- Understanding sexual orientation and homosexuality
Sexual orientation refers to an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and or sexual attractions to men, women, or both sexes
- A brief history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender social movements
Most historians agree that there is evidence of homosexual activity and same-sex love, whether such relationships were accepted or persecuted, in every documented culture
- LGBTQ+ Inclusive Curricula
Gay and bisexual adult men (Currin Hubach, 2020) and trans people (Hobaica, Schofield, Kwon, 2019) both retrospectively report a desire for more comprehensive and inclusive sex education LGBTQ+ youth experience more negative sexual health outcomes, which sex education seeks to mitigate
- Facts about “Conversion Therapy”
Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health, 15(3), 242-259 7Haldeman, D C (2001) Therapeutic antidotes: Helping gay and bisexual men recover from conversion therapy Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy, 5(3 4), 117-130 8Fjelstrom, J (2013) Sexual orientation change efforts and the search for authenticity
- By the numbers: LGBQ teens face higher suicide risk
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and questioning youth are more likely than their heterosexual peers to plan and attempt suicide
- APA Policy Statements on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Concerns
Policy statements on discrimination against homosexuals, child custody or placement, employment rights of gay teachers, hate crimes, use of diagnoses "homosexuality" and "ego-dystonic homosexuality", LGB youths in the schools, appropriate therapeutic responses to sexual orientation, sexual orientation and marriage, sexual orientation and military service, and more
- Gender and sexual orientation diversity in children and adolescents in . . .
The working group that wrote the Resolution on Gender and Sexual Orientation Diversity in Children and Adolescents in Schools created these additional resources to support and facilitate dissemination and implementation of the policy Together, these policy resources call for K-12 public schools to be places of safety and support for all students
- Sexual orientation and gender diversity
Sexual orientation is a component of identity that includes sexual and emotional attraction to another person and the behavior and or social affiliation that may result from this attraction Gender identity is one’s self-identification as male, female, or an alternative gender
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