Coming Out and Disclosures: LGBT Persons Across the Life Span

by Hunter; Ski

• ISBN13: 9780789026903
• ISBN10: 0789026902
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2007-08-21
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Coming Out and Disclosures is a comprehensive guide to the coming-out process for LGBT individuals, how to prepare for disclosure, and how disclosure is received in various groups. The book examines sexual orientation and identities; developmental models of coming out; disclosure in adolescence, midlife, or later; coming out to parents and family members; and disclosure to non-family. The book also provides practitioners with guidelines for working with clients who want to make disclosures. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Terms	p. 2
Heterosexism	p. 5
Victimization	p. 10
Escalating Violence	p. 16
Advances in Affirmative Practice	p. 18
Figuring Out Who One is and Coming Out
Sexual Orientation and Sexual Identity	p. 25
Sexual Orientation	p. 25
Sexual Identity	p. 27
Racial and Ethnic Persons and Identity	p. 30
Youths and Identity	p. 31
Women and Identity	p. 32
Bisexual Persons and Identity	p. 33
Transgender Persons and Identity	p. 34
Coming Out: Overview	p. 41
Developmental Models of Coming Out	p. 42
Coming Out As Bisexual	p. 53
Coming Out As Transgender	p. 56
Critique of Coming-Out Models	p. 61
Problematic Research Methods and Samples	p. 61
Smooth Stages or Disordered Process?	p. 62
Moral Prescriptions	p. 62
Politicalization and Mandatory Disclosure	p. 63
Completed Process or Continuing One?	p. 63
Sex-Gender	p. 63
Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses	p. 65
Racial or Ethnic Contexts	p. 65
Immigration and Acculturation	p. 66
Social Contexts and Social Constructs	p. 66
Historical Effects	p. 67
Coming Out Across the Life Span	p. 69
Coming Out in Adolescence	p. 69
Coming Out in Midlife or Later	p. 73
Disclosures Across the Life Span
Disclosures: Overview	p. 83
Disclosures Among Youths	p. 84
Disclosures Among Midlife Persons	p. 84
Disclosures Among Older Persons	p. 85
Disclosures Among Ethnic or Racial Persons	p. 86
Dilemmas of Disclosure	p. 88
Other Factors That Influence Disclosures	p. 92
Disclosures to Parents	p. 95
Youths and Disclosure to Parents	p. 97
Disclosures of Midlife and Older Lesbian and Gay Persons to Parents	p. 105
Ethnic and Racial Families	p. 106
Disclosures to Others Inside and Outside the Family	p. 113
Disclosures to Other Family Members	p. 113
Disclosures Outside the Family	p. 119
Practice with Clients Who are Coming Out and Making Disclosures
Working with Clients Who Are Coming Out	p. 131
Use of Developmental Models	p. 131
Suggested Interventions Based on Coming-Out Models	p. 132
Special Issues with Youth Who May Be Coming Out	p. 137
Coming-Out Issues for Bisexual Persons	p. 137
Coming-Out Issues for Transgender Persons	p. 140
Working with Clients Who Want to Make Disclosures	p. 143
Preparing for Disclosures	p. 144
Getting Ready to Tell One's Parents	p. 146
Working with Parents After the Disclosure	p. 148
Answering Parents' Questions	p. 153
A Positive Vision for Parents	p. 155
Support Groups for Parents and Children	p. 155
Working in Larger Arenas to Facilitate Disclosures	p. 157
Public Schools	p. 157
College Campuses	p. 162
Workplace	p. 164
Change at the Societal Level	p. 166
Change at the Individual Level	p. 168
References	p. 171
Index	p. 213
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