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Course Description
This is a three credit advanced practice course that examines the development
of human sexual and gender identities, focusing on affirmative models
of social work practice with lesbian, gay, and bisexual and transgender
(LGBT) individuals and their families. Human sexual identity development
will be examined from a cross-cultural, sociological, political, and historical
perspective that incorporates evidence-based research and contemporary
social policy perspectives. Comparative clinical theories will be examined
emphasizing strengths-based, developmental life-cycle, and ecological
clinical models. The role of social justice and oppression in emerging
identity development will be discussed. Class topics include: psychosexual
clinical assessment; stages of coming out; same-sex relationship dynamics;
LGBT family-building options; same-sex parenting; children of LGBT parents;
intersex, transgender and transsexual identity development; living with
HIV and AIDS; gay and trans youth, aging; homophobia, heterosexism, and
transphobia, challenges of mental illness, addiction, domestic violence,
and bias-related crime; and LGBT professional development concerns.
Course Objectives 1)
Enable students to develop a working knowledge of sex and gender identity
issues and of affirmative treatment models with LGBT clients and to be
able to critically compare and contrast affirmative models with traditional
models.
2) Review the empirical basis for theoretical and treatments models regarding
the development of sexual identity and to critically evaluate the effectiveness
of treatment strategies.
3) Assist students in experientially understanding the experience of oppression
and bias within an historical, political, and socio-cultural perspective
and how it impacts the lifecycle development of LGBT people.
4) Familiarize students with the heterogeneity of LGBT lifestyles across
cultural, class, age, racial, ethnic, religious and political lines and
encourage cultural competence regarding diverse sexual minorities.
5) Present a, biopsychosocial, ecological, strengths-based approach to
human development, coupling, and family-building.
6) Familiarize students with various social problems and psychological
disorders that impact the LGBT communities, and prepare students to develop
comprehensive assessment and interventions skills, including culturally-specific
treatment goals.
Required Texts
Books are available at Mary Jane Books 215 Western Ave. 465-2238 maryjane@maryjanebooks.com.
Required Texts:
Deanna F. Morrow and Lori Messinger (Eds.) (2006). Sexual Orientation
and Gender Expression in Social Work Practice: Working with gay, lesbian,
bisexual, and transgender people. NY: Columbia University Press.
Arlene Istar Lev (2004). Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines
for Working with Gender-Variant People and their Families. Binghamton,
NY: Haworth Press.
Recommended Text:
Lev, A.I. (2004). The Complete Guide to Lesbian and Gay Parenting. New
York: Berkley Press.
Supplemental readings are available through the ERES system. The Course
page is: http://eres.ulib.albany.edu/eres/coursepage.aspx?cid=2796&page=docs
or just go to the University Library online and search “ERES”
(E-Reserve)—the password is ssw773lev.
Useful Resources
Encyclopedia of glbtq Studies
http://www.glbtq.com/
Intersex Society of North America
http://www.isna.org/
“Clinical Guidelines for Disorders of Sex Development”
Journal of Transgenderism
http://www.symposion.com/ijt/index.htm
Course Outline and Required Readings
May 30
1) Introduction to Sex and Gender Identity
A biopsychosocial view of gender identity and sexual identity.
In Class Video: Re-Defining Sex
DM/LM: Chapter 1 (Sexual orientation and gender identity expression);
Chapter 3 (Oppression, Prejudice, and Discrimination).
Lev: Chapter 1 (The State of the Art) & 3 (Deconstructing Sex and
Gender).
Bohan, J.S. (1996). Chapter 3: The question of causation. In Psychology
and Sexual Orientation: Coming to Terms (pp. 63-91). NY: Routledge.
Chase, C. (1998). Hermaphrodites with attitude: Mapping the emergence
of intersex political activism. GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies
4 (2), 189-213.
Levy, J. & Koff, B. (2001). “Gay positive” therapy: Is
not good enough. In the Family, 7 (2) 9-11.
