Asserts that the resolution recently adopted by the International Association of Chiefs of Police making it official policy not to hire homosexuals as policemen is unconstitutional. Describes the positive results achieved by the hiring of homosexuals in the San Francisco police and sheriff's departments. (GC)

Explores the homophobic attitudes common to college athletics departments, and the silence many gay athletes believe to be their only option. (EV)

Presents review of counselors' and psychotherapists' attitudes toward homosexuality. Reports analysis of the patterns emerging from published survey literature which revealed considerable division and contradiction in the attitudes reported. Proposes the source of such inconsistency to be the mixed messages mental health personnel receive from…

Contends that, with childhood predispositions, developmental tasks of adolescence influence degree and course of homosexuality. Notes different types of homosexuality that emerge in adolescence which are influenced by different psychodynamic conditions in each stage of adolescence. Changing developmental roles in relation to individuation, object…

Reexamines the associations between homosexuality and silence that have governed many gay and lesbian readings. Asks whether homosexuality is really a site of "silence" in Stein's texts, and by extension, whether to make such silences speak out is really what seems to be required of the reader by "queer texts." (RS)

Examined family dynamics associated with family happiness for biological fathers, stepfathers, and adolescents in 48 European-American gay stepfamilies using modified Stepfamily Adjustment Scale. For all three family members, family happiness was more highly related to stepfather inclusion in family and to positive steprelationship than to…

Religion and spirituality can have serious negative or positive effects on the identity development of gay persons. A look at "Robert," a case study, illustrates how certain religious beliefs may harm gay persons' development, and how a compassion-oriented spirituality, reflecting contemporary theological and scriptural scholarship, can…

Presents a counter position to Warren Throckmorton's article "Efforts to Modify Sexual Orientation: A Review of Outcome Literature and Ethical Issues." The position of this paper, simply put, is: there is no illness, there is no cure. (Author)

This editorial describes the barriers that exist to carrying out research with gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth. It also discusses why it is important to promote research to this group. Describes the articles that address some of the issues related to this population in this volume of the Journal of Adolescence. (MKA)

Argues that gay and lesbian administrators and teachers should be judged on their character and performance, not on their sexual orientation. (PKP)

The male archetypes of king, lover, magician, and warrior provide important and timeless insights into mature masculine qualities. Homosexual identity development models describe tasks that confront gay men as they move through the identity development process. Proposes that by understanding the metaphor of male archetypes, gay men will discover…

This article brings together two significant efforts in the child welfare field: achieving permanence for youth in out-of-home care and meeting the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth. During the past several years, a national movement has taken place to assure all children and youth have a permanent family…

Focusing on the disagreements between Muslims and homosexuals over sexuality education, this article highlights the need in liberal societies for respectful dialogue between groups that hold diametrically opposed beliefs and values. The article argues that it should be possible for Muslims to set out a religious perspective that is critical of…

In their introductory article, Morrow and Beckstead (2004 [this issue]) discuss the decades-long controversy surrounding therapeutic attempts to change homosexual to heterosexual orientation ("conversion" or "reparative" therapy). Despite the efforts to resolve this controversy, it shows no signs of abating. The articles in this issue, especially…

Identity formation and self construction are inherently cultural phenomena. Although it may seem that human psychology--e.g., basic traits, tendencies, "characteristics," or even the definition of self--are universal and ahistorical, this essentialist view is quite erroneous and needs to be recognized and avoided. The task of studying one's…