Reviews literature explicating connection between homophobia and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and then calls for integration of antihomophobia elements into AIDS education. Discusses negative messages in portrayals of homosexual and bisexual men and in discussions of safer sexual practices. Suggests guidelines for countering…

Examined female counseling psychology doctoral students' (N=213) perceptions of type and extent of training received concerning lesbian and homosexual issues. Results indicated that female students received little exposure to lesbian or homosexual issues or clients and thus were not trained to work with these clients. Discusses further results and…

Argues for the inclusion of gay men and lesbians in the definition of multiculturalism on the basis that the identity-formation tasks racial and ethnic minorities must accomplish are the same for sexual minorities. Also, the counseling skills required for dealing with racial and ethnic minorities are important for dealing with sexual minorities…

A review of 8,000 articles in family research journals revealed that research on lesbian and gay families is limited and that studies that do exist have been problematized and their diversity has been overlooked. Challenges the neglect of this population in family studies, and discusses theoretical implications. (JPS)

This study of 1,001 adult homosexual and bisexual men found that 37% reported they had been encouraged or forced to have sexual contact with an older or more powerful partner before age 19. Median age at first contact was 10. Ninety-three percent of participants reporting early sexual contact were classified as sexually abused. (Author/DB)

Reviews current theoretical literature with respect to a number of key issues that can help mental health counselors be more aware and more effective in their delivery of services to gay or lesbian adolescents. Highlights etiological, developmental, treatment, and resource issues and provides suggestions for future research. (Author/NB)

A chronological examination of the portrayals of gay/lesbian characters and their contexts in 60 young adult novels published from 1969 to 1992 focuses on information about gay/lesbian people, both as individuals and in relationships; gender representation; and narrative distance. A chronological bibliography is appended. (Contains 13 references.)…

Discusses the trend toward increased teaching of gay and lesbian literature. Explores the barriers of heterocentrism, homophobia, ignorance, and guilt that stand in the way of such instruction. Argues that scholars must open the canons of every discipline so that all students can find reflections of their own images. (SG)

Reviews novels dealing with the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) epidemic, noting that their perspectives on death can be extracted through content analysis. Concludes that, overall, these novels present weak symbolization about death with rituals that are not highly elaborated and that complex images of the afterlife are not offered.…

Presents methods and strategies for using gay literature in the English classroom, focusing on the experience of using Harvey Fierstein's play, "Torch Song Trilogy." Provides details about how the text was introduced and used in the classroom. (HB)

Provides a genealogy of the "fichera" (cabaret dancer/prostitute) genre in Mexican cinema, moving from the figure of the female prostitute to that of the "queen" homosexual type. Discusses the ideological function of homosexual stereotyping and to the way the queen homosexual stereotype is deployed to very different ends in…

Seeks rhetoric(s) that enact corporeally in language suggestions of "queer," a "queer rhetoric," in which desire/bodies put into play a kind of linguistic music. Searches for "queer," particularly its sexual and gendering connotations. Connects that with postmodern, poststructuralist rhetoric(s) as self-referential.…

Suggests some of the political and ethical dilemmas gay/lesbian students face in trying to write from their own perspectives and contexts in a dangerously homophobic social environment that includes the writing classroom. Enumerates the dangers to these "differends" when teachers pedagogically apply Elbowian and other romantic…

Explores sexual needs and expression of gay men with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Explores several potential positive functions of sustained sex life for these men and factors that inhibit sexual expression. Discusses issues influencing social work practice related to sexual needs of this growing population. Presents suggestions…

Explores complex cultural, economic, and social factors obstructing the reduction of the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) rate among black men who use intravenous drugs and black men who are gay. Discusses implications and recommendations for developing effective AIDS prevention efforts by highlighting race-specific resources and…