Markowitz, L. (1995, July). Bisexuality: Challenging our either/or thinking.
In the Family, 1(1), 6-11,23.
Patterson, C.J. ((Ed.) (1995). Sexual orientation and human development:
An overview. Developmental Psychology, 31 (1), 3–11.
Savin-Williams, R.C. (2006, Feb). Who’s Gay? Does It Matter? Current
Directions in Psychological Science, 15, (1). 40-44.
Wilson, K.K. (1998).The disparate classification of gender and sexual
orientation in American psychiatry. Gender Identity Center of Colorado,
Inc., Denver, Colorado. Retrieved from the Internet from May 19, 2006:
http://www.priory.com/psych/disparat.htm
Advanced Readings:
Hekma, G. (1994). “A female soul in a male body”: Sexual inversion
as gender inversion in nineteenth-century sexology. In G. Herdt (Ed.)
Third sex third gender: Beyond sexual dimorphism in culture and history
(pp. 213-240). NY: Zone Books.
McPhail, B.A. (2004). Questioning gender and sexuality binaries: What
queer theorists, transgendered individuals, and sex researchers can teach
social work. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, 7(1), 3-21.
June 5
2) The history of homosexualities and heterosexism utilizing resources
from cross-cultural anthropology, sociology, religion and literature,
and the development of lesbian and gay culture and civil rights movement
in the twentieth century.
DM/LM: Chapter 2 (A historical presence).
Lev: Chapter 2 (The Legacy).
Blackwood, E. (1993). Breaking the mirror: The construction of lesbianism
and the anthropological discourse on homosexuality. In L.D.
Garnet & D.C. Kimmel (Eds.) Psychological Perspectives on lesbian
and gay male experiences. NY: Columbia University Press (pp. 297-315).
Bunch, C. (1972, January). Lesbians in revolt. The Furies: Lesbian/Feminist
Monthly, (1), pp. 8-9. Retrieved from the Internet May 23, 2006: http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/wlm/furies/
D'Emilio, J. (1983). Capitalism and gay identity. In H. Abelove, M.A.
Barale & D.M Haperin’s (Eds.) The Lesbian and Gay Reader (pp.
467-476). NY: Routledge.
Grahn, J. (1984). The original underground (excerpt Chapter 2. pp. 23-33).
Another Mother Tongue: Gay Words, Gay Worlds. Boston: Beacon Press.
Greenberg, D. (1988). Chapter 2: Homosexual relations in kinship-structured
societies. In The Construction of Homosexuality (pp. 25-88). University
of Chicago Press.
Williams, W. (1986). Chapter 4: Men, women and others. In The Spirit and
the Flesh (pp. 65-86). Boston: Beacon Press.
Recommended Readings:
Faderman, L. (1981). Chapter 5: Romantic friendships in eighteenth-century
life. In Surpassing the Love of Men: Romantic Friendships and Love Between
Women from the Renaissance to the Present (pp. 119-143). NY: Quill/William
Morrow Publishers.
Katz, J. (1976). Gay American History: Lesbians and Gay Men in the USA
(excerpts page 129-134, 155-161).
RADICALESBIANS (1970). The Woman Identified Woman. Retrieved from the
Internet May 23, 2006: http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/wlm/womid/
Rich, A. (1980, Summer). Compulsory heterosexuality and lesbian existence.
Signs, (5).4, Women: Sex and Sexuality, pp. 631-660.
June 7
3) An examination of the history of homosexuality and transgenderism as
mental illnesses, and the development of feminist and gay-affirmative
models of treating lesbian, gay, bisexual people and transgender people.
VIDEO SERIES: Changing Our Minds: Portrays the life and work of the woman
described by the Los Angeles Times as “The Rosa Parks of Gay Rights”
in Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker.
DM/LM Chapter 20 (Toward affirmative practice); Chapter 7 (Psychosocial
support for families of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people).
Lev: Chapter 4 (Etiologies) and Chapter 5 (Diagnosis), Chapter 6 (Listening
to Gender Narratives).
