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LGBT – PSYCHOLOGY, MARRIAGE, SPORTS AND MORE

Author : MEENACHISUNDARAM.M

Publisher : MEENACHI SUNDARAM

Page : 163 pages

File Size : 15,46 MB

Release : 2024-09-05

Category : Fiction

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TITLE: LGBT – PSYCHOLOGY, MARRIAGE, SPORTS AND MORE AUTHOR: M. MeenachiSundaram TABLE OF CONTENTS LGBT – MARRIAGE, SPORTS AND MORE. 3 PREFACE. 3 CHAPTER 1: LGBT- Marriage and Family. 11 CHAPTER 2: LGBT – SPORTS. 52 CHAPTER 3: The Psychological behaviour of Lesbian in outside world. 123 CHAPTER 4: The Psychological behaviour of Gay in outside world. 128 CHAPTER 5: The Psychological behaviour of Bi-Sexual in outside world. 133 CHAPTER 6: The Psychological behaviour of TransGender in outside world. 139 Glossary. 145 CHAPTER 7: LGBT Laws in the United States. 150 CHAPTER 8: LGBT Laws in the India. 153 CHAPTER 9: LGBT Laws in the United Arab Emirates. 156 CHAPTER 10: LGBT Laws in the Saudi Arabia. 159 ABOUT THE AUTHOR.. 162 LGBT – MARRIAGE, SPORTS AND MORE PREFACE LGBT Rights and Marriage Equality The fight for marriage equality has been one of the most significant civil rights struggles for LGBT people in the past few decades. For many years, same-sex couples were denied the right to marry, which excluded them from a range of legal protections and benefits. The movement for marriage equality aimed to provide LGBT couples the same legal recognition and rights as heterosexual couples, reinforcing the idea that love and commitment should not be limited by sexual orientation. Historical Context of LGBT Marriage Historically, marriage was viewed through a strictly heterosexual lens, with same-sex relationships largely invisible or criminalized in many societies. The struggle for LGBT marriage rights gained momentum in the 20th century, particularly in the 1990s and early 2000s, when countries like the Netherlands, Canada, and Spain became some of the first to legalize same-sex marriage. The journey to marriage equality has been long and arduous, with significant legal, cultural, and religious opposition along the way. Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Marriages Many countries around the world now legally recognize same-sex marriages, providing LGBT couples with the same legal status as heterosexual couples. In 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling in *Obergefell v. Hodges* legalized same-sex marriage across the United States, marking a historic victory for LGBT rights. This ruling was built upon decades of advocacy and legal challenges. Marriage equality has been crucial in providing LGBT couples with rights related to inheritance, taxation, child adoption, and healthcare access. Religious Perspectives on LGBT Marriage The issue of same-sex marriage has often intersected with religious beliefs. Many religious institutions have opposed LGBT marriage on theological grounds, citing traditional views of marriage as between one man and one woman. However, some denominations and religious leaders have embraced a more inclusive stance, arguing that marriage should be about love and commitment, regardless of gender. This debate continues to shape the broader discourse around LGBT marriage rights.



Listen, We Need to Talk

Author : Brian F. Harrison

Publisher : Oxford University Press

Page : 257 pages

File Size : 24,26 MB

Release : 2017-01-20

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 0190654767

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American public opinion tends to be sticky. Although the news cycle might temporarily affect the public's mood on contentious issues like abortion, the death penalty, or gun control, public opinion toward these issues has remained remarkably constant over decades. There are notable exceptions, however, particularly with regard to divisive issues that highlight identity politics. For example, over the past three decades, public support for same-sex marriage has risen from scarcely more than a tenth to a majority of the population. Why have people's minds changed so dramatically on this issue, and why so quickly? It wasn't just that older, more conservative people were dying and being replaced in the population by younger, more progressive people; people were changing their minds. Was this due to the influence of elite leaders like President Obama? Or advocacy campaigns by organizations pushing for greater recognition of the equal rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) people? Listen, We Need to Talk tests a new theory, what Brian Harrison and Melissa Michelson call The Theory of Dissonant Identity Priming, about how to change people's attitudes on controversial topics. Harrison and Michelson conducted randomized experiments all over the United States, many in partnership with equality organizations, including Equality Illinois, Georgia Equality, Lambda Legal, Equality Maryland, and Louisiana's Capital City Alliance. They found that people are often willing to change their attitudes about LGBT rights when they find out that others with whom they share an identity (for example, as sports fans or members of a religious group) are also supporters of those rights-particularly when told about support from a leader of the group, and particularly if they find the information somewhat surprising. Fans of the Green Bay Packers football team were influenced by hearing that a Packers Hall-of-Famer is a supporter of LGBT rights. African Americans were influenced by hearing that the Black president of the United States is a supporter. Religious individuals were influenced by hearing that a religious leader is a supporter. And strong partisans were influenced by hearing that a leader of their party is a supporter. Through a series of engaging experiments and compelling evidence, Listen, We Need to Talk provides a blueprint for thinking about how to bring disparate groups together over contentious political issues.



