GLBT Articles

This article is reprinted with permission by the author, from a blog she made regarding her TG child.  Thank you to "Anne R.", proud and grateful mom to three amazing kids for sharing your heartfelt and inspiring story with the world.

If anyone would like to send comments to Anne, please email me.

Domestic violence is as common among the LGBT community as the heterosexual community. Between 25 to 33% of the LGBT population are abused by their partners (NCAVP, 1998).

The five demonstration programs described in this monograph are among our nation’s most promising models for confronting and reducing hate crime.

This article contains a list of basic terms that apply in some way to the GLBT community.

During the early 80’s Dr. Dorothy Riddle developed a scale to measure four “bad” attitudes of homophobia and suggesting four “improved attitudes”.

Our culture implicitly reinforces the value of heterosexuality in many ways. Mass media, educational and religious institutions, and legislative bodies endorse and support heterosexuality, frequently in ways that simultaneously condemn other forms of sexuality.