Recent History of Lesbian and Gay Psychology

Taylor & Francis

A Recent History of Lesbian and Gay PsychologyFrom Homophobia to LGBT\nAuthor(s): Peter Hegarty\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138679405, 978-1138679405\nSynopsis\nThis ground-breaking text explores the contemporary history of how psychological research, practice, and theory has engaged with gay and lesbian movements in the United States and beyond, over the last 50 years. Peter Hegarty examines the main strands of research in lesbian and gay psychology that have emerged since the de-pathologizing of homosexuality in the 1970s that followed from the recognition of homophobia and societal prejudice.\n\nThe author details the expansion of lesbian and gay psychology to LGB to LGBT psychology via its paradigm shifts, legal activism, shifts in policy makers and mental health professionals goals in regard to sexual and gender minorities. For the first time, the origins of the concepts, debates, and major research pr.