RESOURCES: Sexual and Gender Development

RESOURCES
FOR
Sexual and Gender Development
[Children and Youth Issues]

LINKS

Gender Development: How do you discuss gender gender identity and sexual orientation with your children?
Gender and Sexual Orientation: The Disparate Classification of Gender and Sexual Orientation in American Psychiatry
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity from Sexuality &U a canadian web site.
Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and International Human Rights Law: the Yogyakarta Principles on the Application of Human Rights Law in Relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (the Yogyakarta Principles)
Glossary of Transgender Terminology from the Gender Identity Research and Education Society
Development of Gender Identity [Note additional links at the bottom of the page to: Implications of Changing Social Sex Roles, Gender Sex and Intersex, and Variations in Gender Identity.
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity FAQ By Judy Bronson, University of Missouri-Columbia Counseling Center Intern (Portions from J. Bronson’s unpublished paper The Crisis of Coming Out: Applying Crisis Intervention Theory to the Experience of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Clients).
Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and the Right to Health by Claire Mahon, joint Coordinator of the Project on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, and Adjunct Clinical Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School.

PUBLICATIONS

D'Augelli, A.R, and Patterson, J. (Eds.), Lesbian, gay, bisexual identities over
the lifespan: Psychological perspectives NY: Oxford Press.(1995)

Cohen, K. M, and Savin- Williams, R.C. (Eds.), The lives of lesbians gays and
bisexuals: Children to adults Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace. (1996)

Cohen-Kettenis, P..& van Goozen, S. & Cohen, L., Transsexualism during
       adolescence. In D. Di Ceglie, D. (Ed.) A stranger in my own body:
       Atypical gender identity development and mental health (pp.118-125).
       London: Karnac Books. (1998)

Garofalo, R., Wolf, R.C. & Kessel. S., Palfrey J. & DuRant, R.H., The
       association between health risk behaviors and sexual orientations
       among a school-based sample of adolescents. Pediatric. 101 (5),
       895 -902. (1998)

Gibson, P., Gay male and lesbian youth suicide. In M. Feinleib (Ed.),
       Prevention and Intervention in Youth Suicide (Report to
       the Secretary's Task Force on Youth Suicide, Vol. 3,
       pp. 110-42). Washington, DC: US Department of Health and
       Human Services. (1989)

Hershberger, S. L., and D'Augelli A. R., The Impact of Victimization on the
       Mental Health and Suicidality of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youths
       Developmental Psychology 31 65-74. (1995) Hunter, J.,
       Violence against lesbian and gay male youths." Journal of
       Interpersonal Violence
       5 295-300. (1990)

Kreiss, J. L. & Patterson, D., Psychosocial issues in primary care of Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth. Journal of Pediatric Health
Care, 11, 266-274. (1997)

Kruks, G., Gay and lesbian homelessness: Street youth special issues and
concerns. Journal of Adolescent Health, 12, 515-518. (1991)

Lombardi, E. L. & van Servellen, G., Building culturally sensitive substance
       use prevention and treatment programs for transgendered
       populations. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 19,
       291-296. (2000)

Mallon G.P. (Ed)., Social services with transgendered youth
in Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press. (1999)

McDaniels, J.S., Purcell, Dl, and D'Augelli, A.B., The relationship between
       sexual orientation and risk for suicide: Research findings
       and future directions for research and prevention.
       Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior, 31(1,supplement),
       84-105. (2001)

Proctor, C. D., and Groze, V.K., Risk Factors for Suicide among Gay, Lesbian,
and Bisexual Youths. Social Work 39 ( 504-13. (1994)

Remafedi G. (Ed) Death by denial: Studies of suicide in gay and lesbian teens
Boston: Alyson. (1994)

Remafedi, G., Farrow, J.A. & Deisher, R. W., Risk factors for attempted suicide
in gay and bisexual youth. Pediatrics, 87, 869-875. (1991)

Russell, S. T., & Joyner, K., Adolescent sexual orientation and suicide risk:
Evidence from a national study. American Journal of
Public Health [APHA], 91 (8). 276-1281. (2001)

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