American Psychological Association (2000). Guidelines for psychotherapy
with lesbian, gay and bisexual Clients. American Psychologist, 55 (12),
1440-1451.
Berenstein, A.C. (2000). Straight therapists working with lesbians and
gays in family therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 26 (4),
443-454.
Klein, F. (1993). Chapter 2: Towards a definition. In The Bisexual Option.
Binghamton, NY: Harrington Park Press, p. 3-28.
Kitzinger, C. (1995). Chapter 6 -- Social constructionism: Implications
for lesbian and gay psychology. In A.R. D’Augelli & C.J. Patterson
(Eds.) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Identities over the Lifespan: Psychological
Perspectives (pp. 136-161). NY: Oxford Press.
Layton, L.B. (2000). The psychopolitics of bisexuality. Studies in Gender
and Sexuality 1 (1), 41-60.
Lev, A.I. (2005). Guidelines for Working with LGB Clients.
Lev, A.I. (2005). Guidelines for Working with Transgender Clients.
NASW Policy Statements on LGB and T issues.
Fassinger, R.E. (20002). Applying counseling theories to lesbian, gay,
and bisexual clients: Pitfalls and possibilities. In Perez, R.M., DeBord,
K.A., & Bieschke, K.J. (Eds.) Handbook of Counseling and Psychotherapy
with Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Clients. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological
Association.
June 12
4) The coming-out process as part of the development lifecycle of lesbian
and gay and bisexual people.
In Class Video: Excerpts from Gay Sex in the 70s and Butch Body Blues
DM/LM: Read Chapter 4, 5, and 6: Gay, lesbian and bisexual identity development;
Transgender identity; and Coming out as gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender).
Lev: Chapter 7 (Transgender Emergence).
Required Readings:
Green, J. (2004). Chapter One: How do you know? In Becoming a Visible
Man (pp. 1-25). Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press.
Feinberg, L. (1993). Chapter One: Dear Theresa. Stone Butch blues (p.
3-12). Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books.
Lev, A.I. (2005). Developmental psychology. Glbtq.com Retrieved from the
Internet on May 13, 2006: http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/developmental_psychology,1.html.
Lund, S. & Renna, C. (2003). An analysis of the media response to
the Spitzer study, Journal of Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy, 7 (3),
55-67.
Ruiz, P. Lile, B., & Matorin, A. (2002). Clinical case conference:
Treatment of a dually diagnosed gay male Patient: A psychotherapy perspective.
American Journal of Psychiatry 159, 209-215.
Advanced Readings:
Henkin, W. A. (2005). Terms of art. Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality,
8, Available: http://www.ejhs.org/volume8/henkin.htm.
Kassoff, B., Boden, R., De Monteflores, C., Hunt, P. and Wahba, R. (1995).
Chapter 13--Coming out of the frame: Lesbian feminism and psychoanalytic
theory. In J.M. Glassgold & S. Iasenza (Eds.) Lesbians and Psychoanalysis:
Revolutions in Theory and Practice (229-263), NY: Free Press.
June 14
5) Family and Couple Relationships
An exploration of the diverse coupling and family-building patterns of
LGBT people.
** Interview Due
VIDEO SERIES: Daddy and Poppa --A documentary exploring the personal,
cultural, and political impact of gay men who are making a decision that
is at once traditional and revolutionary: to raise children themselves.
DM/LM: Chapter 9, 10, 11, 12 (Gay male relationships and families; Lesbian
relationships and families; Bisexual relationships and families and Transgender
emergence within families).
Lev: Chapter 8 (Family Emergence).
Bepko, C. and Johnson, T. (2000). Gay and lesbian couples in therapy:
perspectives for the contemporary family therapist. Journal of Marital
and Family Therapy, 26, (4), 409-419.
Biaggio, M., Coan, S., & Adams, W. (2002). Couples therapy for lesbians:
Understanding merger and the impact of homophobia. Journal of Lesbian
Studies, 6, (1), 129-138.
