Silent Lives: How High a Price?

For Personal Reflections and Group Discussions about Sexual Orientation

Sara L. Boesser (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

214 Seiten

2004
Hamilton Books (Verlag)
978-0-7618-2968-3 (ISBN)

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This book is a valuable resource that combines autobiographical sources, personal interviews, and questions for reflection to explore issues relevant to everyone's sexual orientation and gender status, be they heterosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or intersexual. Its readily accessible format assists individuals, study groups, civic groups, spiritual groups, or congregations create an open forum for the discussion of sexuality. It is helpful for personal journaling and sharing with relatives and friends, and is also very useful as a college text, therapy supplement, and as a catalyst for group discussions regarding gay, lesbian, and bisexual issues; gay rights; the coming-out process; and gay marriage.

Sara L. Boesser is an Alaskan human rights advocate. Boesser earned a Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Washington.

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Acknowledgments
Chapter 3 Introduction to the Author
Chapter 4 Part One: The Personal Price of Silence: What Are the Personal Costs for Individuals Who Pass as Heterosexual?: Secret Lives: The Veil of Silence; What is the Price for Children Who Realize They Are "Different"?; What is Passing's Price as Individua
Chapter 5 Part Two: The Fabric of Our Lives: What Are the Costs to Society?: What Are the Ripple Effects When People Pass? How do the Societal Pressures that Demand Passing Hurt Everyone?
Chapter 6 Conclusion: Silent No More: The Personal; The Political; Beyond Silence; Everyone Can Come Out, A-Z
Chapter 7 Contact Information: Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG); Bisexual Resource Center; Transgender: The International Foundation for Gender Education(IFGE); Intersex Society of North American (ISNA); Straight Spouse Network (SSN)
Chapter 8 Endnotes
Chapter 9 Reference
Chapter 10 Index
Chapter 11 About the Author

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.8.2004
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 227 mm
Gewicht	322 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sexualität / Partnerschaft
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-7618-2968-7 / 0761829687
ISBN-13	978-0-7618-2968-3 / 9780761829683
Zustand	Neuware