Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface pp.i-x
1. Introduction pp.1-2
2. “How Do You Know You Don’t Like It If You Haven’t Tried It?”
Asexual Agency and the Sexual Assumption
(Mark A. Carrigan)pp.3-20
3. Asexuality: An Emergent Sexual Orientation
(Stephanie B. Gazzola & Melanie A. Morrison) pp.21-44
4. Contextual Factors Associated with Childbearing Decisions among Lesbian Couples Planning a Family
(Annie Leblond de Brumath and Danielle Julien)pp.45-66
5. A Phenomenological Investigation of Gay Fatherhood in Alberta (Robert A. Roughley and Kevin G. Alderson)pp.67-92
6. Perceptions of Support among Australian Lesbian and Gay Foster Carers
(Damien W. Riggs)pp. 93-106
7. African American Lesbians Watching ‘The L Word’: Audience Research (Sheena C. Howard and Michele K. Lewis)pp.107-126
8. Left Behind: Sexual and Gender Minority Students in Canadian High Schools in the New Millennium
(Catherine Taylor and Tracey Peter)pp.127-156
9. “It’s Like a Bunch of Mosquitoes Coming at You…”: Exploring the Ubiquitous Nature of Subtle Discrimination and its Implications for the Everyday Experiences of LGB Individuals
(Lisa M. Jewell, Jessica M. McCutcheon, Rebecca L. Harriman, and Melanie A. Morrison)pp.157-186
10. A Test of Prejudice Reduction towards Lesbian Women: The Effects of Imaginary Contact on Explicit and Implicit Homonegativity
(Daragh T. McDermott, Todd G. Morrison, Lorraine K. McDonagh, and Ailish O’Doherty)pp.187-204
11. Modifying Heterosexuals’ Negative Attitudes and Behaviours toward Gay Men and Lesbian Women: Recommended Practices for the Design of Attitudinal and Behavioural Change Interventions
(Lisa M. Jewell, Melanie A. Morrison, and Stephanie B. Gazzola)pp.205-226
12. Beyond Labels: A “Virtual” Discussion
(Cormac Ó. Beaglaoich)pp.227-242
Index pp.243-253