Halberstam, J. (1998). Chapter five: Transgender butch: Butch/FTM border
wars and the masculine continuum. Female Masculinity (pp. 141-174). Duke
University Press.
Johnson, T.W. & Keren, J.S. (1995). Creating and maintaining boundaries
in male couples. Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, 7 (3/4) pp. 65-86.
LaSala, M.C. (2004). Monogamy of the heart: Extradyadic sex and gay male
couples. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, 17(3) 2-24.
Peplau, L.A., Veniegas, R.C., & Campbell, S.M. (1996).Chapter 11:
Gay and Lesbian Relationships. In R.C. Savin-Williams & K.M. Cohen’s
The Lives of Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals: Children to Adults (pp. 250-273).
Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace Publishers.
Nestle, J. (1992). The femme question. In J. Nestle (Ed.) The Persistent
Desire (pp. 138-146). LA: Alyson.
Advanced Readings:
Cornett, C. (1993). Resistance in dynamic psychotherapy with gay men.
In C. Cornett (Ed.) Affirmative Dynamic Psychotherapy with Gay Men (pp.
93-115). Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, Inc.
Laird, J. (1999). Gender and sexuality in lesbian relationships; Feminist
and constructionist perspectives. In J. Laird (Ed.) Lesbians and lesbian
families: Reflections on Theory and Practice (pp. 47-90). NY: Columbia
University Press.
6) LGBT Parenting Issues: Examining the empirical data on LGBT parenting
In Class Video: It’s Elementary, Both my Moms are Named Judy and
excerpts from Our House
Cooper, L., & Cates, P. (2006). Too high a Price: The case against
restricting gay Parenting. NY: American Civil Liberties Union [ACLU, second
edition], Lesbian and Gay Rights Project.
Bigner, J.J. (1996). Working with gay fathers: Developmental, postdivorce
parenting, and therapeutic issues. In J. Laird & R-J Green (Eds).
Lesbians and Gays in Couples and Families: A handbook for therapists (370-402).
SF: Jossey-Bass.
Duggan, L. (2004). Holy matrimony! The Nation, March 15, Retrieved from
the Internet on May 12, 2006 from: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20040315/duggan.
Lev, A.I. (2004). Protecting our families: Matters of hearts and courts.
In The Complete Lesbian and Gay Parenting Guide (Chapter 7). NY: Berkley
Press).
Patterson, C. (1994). Children of the lesbian baby boom: Behavioral adjustment,
self-concepts, and sex role identity. In B. Greene and G. M. Herek (Eds.)
Lesbian and Gay Psychology: Theory, Research and Clinical Applications
(pp.156-175). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Shuster, S. (2002). An ounce of prevention: Keeping couples out of court.
In the Family, 7 (3), 7-11.
Stacey J & Biblarz, T. J. (2001). (How) does the sexual orientation
of parents matter? American Sociological Review, 66, 159-183.
Advanced Readings:
Hicks, S. (2005). Queer genealogies: Tales of conformity and rebellion
amongst lesbian and gay foster carers and adopters. Qualitative Social
Work, 4 (3), 293–308.
Morrow, C. (2001). Narrating maternity: Authorizing the “other”
mother stories in lesbian family stories. Journal of Lesbian Studies,
5 (4), 63-90.
June 19
7) Racial, ethnic and cultural issues of LGBT people – special guest
Dr. Heather Horton.
Greene, B. (1997). Ethnic minority lesbians and gay men: Mental health
and treatment issues. In B. Green (Ed.) Ethnic and Cultural Diversity
Among Lesbians and Gay Men (pp. 216-239). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Hall, R.L. & Greene, B. (2002). Not any one thing: The complex legacy
of social class on African American lesbian relationships. Journal of
Lesbian Studies, 6, (1), 65-74.
Icard, L.D. (1996). Assessing the psychological well-being of African-American
gays: A multidimensional perspective. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social
Services, 5 (2/3), 25-49.
