This book is designed to help teachers, counselors, and administrators understand the significance of gay and lesbian issues in education and to facilitate the integration of gay and lesbian families into the school community. It offers models for equity, inclusion, and school reform. The chapters are: (1) "Overview of the Problem"; (2) "The Theories of Homosexuality"; (3) "Etiology"; (4) "Homophobia and Heterosexism"; (5) "American History"; (6) "Identity Formation"; (7) "Multiple Identities"; (8) "Counseling Issues"; (9) "Gay and Lesbian Teachers"; (10) "Gay and Lesbian Families"; (11) "School Change"; (12) "The Massachusetts Model"; (13) "Reform and Opposition"; and (14) "Curriculum." (Contains 2,151 endnotes and an index) (SLD)