This article focuses on the call for more male teachers as role models in elementary schools and treats it as a manifestation of "recuperative masculinity politics" ( Lingard & Douglas, 1999). Attention is drawn to the problematic gap between neo-liberal educational policy-related discussions about male teacher shortage in elementary schools and…

This selective nonfiction bibliography features materials that present or support positive views of the gay experience, that help in understanding a gay-related issue, or that have special historical value. Listed are 200 nonfiction items: books, pamphlets, articles, periodicals, audiovisuals, directories,and other bibliographies. Complete…

The findings of this study, while limited to nonreactive data (newspaper advertisements), lend affirmation to the essential normalcy of the process of homosexual aging. (Author)

The relationships of cohabiting lesbian couples and cohabiting heterosexual couples were compared on three dimensions - Durability, Interdependence, and Equality. The lesbian relationships tended to be somewhat less durable and interdependent but more equal. Reasons for these differences are discussed. (Author)

Discusses data from 4,212 gay males that suggests the viability of several hypotheses regarding the experiences of aging gay males: that certain behaviors are related to subcultural opportunities, that various attitudes are associated with subcultural socialization, and that other issues are understandable in terms of aging and cohort effects.…

This paper addresses how to teach tolerance of homosexual persons in a manner that is not threatening to those with religious scruples about homosexuals. It contains an example of a presentation for college students that is designed to teach them to respect their peers and future coworkers regardless of their sexual orientation. The presentation…

Jewish educators today need to be aware of Torah responses to homosexuality. Educators may be called upon to defend the Torah's approach in class, or may be approached for counseling by a student involved in a personal struggle. Fortunately, much has been written on the subject in recent years. This bibliography of over sixty articles focuses on…

Discusses the professional perils of teachers who profess or discuss homosexuality. Reports on a survey of English teachers documenting professional discrimination against lesbians and gay males. (RL)

Asserts that the resolution recently adopted by the International Association of Chiefs of Police making it official policy not to hire homosexuals as policemen is unconstitutional. Describes the positive results achieved by the hiring of homosexuals in the San Francisco police and sheriff's departments. (GC)

Explores the homophobic attitudes common to college athletics departments, and the silence many gay athletes believe to be their only option. (EV)

Presents review of counselors' and psychotherapists' attitudes toward homosexuality. Reports analysis of the patterns emerging from published survey literature which revealed considerable division and contradiction in the attitudes reported. Proposes the source of such inconsistency to be the mixed messages mental health personnel receive from…

Contends that, with childhood predispositions, developmental tasks of adolescence influence degree and course of homosexuality. Notes different types of homosexuality that emerge in adolescence which are influenced by different psychodynamic conditions in each stage of adolescence. Changing developmental roles in relation to individuation, object…

Reexamines the associations between homosexuality and silence that have governed many gay and lesbian readings. Asks whether homosexuality is really a site of "silence" in Stein's texts, and by extension, whether to make such silences speak out is really what seems to be required of the reader by "queer texts." (RS)

Examined family dynamics associated with family happiness for biological fathers, stepfathers, and adolescents in 48 European-American gay stepfamilies using modified Stepfamily Adjustment Scale. For all three family members, family happiness was more highly related to stepfather inclusion in family and to positive steprelationship than to…