LGBT youth issues today: a reference handbook

Background and history: Homosexuality and history ; Same-sex behavior in adolescence ; Man-boy love ; The making of a gay community ; Gay liberation and gay rights ; But what about LGBT youth? ; Homosexuality and child molestation ; The growth of LGBT organizations ; A word about words Problems, controversies, and solutions: Coming out to oneself ; Gay, lesbian, and bisexual children and teenagers ; What about the Q in LGBTQ? ; Coming out to family ; Coming out as an issue for family ; Coming out to one's friends and peers ; School issues ; Responses to bullying ; Effects of bullying ; The school's role in controlling bullying ; Bullying laws ; Homelessness ; Suicidal ideation and suicide attempts Perspectives: Introduction ; Andy's coming out: Andy Barlow ; Scouts for equality: Justin Bickford ; Our GSA journey: Alison Colby ; Athlete ally: Brian Healey ; Bi youth need validation, not disbelief: Ellyn Ruthstrom ; Bi youth resources ; You're not straight and you're not gay: what's up?: Jack Scott ; Survival sex among homeless LGBT youth: Noelle Swan ; The road to transitioning: Danielle White

Profiles: Introduction ; Advocates for youth ; American civil liberties union ; Harry Benjamin (1885 - 1986) ; Bisexual resource center ; Campus pride, inc. ; Diverse harmony ; Family acceptance project ; GLAAD ; Christopher T. Gonzalez (1963 - 1994) and Jeff Werner (d. 1997) ; GSA network ; Harvey Milk high school ; The alliance school of Milwaukee ; The Hetrick-Martin institute ; Human rights campaign (HRC) ; IMPACT ; International lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer youth and student organization ; It gets better project ; Kevin Jennings (1963 - ) ; Fred (Fritz) Klein (1932 - 2006) ; Lambda legal ; Jeanne Manford (1920 - 2013) ; Matthew Shepard foundation ; National gay and lesbian task force ; Parents and friends of lesbians and gays ; Robert Parlin (1963 - ) ; Point foundation ; Dan Savage (1962 - ) ; Mark Segal (1951 - ) ; Trans youth family allies ; The Trevor project ; Zachariah Wahls (1991 - ) ; The Williams institute

Data and documents: Introduction ; Data ; Estimate of sexual orientation of young women and men ; Sexual behaviors of non-gay, gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth ; Prevalence of certain risk behaviors among lesbian, gay, and bisexual students compared to heterosexual students ; Data on LGBT homeless youth ; Documents ; Tinker v. Des Moines School District; 393 U. S. 503 (1969) ;

Resources for further research ; Aaron Fricke v. Richard B. Lynch; 491 F.Supp. 381 (1980) ; Equal Access Act; 20 U.S.C. 4071-74 ; Board of education v. Mergens; 496 U.S. 226 (1990) ; Jamie S. Nabozny v. Mary Podlesny, William Davis, Thomas Blauert; 92 F.3d 446 (19960 ; BOy Scouts of America et al. v. Dale (1999) ; Revised sexual harassment guidance: harassment of students by school employees, other students, or third parties (2001) ; Henkle v. Gregory; 150 F.Supp.2d 1067 (2001) ; Suicide risk and prevention for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth (2008) ; It gets better (Obama post) (2010) ; Student non-discrimination act; H.R. 998/S. 555 (2011) ; Recommendations of the Massachusetts commission on gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth (2011) ; Letter from the secretary of education Arne Duncan (2011) ; SAMHSA on suicide risk for LGBT youth (2011)

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