Handbook of LGBT-Affirmative Couple and Family Therapy

Author : Jerry J. Bigner

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 509 pages

File Size : 45,44 MB

Release : 2012-05-04

Category : Psychology

ISBN : 1136340335

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The editors and contributors of this comprehensive text provide a unique and important contribution to LGBT clinical literature. Spanning 30 chapters, they discuss the diverse and complex issues involved in LGBT couple and family therapy. In almost 15 years, this book provides the first in-depth overview of the best practices for therapists and those in training who wish to work effectively with LGBT clients, couples, and families need to know, and is only the second of its kind in the history of the field. The clinical issues discussed include • raising LGBT children • coming out • elderly LGBT issues • sex therapy • ethical and training issues Because of the breadth of the book, its specificity, and the expertise of the contributing authors and editors, it is the definitive handbook on LGBT couple and family therapy.



Sexual Fluidity

Author : Lisa M. Diamond

Publisher : Harvard University Press

Page : 352 pages

File Size : 37,89 MB

Release : 2008

Category : Psychology

ISBN : 9780674026247

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Is love “blind” when it comes to gender? For women, it just might be. This unsettling and original book offers a radical new understanding of the context-dependent nature of female sexuality. Lisa M. Diamond argues that for some women, love and desire are not rigidly heterosexual or homosexual but fluid, changing as women move through the stages of life, various social groups, and, most important, different love relationships.This perspective clashes with traditional views of sexual orientation as a stable and fixed trait. But that view is based on research conducted almost entirely on men. Diamond is the first to study a large group of women over time. She has tracked one hundred women for more than ten years as they have emerged from adolescence into adulthood. She summarizes their experiences and reviews research ranging from the psychology of love to the biology of sex differences. Sexual Fluidity offers moving first-person accounts of women falling in and out of love with men or women at different times in their lives. For some, gender becomes irrelevant: “I fall in love with the person, not the gender,” say some respondents.Sexual Fluidity offers a new understanding of women’s sexuality—and of the central importance of love.



The Velvet Rage

Author : Alan Downs

Publisher : Da Capo Lifelong Books

Page : 224 pages

File Size : 26,34 MB

Release : 2006-04-25

Category : Psychology

ISBN : 9780738210612

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The gay male world today is characterized by seductive beauty, artful creativity, flamboyant sexuality, and, encouragingly, unprecedented acceptability in society. Yet despite the progress of the recent past, gay men still find themselves asking, "Are we really better off?" The inevitable byproduct of growing up gay in a straight world continues to be the internalization of shame, a shame gay men may strive to obscure with a fa?ade of beauty, creativity, or material success. Drawing on contemporary psychological research, the author's own journey to be free of anger and of shame, as well as the stories of many of his friends and clients, The Velvet Rage outlines the three distinct stages to emotional well-being for gay men. Offering profoundly beneficial strategies to stop the insidious cycle of avoidance and self-defeating behavior, The Velvet Rage is an empowering book that will influence the public discourse on gay culture, and positively change the lives of gay men who read it.



