Sexual
Orientation and Homosexuality
American Psychological Association
The
Science of Sexual Orientation - Researchers
Focus on Twins (Video)
Psychoanalytic
Therapy and the Gay Man
Jack
Drescher, M.D. in his
book Psychoanalytic
Therapy & The Gay Man describes the complexities related to
growing up gay; from his research of developmental narratives of gay adults
retrospectively recalling their feelings being gay began in early childhood.
These gay feelings had remained constant, and were resistant to being altered.
Dr. Drescher explains the contrast of how social norms impact the psychology of
the early childhood developmental years of a heterosexual boy and a homosexual
boy.
Being Homosexual: Gay Men and Their
Development
by Richard
A. Isay M.D.
Argues
that homosexuality is biologically innate, suggests a natural developmental
path for homosexuals, and discusses the problems faced in long-term gay
relationships
The
overstimulation of everyday life: I. New aspects of male homosexuality
Sidney H.
Phillips
Western
New England Institute for Psychoanalysis, USA
J Am
Psychoanal Assoc 49:1235-67. 2001
Western
heterosexual culture surrounds the homosexually inclined boy in a climate of
erotic overstimulation that powerfully affects his development and adult sexual
adaptation. This assertion is illustrated through a case presentation of a
homosexual man who shared a bed with his brother from childhood into
adolescence. Analysis of the patient's transference enactment—repeatedly
falling asleep on the couch—gradually revealed the psychic impact of this
everyday overstimulation: the creation of a tantalized inner world of longing.
The regular occurrence and developmental understanding of adolescent homosexual
boys' unrequited love affairs with adolescent heterosexual boys are described
and explored. Finally, the overstimulation of everyday life is proposed as a
new model for understanding certain behavioral aspects of male homosexuality,
such as the avoidance of rough-and-tumble play in childhood and homosexual
cruising.
Homosexuality:
coming out of the confusion
Sidney H
Phillips
Int J
Psychoanal 84:1431-50. 2003
In this
paper, Dr. Phillips describes the complications of how the historical context
of social norms can significantly influence the classification of the
components of homosexuality by clinicians causing them to be blind to their own
biases. Mindful of our susceptibility to this kind of phenomenon, Dr. Phillips
calls to task these biases that pathologize homosexuality simply because it is
not consistent with heterosexuality and therefore to be classified as a mental
disorder. He offers an alternative description of homosexuality from his
clinical research that is consistent with other researchers of early childhood
psychological development of children who grow up to be gay.
The Psychology of the Closeted Individual and Coming Out
By Jack Drescher, MD
Many LGB
individuals report developmental histories with difficulty acknowledging their
homosexuality, either to themselves or to others. This is because, starting in
childhood, LGB individuals are often subjected to antihomosexual attitudes, not
only from strangers, but also from their own families and communities
(Drescher, Stein and Byne, 2005). The childhood need to hide may persist into
adulthood, leading many LGB individuals to conceal important aspects of
themselves…Read more
Bibliography for Facts about Sexual Orientation
Sexual
orientation is less about sex and more about love, being one with another human
being. Attachment Theory - - LOVE & RELIGION
Attachment
Theory
Mary
Ainsworth: Attachment and the Growth of Love – video
ATTACHMENT
THEORY - our first relationship with our carers acts as a LIFELONG TEMPLATE,
moulding and shaping our capacity to enter into, and maintain, successful
subsequent relationships with family, friends and partners...
Gay
Conversion | Religious Conversion - Transforms the Damned into the Saved |
COVERING - Kenji Yoshino – 2002 - The Yale Law Journal
Resource
Links:
Conversion
Therapy
Policy
Statements of Professional Organizations
Rockway
Institute - Alliant International University
Attempts
to Change Sexual Orientation
Sexual
Conversion Therapies - by Jack Drescher, M.D.
Sexual
Conversion Therapy - Ethical, Clinical and Research Perspectives (2002) -
edited
by Ariel Shidlo, PhD, Michael Schroeder, PsyD, and Jack
Drescher, MD
Sexual Orientation &
‘Reparative Therapy’
by Jack Drescher, MD –
video
Bibliography for Facts about Sexual Orientation
Major - Medical and Mental Heath Associations
Policies & Position Statements - Regarding
Sexual Orientation
American Psychiatric Association
American Psychiatric Association, AGLP
APSAA, American Psychoanalytic Association
American Psychological Association
American Counseling Association
American Medical Association
American Academy of Pediatrics
Gay & Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA)
Gender Identity Research and Education Society - UK
National Association of School Psychologists
National Association of Social Workers
Sexuality Information and Education Council of
the United States
Gay teen
suicide
Family
Acceptance Project -
shows relationship between a lack of family acceptance of a gay child and the
rate of substance abuse, suicide and others problems
Groundbreaking
Study Finds Family Acceptance of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
Adolescents Protects Against Depression, Substance Abuse and Suicidal Behavior
in Early Adulthood – by Caitlin Ryan, PhD, December 6, 2010 - FAMILY ACCEPTANCE PROJECT.
Dr.
Caitlin Ryan: Reducing Risk and Promoting Well-Being for LGBT Youth: The
Critical Role of Family Support – 2009 – podcast
Dr.
Caitlin Ryan: Commitment, Intentionality, and Hard Work: What It Takes To Do
Culturally Competent, Ground-Breaking Research 2010 – podcast
Family
Acceptance Project™ website:
Dr.
Caitlin Ryan – Mental Health
Matters: How does the “Family Acceptance Project” work? – 2011
Family
Acceptance Project™ - Helping diverse families understand how to support
their LGBT children – videos
Family
Acceptance of LGBT Youth Protects Against Suicide, Depression & Substance
Abuse and Predicts Better Health & Self-Esteem
School
Victimization of Gender-Nonconforming LGBT Youth Linked with Depression and
Quality Of Life In Adulthood
Best
Practice Guidelines for Serving LGBT Youth in Out-of-Home Care
Family
Acceptance Project™ Resource
Links:
San
Francisco State University Related Programs
LGBT
Family-Related Organizations
LGBT
Youth Organizations
School-Related
Resources
Gender-Related
Resources
LGBT
Legal Advocacy Organizations
Online
Resources for LGBT Youth
Hotlines
Adolescent
Health
National
LGBT Organizations
LGBT
Health-Related Organizations
Lesbian
and Gay Youth: Care and Counseling - By Caitlin Ryan and Donna Futterman
UA
professor Stephen T. Russell to Explore LGBT Suicide Risk – 2008
Homophobic
families harm gay teenagers, study claims - 2008
Internalized
Homophobia and Relationship Quality among Lesbians, Gay Men, and Bisexuals -
David M. Frost and Ilan H. Meyer - 2009
Journal
of Counseling Psychology 2009, Vol. 56, No. 1, 97–109
Read more:
GAY MARRIAGE – “Doublespeak” Benedict XVI -
IRRATIONAL Shift Blame Gays – Evading UN Accusations Global COVER-UPS Child
Sexual Abuse “…a COMPLETE FAILURE to take responsibility” | PART 3
2/05/12
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