homes.He discusses the implications of this ecological perspective for service delivery, the impact of laws and legislation, and the role gay and lesbian professionals can play in these areas to provide unbiased care to lesbian, gay, and bisexual clients.

Author Biography

Gerald P. Mallon is assistant professor of social work at Hunter College.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction: Reinventing Child Welfare Services 1(12)
Competent Child Welfare Services for Gay/Lesbian Children, Youth, and Their Families
13(22)
Keeping Families Together: Family-Centered Services and Issues of Sexual Orientation
35(22)
Protecting Gay/Lesbian Children and Youth: Issues of Abuse, Neglect, and Familial Violence
57(22)
Sexual Orientation and the Law: Legal Issues in Child Welfare
79(14)
Gays and Lesbians as Adoptive and Foster Parents
93(16)
Meeting the Needs of Gay/Lesbian Children and Youth in Out-of-Home-Care Placements
109(18)
Runaways and Homeless Gay and Lesbian Youth
127(16)
Locked in the Child Welfare Closet-Who's Got the Key?
143(10)
References 153(30)
Index 183

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