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15 Cards in this Set
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Gay Affirmative Practice Scale
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1. Do not assume client is heterosexual
2. Believe that homophobia is the problem, not sexual orientation 3. Accept an LGBT identity as a positive outcome of the helping process 4. Work with clients to decrease internalized homophobia 5. Become knowledgeable about different coming out theories |
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Durkeim quote on family
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• The family is a key social institution and acts as a mediating structure in modern society
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Whole is greater than its parts (re: family)
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• Family systems can be closed or open
• Different families have different norms • Each member is assigned one or more roles • Smaller groupings within a family system |
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• Freudian Psychology
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• Etiology of homosexuality was framed as occurring when a male child had an overly controlling mother and a distant father
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The Lawrence effect
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Until recently, sodomy laws in 13 states still classified homosexuality as "an evil disfavored under the law."
• 2003 case Lawrence v. Texas, the Supreme Court held that sodomy laws were unconstitutional. • Prior to Lawrence sodomy laws were often used in adoption cases, judges restricted gay parents' rights on the grounds that sodomy was a felony. |
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• Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)
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1998 • Would have made it illegal for companies with more than 15 employees to discriminate against LGBT employees.
• Opponents argued that this would give LGBT people “special rights”. • It was defeated by one vote (49 to 50). |
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how many states have ENDA-ish policies (% of fortune 500 companies)
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• 10 states have since then passed their own laws. And about 25% of Fortune 500 Co. have policies
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Military:
women are __ times more likely to be discharged due to the fact that they are gay, due to __ |
- 3 times
- sexism plus homophobia |
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Canadian study:
__% of LGBT clients felt social worker was unprepared __% of transgender |
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89 |
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• Issues for Persons with AIDS (PWA’s) after diagnosis
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– Desire to assert control over their lives (can be good or bad)
– Feelings of guilt around the behaviors that resulted in the illness. – Difficulty in getting an accurate diagnosis (both disease and physician fault). – Unpredictable illness and future. |
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working w/PWA: stress inoculation
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1. give information but be realistic about what to expect.
2. find actions that help survival externally and internally and find resources to take such action. 3. client develops own plan for handling the situation. |
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LGBT youth __ times more likely to commit suicide,
makes up__% of completed sucides |
2-3
30 |
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in DSM till
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– In the DSM until 1976 along with child molestation and voyeurism
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• Mission of social work is rooted in core values (scrids):
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– Service
– Social justice – Dignity and worth of the person – Importance of Human Relationships – Integrity – Competence |
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Social workers must challenge the current, rigid gender binary…how?
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• Removal of gender identity disorder from the DSM
• Present transgender identity as a viable identity option for gender-variant clients (male? Female? Check ALL that apply) • Advocate for workplace protection, legal identity rights and encourage clients to become involved on the greater macro-cultural level. • Educate the public and work to address and end gender binary stereotyping. |
