Published Writings Books (2004) Transgender Emergence: Counseling Gender-Variant People and their Families. Binghamton, NY, Haworth Press. (2004) The Complete Lesbian and Gay Parenting Guide.  NY, Penguin press (in press). Professional Articles Lev, Arlene Istar, Gay parents and gender-bending children. Advocate Magazine, 2006 Lev, Arlene Istar, Transgender Emergence: Understanding Diverse Gender Identities and Expressions, NASW Focus, Continuing Education curricula, pp. 11-18, 21, 24, February, 2006. Lev, Arlene Istar, Transgender Emergence: A Family Affair, In the Association for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Issues in Counseling, Fall, pp. 9-10, 2005. (2004) Transgender Relationships and Families. In Morrow, D. F., & Messinger, L. Sexual orientation and gender expression in social work practice: Working with gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people. New York: Columbia University Press (in press). (2004) Domestic Violence Online: www.glbtq.com: an encyclopedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer culture. (2004) Developmental Psychology.  Online: www.glbtq.com: an encyclopedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer culture.   (2004) Do I? In the Family Magazine, April. (2004) Homestudies: A Primer in Surviving the Adoption Test And Baby Magazine, April/May. (2004) Surrogate Dads. And Baby Magazine, June/July. (2003) Understanding Diverse Gender Expression and Identity, Social Work Today, June, Vol. 3, #11, Pages 24-26. (2003) Couples in Transition: When one is trans and other is not. In the Family, Vol. 8, #4, pp. 18-22. (2003) Writer, Educator, Therapist, Activist and Jewish Femme. Interview of the Lev Family. by Angeline Acain, New York Gay Parent's Guide, May. (2003) Deconstructing Assumptions about Gender and Sex. Transgender Tapestry, #101, p. 27-28. (2003) Disordering Gender Identity Presentation of Selected Transcripts, Excerpted from the IFGE and RSI Transperson Symposium (2002) Tenuous Alliance. In A.E. Anzaldúa and A. Keating (Eds.) This Bridge We Call Home: Radical Visions of Transformation. NY: Routlege. (2000) It's the same -- only different. Mothering Magazine, (January/February). (2000) Being a Good Gender Therapist, Tapestry #90 (2000) Social Work Embraces Transgender. Focus, NASW --NJ Chapter Newsletter (February) (with Barry Moore). (2000) Social Work Embraces Transgender. APA Division 44 Newsletter (May) (with Barry Moore). (2000) No Place Like Home: In Jess Wells (Ed.) HomeFronts: Controversies in the Nontraditional Parenting Community LA: Alyson Publications.  (1999) Sexual assault in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Communities (with Sundance Lev). In. Joan C. McClennen and J. Gunther (Eds.) A Professional Guide to Understanding Gay and Lesbian Domestic Violence: Understanding Practice Interventions. Lewiston NY:Edwin Mellen Press, 35-62. (1999) Being a Good Gender Therapist in American Boys Conference Materials (February). The American Boyz True Spirit Conference. (1998) Lesbian and Gay Parenting in Alternative Family Magazine, Van Nuys, CA. (November). (1998) Invisible Genders in In the Family Magazine, Takoma Park, MD (November). (1998) Infertility in Lambda Family Circle, Albany, NY (November). (1998) Feminism and Mental Illness in Women's Building News (May). (1996) Couple Assessment: Identifying and Intervening in Domestic Violence in Lesbian Relationships, in Violence in Lesbian and Gay Partnerships, Claire Renzetti and Charles Harvey Miley (Eds.) and the Journal of Lesbian and Gay Social Services, Haworth Press, N.Y. 4 (1). Lev, Arlene Istar, Scrutinizing would-be parents (Gay): Gays looking to adopt will have to endure rigorous home studies, Washington Blade, March, 31, 2006. 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