The Marriage Book

Author : Nicky Lee

Publisher : HarperChristian Resources

Page : 337 pages

File Size : 33,39 MB

Release : 2019-06-04

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0310093023

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Full of practical advice, this bestselling book by Nicky and Sila Lee is easy to read and designed to prepare, build, and even mend marriages. The Marriage Book is essential reading for any married or engaged couple. This resource addresses questions like: How can we be happily married to one person for our entire life? How do we resolve conflict? How can we discover and rediscover sexual intimacy? The Marriage Course is a series of seven sessions, designed to help couples invest in their relationship and build a strong marriage. It serves as a bridge between the church and local community by recognizing the need to go beyond the social, as well as physical, walls of the church to help couples with their relationships. Marriage Course is easy to run; the talks are available on DVD (sold separately) and each guest and leader receives a manual. If you enjoy hosting people and have a passion for strengthening family life, you could run a course!



Out in Psychology

Author : Victoria Clarke

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 496 pages

File Size : 23,45 MB

Release : 2007-04-04

Category : Psychology

ISBN : 9780470066423

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There has been a recent explosion of interest in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Perspective Psychology amongst students and academics, and this interest is predicted to continue to rise. Recent media debates on subjects such as same-sex marriage have fuelled interest in LGBTQ perspectives. This edited collection showcases the latest thinking in LGBTQ psychology. The book has 21 chapters covering subjects such as same sex parenting, outing, young LGBTQ people, sport, learning disabilities, lesbian and gay identities etc. The book has an international focus, with contributors from UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand



After the Ball

Author : Marshall Kirk

Publisher : Plume Books

Page : 440 pages

File Size : 22,85 MB

Release : 1989

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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A compelling and compassionate work that never fails to stimulate. After the Ball is required reading for straights interested in understanding a minority that comprises 10% of the population and for gays who ar learning that the revolution is far from over.



Boys Love Manga and Beyond

Author : Mark McLelland

Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi

Page : 463 pages

File Size : 48,84 MB

Release : 2015-01-28

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 1626743096

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Boys Love Manga and Beyond looks at a range of literary, artistic and other cultural products that celebrate the beauty of adolescent boys and young men. In Japan, depiction of the “beautiful boy” has long been a romantic and sexualized trope for both sexes and commands a high degree of cultural visibility today across a range of genres from pop music to animation. In recent decades, “Boys Love” (or simply BL) has emerged as a mainstream genre in manga, anime, and games for girls and young women. This genre was first developed in Japan in the early 1970s by a group of female artists who went on to establish themselves as major figures in Japan's manga industry. By the late 1970s many amateur women fans were getting involved in the BL phenomenon by creating and self-publishing homoerotic parodies of established male manga characters and popular media figures. The popularity of these fan-made products, sold and circulated at huge conventions, has led to an increase in the number of commercial titles available. Today, a wide range of products produced both by professionals and amateurs are brought together under the general rubric of “boys love,” and are rapidly gaining an audience throughout Asia and globally. This collection provides the first comprehensive overview in English of the BL phenomenon in Japan, its history and various subgenres and introduces translations of some key Japanese scholarship not otherwise available. Some chapters detail the historical and cultural contexts that helped BL emerge as a significant part of girls' culture in Japan. Others offer important case studies of BL production, consumption, and circulation and explain why BL has become a controversial topic in contemporary Japan.



What Does a Princess Really Look Like?

Author : Mark Loewen

Publisher : BQB Publishing

Page : 37 pages

File Size : 40,68 MB

Release : 2018-07-01

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1945448180

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"Inside of our head is where our smarts are," she said to herself, "And this princess is very smart." Chloe dreams of being a ballerina princess. But today she is not practicing her twirls or leaping from room to room. She digs deep in her art drawer to find what she needs to craft her very own princess ballerina. The project quickly turns into more than a simple princess drawing. Chloe realizes that princesses are not just about beautiful hair and sparkly dresses. As her work of art comes to life, she discovers the qualities of character that make up her princess. When she feels insecure about an imperfection in her art, her dad's point out that the personal quirks make her princess unique! And Chloe realizes that she is not too different from the princess she so admires. "When you know what you want, not much can stop you." Princesses can look all kinds of ways. What kind of princess are you? "Filled with the fuel young girls need to believe in themselves, this book carries the right message at the right time for the next generation of brave young women. It's a must read!" - Katherine Wintsch, Founder and CEO of The Mom Complex "...a breath of fresh air for children of different ages, providing the very essence that children can have dreams and be very creative with those dreams."- Erika Tranfield, Director and Co-founder of Pride Angel