The Gay And Lesbian Guide To College Life

Download or read book The Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students written by Shane L. Windmeyer and published by Advocate Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shane Windmeyer, co-founder of the Lambda 10 Project, has created the first guide for gay and lesbian students to colleges and universities that best address their needs. This book has grown out national clearinghouse for gay, lesbian and bisexual issues concerning fraternity and sorority life. This new guide profiles over 100 institutions and ranks them on critical LGBT issues. 27/10/2005

Download or read book The Gay and Lesbian Guide to College Life written by The Princeton Review and published by Princeton Review. This book was released on 2011-11-23 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring advice from students and administrators at more than seventy of the nation’s top colleges, the Gay and Lesbian Guide to College Life lets you know how to how to thrive on campus as a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and/or questioning student. Including tons of student testimonials and dozens of parent tips, the Gay and Lesbian Guide to College Life offers no-nonsense guidance to LGBT students, their families, and allies on how to make the most of their college experience. Learn how you can: ·Find an LGBT-friendly school ·Evaluate administrative policies related to LGBT student life ·Deal with homo/bi/transphobia on campus ·Participate in LGBT student activism ·Get support for your health and safety needs ·Fully integrate yourself into the campus community

Download or read book The Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Students' Guide to Colleges, Universities, and Graduate Schools written by Jan-Mitchell Sherrill and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1994-03 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Studies estimate that one in six college students is gay, lesbian, or bisexual. The presence, role, and acceptance of these students has received much attention in recent years. Yet there exists no resource by which they can judge the climate at the nation's schools. The first book to evaluate the college and university experiences of gay, lesbian, and bisexual students, this volume gives voice to the largest under-recognized minority on the nation's campuses."--Publisher's description.

Download or read book Sexual Orientation and School Policy written by Ian K. Macgillivray and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2004-10-26 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book helps the reader to understand and mediate the debates that arise when gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, intersex, and queer/questioning (GLBTIQ) students and their families ask for equal treatment from the schools and are opposed by conservative parents. Sexual Orientation and School Policy is a case study of one school districts' attempt to adopt and implement policies that include sexual orientation. This book describes the work of the Safe Schools Coalition who advocate and educate for equal rights for GLBTIQ students. Concerned Citizens, a group of conservative parents, opposed the inclusion of sexual orientation in the policies. The author highlights the factors that either facilitated or impeded the implementation of the policies as well as the strategies employed by the Safe Schools Coalition in educating opponents.

Download or read book Responsive School Practices to Support Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Students and Families written by Emily S. Fisher and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The needs and rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) students and families are often ignored, generally misunderstood, and only rarely given priority by the school system. This book provides a practical and useful guide for school-based mental health professionals to support students, families, teachers, and administrators in the development of a safe, inclusive school environment for all LGBTQ students and families. It begins with an overview of the unique issues and challenges faced by LGBTQ students and families, including a discussion of sexuality and gender identity development within the interconnected contexts of home, school, and community. Practical steps are given for creating an inclusive school environment; implementing prevention and intervention techniques to address discrimination, bullying, and violence; and organizing effective counseling programs for LGBTQ students. These school-based efforts are then extended to working with families and communities to reinforce steps taken in the school context. The downloadable resources include numerous handouts, sample letters, and other resources to assist the school-based mental health professional in implementing responsive and affirmative practices for LGBTQ students and families.

Download or read book A Field Guide to Gay & Lesbian Chicago written by Kathie Bergquist and published by Lake Claremont Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first and only book to give gay and lesbian travelers the inside scoop on gay-friendly accommodations, shopping, sports, recreation, music, theater, dining, and nightlife in the Windy City. This chatty, opinionated guide to gay life and culture is written by longtime gay-neighborhood-dwelling Chicagoans for residents and visitors. Photos.

Download or read book The Journey Out written by Rachel Pollack and published by Viking Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1995 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suggests how gay, lesbian, and bisexual teenagers may discover their sexual orientation, find self-acceptance, come out, cope with prejudice, and deal with religious and political issues.