Introduction to LGBTQ+ Studies

Deborah P. Amory is Professor of Social Sciences and Public Affairs at State University of New York, Empire State College. Sean G. Massey is Associate Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Psychology at the State University of New York at Binghamton. He is the coeditor (with Corrine C. Bertram and M. Sue Crowley) of Beyond Progress and Marginalization: LGBTQ Youth in Educational Contexts. Jennifer Miller is an independent scholar. She is the author of The Transformative Potential of LGBTQ+ Children's Picture Books and coeditor (with David Arditi) of The Dialectic of Digital Culture. Allison P. Brown is Digital Publishing Services Manager, Fraser Hall Library at the State University of New York College at Geneseo.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: An Open Invitation to LGBTQ+ StudiesDeborah P. AmoryPART I: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS 1. Thirty Years of Queer TheoryJennifer Miller(Research Resources compiled by Rachel Wexelbaum) PART II: GLOBAL HISTORIES 2. Global Sexualities: LGBTQ+ Anthropology, Past, Present, and FutureJoseph Russo(Research Resources compiled by Rachel Wexelbaum) PROFILE: Lukas Avendaño: Reflections from MuxeidadRita PalaciosPROFILE: Queering Pan-AfricanismAdriaan van Klinken3. Queer New World: Challenging Heteronormativity in ArchaeologyJames Aimers(Research Resources compiled by Rosalinda Linares) PART III: U.S. HISTORIES 4. U.S. LGBTQ+ HistoryClark A. Pomerleau(Research Resources compiled by Carrie Pirmann) PROFILE: Institutionalizing Sexuality: Sexology, Psychoanalysis, and the LawJennifer Miller and Clark A. Pomerleau5. LGBTQ+ Legal HistoryDara J. Silberstein(Research Resources compiled by Rachel Wexelbaum) PROFILE: Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Crimes in the United States: Histories and DebatesAriella RotramelPART IV: PREJUDICE AND HEALTH 6. Prejudice and Discrimination against LGBTQ+ PeopleSean G. Massey, Sarah R. Young, and Ann Merriwether(Research Resources compiled by Jessica Szempruch and Rachel Wexelbaum) PROFILE: Minority Stress and Same-Sex CouplesDavid M. Frost7. LGBTQ+ Health and WellnessThomas Lawrence Long, Christine Rodriguez, Marianne Snyder, and Ryan J. Watson(Research Resources compiled by Stephen Stratton) PART V: RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILIES, AND YOUTH 8. LGBTQ+ Relationships and FamiliesSarah R. Young and Sean G. Massey(Research Resources compiled by Jessica Szempruch and Rachel Wexelbaum) PROFILE: LGBTQ+ Family Building: Challenges and OpportunityChrista Craven9. Education and LGBTQ+ YouthKimberly Fuller(Research Resources compiled by Rae-Anne Montague and Melody Scagnelli-Townley) PROFILE: LGBTQ+ Inclusion in PreK-12 Teaching and LearningSabia PrescottPART VI: CULTURE 10. Screening LGBTQ+Lynne Stahl(Research Resources compiled by Susan Wood) PROFILE: Giving Voice to Black Gay Men through Marlon Riggs's Tongues UntiedMarquis BeyPROFILE: How One Day at a Time Avoids Negative Queer TropesShyla Saltzman11. LGBTQ+ LiteratureEdited by Jennifer MillerLGBTQ+ Children's Picture BooksJennifer MillerTropes in Lesbian Young Adult LiteratureMaddison Lauren SimmonsTrans and Gender-Nonconforming Characters in Young Adult LiteratureRobert BittnerLGBTQ+ ComicsMycroft M. Roske and Cathy CorderLesbian and Gay Pulp FictionCathy CorderLGBTQ+ Memoir and Life WritingOlivia WoodPART VII: RESEARCH 12. A Practical Guide for LGBTQ+ StudiesRachel Wexelbaum and Gesina A. PhillipsContributorsIndex