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The Effect of Marginalization on the Healthy Aging of LGBTQ Older Adults Loyola University Chicago Loyola eCommons Social Justice Centers 1-1-2014 The effect of marginalization on the healthy aging of LGBTQ older adults Jeanne E. Sokolec Loyola University Chicago, [email protected] Michael P. Dentato Loyola University Chicago, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://ecommons.luc.edu/social_justice Part of the Social Work Commons Recommended Citation Sokolec, Jeanne E. and Dentato, Michael P., "The effect of marginalization on the healthy aging of LGBTQ older adults" (2014). Social Justice. 51. https://ecommons.luc.edu/social_justice/51 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Centers at Loyola eCommons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Social Justice by an authorized administrator of Loyola eCommons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. © Henrique Pereira & Pedro Costa, 2014. Coming-out for LGBT Psychology in the current international scenario Editors Henrique Pereira & Pedro Costa Technical Sheet International Academy of LGBT Psychology and Related Fileds www.lgbtpsychology.org Henrique Pereira & Pedro Costa © University of Beira Interior ISBN: 978-989-96996-1-8 Index An experimental survey: Homosexuality and Religiousness.........................................................................................6 Auto-eficácia, Informação e otimismo face ao VIH SIDA em HSH em contexto prostituição....................................13 Belgian heterosexual attitudes toward homosexual couples and families...................................................................18 Beyond Butch-Femme: Contemporary understandings of femme identities and related experiences of discrimination..........................................................................................................................................................25 Coming out from violence: An help-desk for women victims of violence by their same-sex partners.......................32 Coming out, coming home, or leaving home: Chinese lesbians´ choices....................................................................37 Commitment and investments in homosexual and heterosexual romantic relationships.............................................42 Contemporary theories about gender............................................................................................................................48 Co-parenting among lesbian headed families - Two contrasted cases.........................................................................51 Corpo, gênero e sexualidade nas revistas femininas brasileiras: Implicações para a psicologia.................................58 Literature, cultural events and self support of lesbian women in Russia under the restrictive lgbt-law policy in Russian Federation.......................................................................................................................................................64 Desert bloons: Resilience in rural queers of the U.S. Southwest.................................................................................69 Developing a sexual and gender diversity position statement for psychology professionals in South Africa.............75 Ecological factors and psychological distress: Understanding lgbt homeless youth within systemic context.............82 Amor parental (in)condicional: Estudo sobre a influência da percepção da aceitação/rejeição parental em homossex- uais, lésbicas e bi-sexuais.............................................................................................................................................89 Experiences of discrimination: the case of sexual orientation......................................................................................98 Experiences of femme identity: Coming out, invisibility and femmephobia.............................................................106 Family law protection of same-sex partners................................................................................................................116 Fostering with pride: Two Australian ngo´s experience in recruiting and retaining lgbt foster carers.......................124 Gender diversification of former sexual partners versus having gynaecologigal examinations performed and the as- sessment of their importance among woman who have sex with women..................................................................133 Género e vulnerabilidade: Intervenção com travestis em contexto de prostituição de rua........................................143 Gênero, (homo)sexualidades e envelhecimento: Problematizando vulnerabilidade social e o viver com hiv e aids com homens gays e hsh......................................................................................................................................................150 Heterosexual perspectives on gay and lesbian rights: The role of religion, etiology, and political attitudes.............158 Hiv knowledge and its contribution to sexual risk behaviour among men who have sex with men(msm) in Portugal................................................................................................................................................162 Homomaternidade: Visibilizando as famílias lésbicas no Brasil...............................................................................170 Homosexual identity: Theorizing a multidimensional concept..................................................................................175 Immaculate re-conceptions: The ghostly doubling of a queer childhood..................................................................183 Lgbt helpline - An experience with peer to peer support...........................................................................................190 Lgbt trauma in turkey and psychological consequences of working/volunteering with lgbt trauma.........................194 Living underground - Sometimes, to lie is crying backwards....................................................................................199 Masculinidades: Psicanálise e homosexualidade masculina.......................................................................................203 Minha casa Minha vida: A família homomaternal em programa habitacional para baixa renda no Brasil................208 Minority stress and mental health of Polish lgb people - Preliminary results..........................................................213 Moving beyond heterosexism? Interrogating other´s reactions to important life events...........................................219 Neither marginalisation nor Incorporation: Gay and lesbian parents as a case for anti-assimilation citizenship......227 O sujeito político lésbico-feminista: Construções nas militâncias sociais no sul do Brasil.........................................235 On the just and accurate representation of transgender persons in research...............................................................241 Psychological problems of lgbt people.......................................................................................................................244 Psychologist working with gay and lesbian people and families in mexico...............................................................249 Psychosexual function of itersexed individuals with genital surgery: A cuban study.................................................253 Psychosocial risk factors related to cigarette smoking: A comparison of gay and heterosexual identities................265 Queer psychology - Let´s focus on the theoretical approach instead of preserving identities....................................272 Queerisation of psychoanalysis?................................................................................................................................275 Real and virtual group: A square meeting in the fight against homophobia...............................................................281 Resilience in lesbians and gay men: Findings from an australian nationwide online survey......................................286 Sexual orientation perception: Wich implications?.....................................................................................................294 Siblings in the “coming out“ process..........................................................................................................................298 Social support received by lgbt people in Poland: Presentation of a new scale.........................................................306 Taking parental leave from work: Experiences of gay and lesbian employees in Canada.........................................310 Taught to reject and be rejected. Lgbt issues in Polish educational system................................................................316 The effect of marginalization on the healthy aging of lgbtq older adults....................................................................321 The prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and its protection in Serbia..............................327 Together against homophobic bullying: Peer education as a tool to raise awareness in school.................................333 Transphobia and prejudice towards trans* individuals: The role of context, participants and target factors.............340 Sexualidade e comportamento sexual ao longo da vida.............................................................................................346
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