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Navigating Differences: Friendships Between Gay Men and Straight Men explores the gender and sexual identities of gay and straight men who become friends and how those identities influence their behavior with one another...

This much-needed book explores the issues and consequences of chronic pain in later life. Chronic pain often accompanies the non-fatal health conditions experienced by older women, but much of the professional literature virtually ignores older chronic pain sufferers. Older Women With Chronic Pain b..

With its mixed bag of literary criticism, cultural theory, testimonials, creative writing, and reports from the field, Plural Loves: Designs for Bi and Poly Living maps the discursive debate where bisexuality and polyamory meet. Besides responsible forms of non-monogamy, the issues discussed in the ..

Pressing Issues of Inequality and American Indian Communities draws together varying analyses of some of the current issues that highlight the impact of inequality and poverty of resources and opportunities for American Indian Communities. In this insightful volume, three women share their reflectio..

Public Policy and the Old Age Revolution in Japan captures the vitality of Japanese policymakers and the challenges they face in shaping a modern society responding to its changing needs. The rapid transition to an aging society poses a set of complex policy and resource dilemmas; the responses take..

This fascinating book explains the place of gay, lesbian, and transgendered people at the heart of Creole religions. What are the practices and beliefs of Vodou, Candomble, and Santeria? Why are same-sex love and gender-crossing such important concepts to them? How have these religions affected West..

Rebuilding Communities: Challenges for Group Work is a collection of research and information presented at the 18th Annual Symposium of the Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups. Social workers, students, educators, and practitioners will examine how group work can improve multi..

Sadomasochism: Powerful Pleasures presents cutting-edge research on SM and brings together new theoretical and clinical perspectives, exposing myths and realities as well as providing insights on legal and social policy issues facing SM practitioners. Experts such as Thomas S. Weinberg, PhD, Susan W..

In ancient times, the Greek god Eros personified both heterosexual and homosexual attractions. Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in Classical Tradition of the West explores the homosexual side of the vanished civilizations of Greece and Rome, and the resulting influence on the Cl..

The revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) is an ongoing process, and changes in criteria or terminology can have significant implications for diagnosis and treatment. Sexual and Gender Diagnoses of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM): A Reevaluation provides a range of view..

Sexual Minorities: Discrimination, Challenges, and Development in America examines various stumbling blocks that prevent many gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and trangendered people from living unrestricted, healthy lives. This book concentrates on the affects of outside influences on the homosexual psyc..

Sexuality and Gender in Postcommunist Eastern Europe and Russia is a groundbreaking look at the new sexual reality in Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe after the fall of communism. The book presents the kind of candid discussion of sexual identities, sexual politics, and gender arrangements tha..