On various campuses, including the author's, "safe space" stickers are used to designate offices supposedly free of homophobia. The author critiques this practice, pointing out that it still privileges the white heterosexual subject while also obscuring connections between sexuality, gender, and race. (Contains 10 notes.)

A questionnaire was sent to gay and lesbian youth support groups around the country asking what it felt like to be gay and lesbian in high school, and how young people thought teachers and counselors could make their classrooms more comfortable for gay and lesbian students. The 44 responses came from young people who had attended public or…

This paper describes how an ethnographer proceeded in a study of group identify, voice, and participation in the greater culture of gay and bisexual college men at a large research university. The researcher, himself a heterosexual man, conceptualized the investigation as a crossing of cultural borders. The investigator initially attended several…

This handbook is designed to guide faculty and administrators in working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) college students. It brings together the varied viewpoints of people concerned with providing appropriate services to LGBT students on college campuses. The book's 42 chapters discuss topics of special interest for faculty…

Multicultural studies often emphasize the need to diversify school curricula. There is a need for more varied representations of cultures in English teaching because the representations which teachers present heavily influence students' access to literacy. Many proponents of mainstreaming cultural diversity use liberal theories about cultural…

Discusses the needs, problems and interpersonal relationships of persons who are homosexual. The role of counseling for homosexuals and the Homosexual Community Counseling Center in New York is also discussed. This article is based on the keynote address delivered during morning sessions of the 1975 National Conference tour of the Homosexual…

Homosexuals must begin to examine the unique economic oppression involved in gay identity. Psychological dangers of passing are discussed. Presented at Homosexual Community Counseling Center Conference on Vocational Guidance and Gay Lifestyles, Riverside Church, New York, New York, October 26, 1974. (Author)

A recounting of developments in the formation of a gay liberation group with particular attention paid to attitudinal, behavioral, and self-concept changes. (Author)

Contemporary black drama has a violently anti-homosexual bias that may be responsible for maintaining oppression of gays by blacks. (JH)

Until very recently, gay slang reflected the sexism, classicism, and racism of straight English. (JH)

This study attempted to assess ways in which a specifically designed course on homosexuality including seven groups of gay speakers affected attitudes of 18 advanced college students. The results indicated a significant change ina positive direction as predicted. These results are discussed in terms of Weinberg's theory of homophobia. (Author)

There has been considerable variation in reports of how much people know about Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). This study explored empathy towards persons with AIDS. The first part of the study involved pretesting subjects on two scales. Data were collected from 125 male and 125 female college students. A factor analysis revealed there…

News reports regarding the relationship between Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank and a male prostitute reflect a growing willingness to hold public officials responsible for private acts. The incident triggered a classic example of apologia--a speech of self-defense. As critics have long suggested, the intangible nature of the…

Prior research on observer perceptions of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) patients has concluded that there is a strong tendency to assume that homosexuals are patients of AIDS while heterosexuals are patients of anything but AIDS. This study sought to determine if there was a greater tendency to diagnose AIDS among female homosexuals…

Although investigations of college student sexual attitudes and behaviors have appeared in the literature since the 1960s, assessing long-term attitudinal and behavior patterns is difficult when comparing studies which have employed different populations and different settings. In an attempt to provide information about such long-term patterns…