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Homosexuality:
Research Implications for Public Policy

Edited by John Gonsiorek and James D. Weinrich
Published in cooperation with the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
(Division 9 of the American Psychological Association)

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Current and concise, Homosexuality: Research Implications for Public Policy summarizes what science knows about homosexuality and its relevance for public policy. The chapters focus on concerns that have been most central to current public policy debates, including the natue and causes of sexual orientations; the reasons why homosexuality is not an illness; the ethics of various mental halth approaches to homosexuality; the effects of social and legal discrimination; newer biological and psycholgical understandings of homosexuality; homosexual people as couples and parents; and the implications of the AIDS epidemic. Because the contributors represent a variety of disciplines, this book offers a balanced approach to an important -- and controversial -- issue.

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Table of Contents

	Preface By John C. Gonsiorek	8.	The Empirical Basis for the Demise of the Illness Model of Homosexuality By John C. Gonsiorek
0.	Introduction By John C. Gonsiorek and James D. Weinrich
1.	The Definition and Scope of Sexual Orientation By John C. Gonsiorek and James D. Weinrich	9.	Constructionism and Morality in Therapy for Homosexuality By Gerald C. Davison
2.	Homosexuality, Nature, and Biology: Is Homosexuality Natural? Does It Matter? By John A. W. Kirsch and James D. Weinrich	10.	Sexual Orientation Conversion Therapy for Gay Men and Lesbians: A Scientific Examination By Douglas C. Haldeman
3.	Masculinity and Femininity in Homosexuality: "Inversion" Revisited By Richard C. Pillard	11.	Homosexual Identity: Coming Out and Other Developmental Events By John C. Gonsiorek and James R. Rudolph
4.	Strange Customs, Familiar Lives: Homosexualities in Other Cultures By James D. Weinrich and Walter L. Williams	12.	Lesbian and Gay Relationships By Letitia Anne Peplau
		13.	Lesbian Mothers and Gay Fathers By G. Dorsey Green and Frederick W. Bozett
5.	Stigma, Prejudice, and Violence Against Lesbians and Gay Men By Gregory M. Herek	14.	Partner Notification as an Instrument for HIV Control By Edmund F. Dejowski, Lidia Dengelegi, Stephen Crystal, and Pearl Beck
6.	Sexual Orientation and the Law By Rhonda R. Rivera
7.	Psychological and Medical Treatments of Homosexuality By Charles Silverstein	15.	AIDS Prevention and Public Policy: The Experience of Gay Males By John C. Gonsiorek and Michael Shernoff
		16.	Conclusion By John C. Gonsiorek

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