" Safe Space is a pathbreaking book for the interdisciplinary fields of queer studies and
American studies. Offering a trenchant account of the stakes of gay (and sometimes lesbian) …

Abstract In the United States today, lesbians, gay men, bisexual women, and bisexual men
are stigmatized. They are subjected to explicit and subtle discrimination, marginalized or …

Hate crimes based on the victim's perceived sexual orientation or gender identity first came
to be identified in the United States as a social problem requiring national attention in the …

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The focus of this article is the phenomenological experiences of disadvantaged African-
American same-gender-loving youths and their families within urban schools and …

How should communities respond to crimes expressing hate, not merely toward an
individual victim, but also toward the larger group of which that victim is part? This question …

Even in today's society, gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals experience multiple pressures
and constraints related to their lifestyles, in addition to the stresses of everyday life. This dual …

The enactment of hate crimes legislation raised awareness of the severity of crimes
motivated by animus toward individuals and communities. This national telephone survey …

Violence and Social Injustice Against Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual People helps you look
past the stereotypical picture of violence against sexual minorities--the public physical …

… Borrowing from the wisdom of the public health field, the goal of primary prevention efforts
in mental health is to decrease the number of newly occurring cases of people experiencing …