HIV and AIDS – Special guests David Cottrell and Damarise Mann
Frederick, R. J. (2004). The multidimensional challenge of psychotherapy
with HIV positive gay men. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services,
17, (2), 63-79.
Sandefort, T.G.M. (1995). HIV/AIDS prevention and the impact of attitudes
towards homosexuality and bisexuality. In G.M. Herek & B. Greene (Eds.)
AIDS, Identity and Community. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Schwartz, R.L. (1993). New alliances, strange bedfellows: Lesbians, gay
men, and AIDS. In A. Stein (Ed.) Sisters, Sexperts, and Queers: Beyond
the Lesbian Nation. NY: Plume.
Shernoff, M. (2005). Condomless sex: Considerations for psychotherapy
with individual gay men and male couples having unsafe sex. Journal of
Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy, 9, (3/4), 149-169.
Young, R.M., Friedman, S.R., & Case, P. (2005). Exploring an HIV paradox:
An ethnography of sexual minority women injectors. Journal of Lesbian
Studies, 9 (3), 103-116.
June 21
8) Transgender and Transsexual Issues: Special guests Rhea Daniels and
Ari Kane
VIDEO SERIES: Southern Comfort -- This documentary chronicles the final
year in the life of a transsexual man named Robert Eads, his struggles
with to obtain quality health care, and the love of his extended family.
In Class Video: No Dumb Questions
DM/LM: Chapter 15 (Transgender health issues).
Lev: Chapter 10 (Intersex Issues).
Cohen-Kettenis, P.T. & Pfäefflin, F. (2003). Clinical management
of gender problems in children. In Transgenderism and Intersexuality in
Childhood and Adolescence: Making Choices (pp. 105-129). Thousand Oaks,
CA: Sage Publications.
Denny, D. (2004). Changing models of transsexualism. Journal of Gay &
Lesbian Psychotherapy, 8 (1/2), 25-40.
Meyer, W. Bockting, W., Cohen-Kettenis, P., Coleman, E., DiCeglie, D,.
Devor, H., Gooren, L., Joris Hage, J., Kirk, S., Kuiper, B., Laub, B.,
Lawrence, A., Menard, Y., Patton, J., Schaefer, L., Webb, A., & Wheeler,
C. (2001). The Standards of Care for Gender Identity Disorders --Sixth
Version. International Journal of Transgenderism, 5, (1). Retrieved from
the Internet May 12, 2006: http://www.symposion.com/ijt/soc_2001/index.htm
Recommended Readings:
Schaefer, L.C., Wheeler, C.C., & Futterweit, W. (1995). Gender identity
disorders (transsexualism). In G. O. Gabbard (Ed.) Treatment of psychiatric
disorders. Washington, D. C., American Psychiatric Association.
White, T. & Ettner, R. (2004). Disclosure, risks and protective factors
for children whose parents are undergoing a gender transition. Journal
of Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy, 8 (1/2), 129-145.
June 26
9) Youth and Aging
Discussion of the issues facing LGBT people in youth and aging.
In Class Video: Beauty Before Age and Call me Kade
DM/LM: Chapter 8 (Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender adolescents)
and Chapter 13 (Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender aging).
Lev: Chapter 9 (Transgender children and youth).
Boxer, A.M. (1997). Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual
Aging into the Twenty-First Century: An Overview and Introduction. Journal
of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Identity, 2, 187-197.
Cooper, K. (1999). Practice with transgendered youth and their families.
In G.P. Mallon (Ed.) Social Services with Transgendered Youth. Harrington
Park Press: Binghamton, NY.111-130.
de Vries, B. and Blando, J.A. (2004). The study of Gay and Lesbian Aging:
Lessions for Social Gerontology. In G. Herdt and B. de Vries (Eds.) Gay
and lesbian aging: Research and future directions (pp. 3-28). NY: Springer.
