Out in Psychology Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,

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

Victoria Clarke is a senior lecturer in social psychology at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. She has published a number of papers on lesbian and gay parenting, same-sex relationships, the history of LGBTQ psychologies, and qualitative methods in journals such as Sexualities, British Journal of Social Psychology, Qualitative Research in Psychology and Lesbian & Gay Psychology Review. She has edited (with Sara-Jane Finlay and Sue Wilkinson) two special issues of Feminism & Psychology on marriage, and edited (with Elizabeth Peel) special issues of Feminism & Psychology, Journal of Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy, Lesbian & Gay Psychology Review and Psychology of Women Section Review on LGBTQ psychologies. She is also the editor with Elizabeth Peel and Jack Drescher of British LGB Psychologies: Theory, research and practice (Haworth Press, 2007). She is a member of the British Psychological Society’s Lesbian & Gay Psychology Section and Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section. She is an editorial board member of the Journal of Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy and Feminism & Psychology. Her current research and writing centres on same-sex relational practices and civil partnership, LGBTQ issues in higher education, and the use of thematic analysis in qualitative psychological research. She is co-authoring a textbook (with Sonja J. Ellis, Elizabeth Peel and Damien W. Riggs) entitled LGBTQ Psychologies: Themes and perspectives (Cambridge University Press).

Elizabeth Peel is a lecturer in psychology in the School of Life & Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK. She has published a number of articles about heterosexism, diversity training and lesbian and gay relationships in journals such as Discourse & Society, Feminism & Psychology, Lesbian & Gay Psychology Review and Women’s Studies International Forum. She is the editor with Victoria Clarke and Jack Drescher of British LGB Psychologies: Theory, research and practice (Haworth Press, 2007). She has also edited (with Victoria Clarke) special issues of Feminism & Psychology, Journal of Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy, Lesbian & Gay Psychology Review and Psychology of Women Section Review on LGBTQ psychologies. She is a chartered psychologist and a member of the British Psychological Society’s Lesbian and Gay Psychology Section and Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section. She is former editor of Lesbian & Gay Psychology Review and editorial board member of the Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy. Her current research centres on the management of chronic illness (especially diabetes), understandings of health related technologies (such as neuroimaging techniques), same sex relationships and the intersections of LGBTQ psychologies and critical health psychology. She is currently editing (with Michael Thomson) a special issue of Feminism & Psychology on LGBTQ health psychologies and is co-authoring a textbook (with Victoria Clarke, Sonja J. Ellis and Damien W. Riggs) entitled LGBTQ Psychologies: Themes and perspectives (Cambridge University Press).

About the Editors	p. ix
List of Contributors	p. xi
Foreword	p. xix
Introducing Out in Psychology	p. 1
From Lesbian and Gay Psychology to LGBTQ Psychologies: A Journey into the Unknown (or Unknowable)?	p. 11
Histories and Commentaries: Power, Invisibility and Heteronormativity: Invitations to Paradox	p. 38
What Comes after Discourse Analysis for LGBTQ Psychology?	p. 41
Recognizing Race in LGBTQ Psychology: Power, Privilege and Complicity	p. 59
Personality, Individual Differences and LGB Psychology	p. 77
Heteronormativity and the Exclusion of Bisexuality in Psychology	p. 95
Lives and Experiences: The Challenge of Understanding LGBTQ Lives and Experiences	p. 120
A Minority within a Minority: Experiences of Gay Men with Intellectual Disabilities	p. 125
Closet talk: The Contemporary Relevance of the Closet in Lesbian and Gay Interaction	p. 147
Romance, Rights, Recognition, Responsibilities and Radicalism: Same-Sex Couples' Views on Civil Partnership and Marriage	p. 173
The Experience of Social Power in the Lives of Trans People	p. 195
'What Do They Look Like and Are They among Us?': Bisexuality, (Dis)closure and (Un)viability	p. 217
Work and Leisure: LGBTQ Psychologies Go to Work	p. 244
Heterosexism at Work: Diversity Training, Discrimination Law and the Limits of Liberal Individualism	p. 247
Out on the Ball Fields: Lesbians in Sport	p. 273
Homophobia, Rights and Community: Contemporary Issues in the Lives of LGB People in the UK	p. 291
Striving for Holistic Success: How Lesbians Come Out on Top	p. 311
Health and Practice: Bringing LGBTQ Psychology into Mainstream Practice	p. 332
On Passing: The Interactional Organization of Appearance Attributions in the Psychiatric Assessment of Transsexual Patients	p. 335
Alcohol and Gay Men: Consumption, Promotion and Policy Responses	p. 369
Towards a Clinical-Psychological Approach to Address the Heterosexual Concerns of Intersexed Women	p. 391
Educational Psychology Practice with LGB Youth in Schools: Individual and Institutional Interventions	p. 409
Que(e)rying the Meaning of Lesbian Health: Individual(izing) and Community Discourses	p. 427
Transsexualism: Diagnostic Dilemmas, Transgender Politics and the Future of Transgender Care	p. 445
Index	p. 465
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