Results are reported from a survey of 40 sport and recreation organizations. The survey was designed to gather descriptive data on the organizers, organizations, and activities of leisure-serving organizations which target the gay and lesbian population. (IAH)

Argues for the participation of theater programs in the development of a gay and lesbian curriculum. Predicts that gay and lesbian studies will soon take its place alongside existing cross-disciplinary programs in women's, African American, Native American, and other area studies. Presents examples of how to introduce gay studies into theater…

Argues that the symbolic annihilation of gay and lesbian youth exhibited by network television contributes to a dysfunctional isolation supported by the mutually reinforcing invisibility of homosexual adolescents on television and in the real world. Suggests that the spiral of silence also partially accounts for the inefficacy of oppositional…

Sees counseling interventions with gay men as most useful when mental health counselors are comfortable with their own sexual orientation and when they have conceptual maps to guide them in understanding issues unique to gay men. Assists counselors working with gay men in developmental exploration of identity and intimacy tasks. Provides…

Investigated relationship of religious variables to death anxiety in 51 homosexual men with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and 64 homosexual men without AIDS. Found higher death anxiety in men with AIDS associated with greater church attendance, belonging to religion of childhood, citing religion to have been harmful, and not adhering…

Examined research on lesbian and gay male issues in counseling psychology journals. Reviewed 6,661 studies from 6 major counseling psychology journals over 12-year period; 43 studies focused on variables related to lesbian or gay male sexual orientation. Content of articles demonstrated perspective of gay male and lesbian acceptance or…

Indicates how a postmodernist rhetorical critique in "voguing""speaks through movement" and enables to think of gender and sexuality kinesthetically, not as fixed categorically. Suggests that voguing is an imitating in dance of rhetoric's refracting surfaces that both reveal and conceal what is missing. (RS)

Using a narrative approach, study explores how families respond to homosexual disclosure of a member over time and how families integrate the family member once their homosexuality has been accepted. Discusses the relationship between 12 themes found through these narratives and current models in the literature within the context of heterosexism.…

Discusses the significance to media studies of queer theory. Examines (1) the commodification of "witness testimony" relating to the question of sexual innocence in the case of child molestation; (2) the effeminization of Jackson as a homophobic containment of him by the press; and (3) interpretive excess in the media's focus of an…

Reviews the literature on suicidal behavior in gay and lesbian populations. Suicide risk factors include previous attempts, substance abuse, family dysfunction, and other factors. Suggests implications for mental-health counselors, which are discussed in terms of competency, intervention, and sociopolitical activism. Evidence suggests this…

Contributes to scholarship on American Studies, Literary Criticism, and Gay Historical Criticism by examining F. O. Matthiessen's "American Renaissance." Argues that criticism of the work misses its homosexual double-consciousness: a resistive form of "passing" labeled "homosexual palimpsest" that manifests itself in…

Discusses the growth of gay literature and gay consciousness as well as gay archives and gay biography. Describes historical and current literature about gays in libraries; and considers the role of the American Library Association, including the formation of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Task Force. (LRW)

Though there is a growing awareness of the complex sexual identity development of adolescents, adolescents still struggle to define their sexual identity. Homosexual adolescents are at particular risk for many problems, including substance abuse and suicide. Social service researchers must study adolescent sexual identity, with a focus on…

In this qualitative study, heterosexual professionals with an interest in lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) issues were surveyed about their ally work with LGB people. Data were analyzed to describe participants' experiences. Results are discussed in terms of implications for counseling and student affairs professionals who engage in…

Tells the story of the developing self-confidence that enabled a gay high school student to tell his parents and others about his homosexuality and to face the world without apologies. Highlights the significance of stereotypical messages about gays in his younger years. (SLD)