Diamond, L. M. (2002). “Having a girlfriend without knowing it”:
Intimate friendships among adolescent sexual-minority women Journal of
Lesbian Studies, 6, (1), 5-16.
Ryan, C. (2002). Counseling lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth. In A.R.
D’Augelli & C.J. Patterson (Eds.) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Identities
and Youth: Psychological Perspectives (pp. 224-250). NY: Oxford University
Press.
Sanders, G.L. & and Kroll, I.T. (2000). Generating stories of resilience:
Helping gay and lesbian youth and their families. Journal of Marital and
Family Therapy, 26 (4), 433-442.
June 28
10) Living in Communities: Violence, Religion, Work and Sexuality.
VIDEO SERIES: From a Secret Place --Examines the lives of lesbian and
gay youth. If These Walls Could Talk II: Examines the issues facing an
aging lesbian couple.
DM/LM: Chapter 16 (Violence, hate crimes, and hate language); Chapter
17 Religion and Spirituality; Chapter 19 (Workplace issues).
Garner, A. (2004). Chapter 8: Tourists at home: Straight kids of LGBT
parents. In Families Like Mine: Children of gay parents tell it like it
is (193-224). NY: Harpur Collins.
Iasenza, S. (2002). Beyond “lesbian bed death”: The passion
and play in lesbian relationships. Journal of Lesbian Studies, 6, (1),
111-120.
Ochs, R. (2004) Biphobia. In R. Ochs & S.E. Rowley Getting Bi (pp.
204-210). Boston MA: Bisexual Resource Center.
Rabin, J.S., & Slater, B.R. (2005). Lesbian communities across the
United States: Pockets of resistance and resilience. Journal of Lesbian
Studies, 9, (1/2), 2005, 169-182.
Weinstock, J.S. (2004). Lesbian FLEX-ibility: Friend and/or family connections
among lesbian ex-lovers. Journal of Lesbian Studies, 8, (3/4), 193-238.
July 3
11) Special Issues impacting the lives of LGBT people: Mental Health,
Addictions, Domestic Violence
In Class Video: Hermaphrodites Speak
Drabble, L. & Trocki K. (2005). Alcohol consumption, alcohol-related
problems, and other substance use among lesbian and bisexual women. Journal
of Lesbian Studies, 9 (3), 19-30.
Lucksted, A. (2004). Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people receiving
services in the public mental health system: Raising issues Journal of
Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy, 8 (3/4), 25-42.
Finnegan, D.G. & McNally, E.B. (2002). Chapter 7: Special issues in
treatment. Counseling Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Substance
Abusers: Dual Identities (pp. 141-161). Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.
Stanley, J.L., Bartholomew, K., Oram D. (2004). Gay and bisexual men's
age-discrepant childhood sexual experiences. Journal of Sex Research,
41 (4), 381-389.
Recommended Readings:
Lev, A.I. & Lev, S.S. (1999) Sexual assault in the lesbian, gay, bisexual
and transgendered communities. In. Joan C. McClennen & J. Gunther
(Eds.) A Professional Guide to Understanding Gay and Lesbian Domestic
Violence: Understanding practice interventions (pp 35-62). Lewiston, NY:
Edwin Mellen Press.
Istar, A. (1996). Couple Assessment: Identifying and intervening in domestic
violence in lesbian relationships. In C. Renzetti & C. Harvey Miley
(Eds.) Violence in Lesbian and Gay Partnerships (pp. 93-106). NY: Haworth
Press.
July 5
12) Creating Change: LGBT Macro issues.
** Research Paper Due
VIDEO SERIES: No Secret Anymore: The Times of Del Martin & Phyllis
Lyon -- Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon have been partners in love and political
struggle for over fifty years.
In Class Video: A Simple Matter of Justice
DM/LM: Chapter 19 (Social welfare policy and advocacy),
Messinger, L. (2002). Policy and practice: A holistic approach to addressing
homophobia and heterosexism among social work students. Journal of Lesbian
Studies, 6, (3/4), 121-132. |
