Description |
xxii, 115 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents |
Foreword: Schools: The Neglected Site of Queer Activists / Eric Rofes -- Preface: Images of the Invisible Minority -- Career Development of Lesbian and Gay Youth: Effects of Sexual Orientation, Coming Out, and Homophobia / Susan L. Morrow -- I Will Survive: Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youths' Experience of High School / Karen M. Jordan, Jill S. Vaughan and Katharine J. Woodworth -- Learning to Be Invisible: Female Sexual Minority Students in America's Public High Schools / Kathleen P. Malinsky -- Learning Lessons from School: Homophobia, Heterosexism, and the Construction of Failure / Kathryn Herr -- Beyond High School: Heterosexuals' Self-Reported Anti-Gay/Lesbian Behaviors and Attitudes / Amy M. Rey and Pamela Reed Gibson -- Coming Out in a School Setting: Former Students' Experiences and Opinions About Disclosure / Mary B. Harris and Gail K. Bliss -- The Sound of Silence: Public School Response to the Needs of Gay and Lesbian Youth / Janet H. Fontaine |
Notes |
"Simultaneously issued by The Haworth Press, Inc., under the same title, as a special issue of the Journal of gay & lesbian social services, volume 7, number 4, 1997." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Gay high school students -- United States.
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Gay students -- United States.
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Homophobia in high schools -- United States.
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Homophobia -- United States.
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Lesbian high school students -- United States.
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Lesbian students -- United States.
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Author |
Harris, Mary B. (Mary Bierman), 1943-
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LC no. |
97041783 |
ISBN |
0789003767 |
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1560231092 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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