Bibliographies

Browse the categories below for bibliographies that may be of interest:

If you have any books, movies, or other resources you would like to recommend on the site, contact Lee Beckstead. If you have any concerns about any of these books, movies, and references, let Lee know.

Click here for Guild Media Activities (including the letter written to the LDS church)


General Bibliographies

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Relationships, Intimacy, and Sexuality

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Resolving Sexual Orientation, Religious, & Social Conflicts

  • Click here to listen to the excellent episode from The National Public Radio's This American Life on the story of how the American Psychiatric Association decided in 1973 that homosexuality was no longer a mental illness.
  • The American Psychological Association published a Resolution and comprehensive Report regarding the research on changing sexual orientation. Click here for more information, here for the Resolution and here for the full Report.
  • Bibliography on Reconciling Sexual, Religious, and Social Conflicts has info on if changing sexual orientation is possible, variety of ways to look at being religious/spiritual and LGBT, general references on spirituality and health, recent articles on the biological correlates of sexual orientation, parents of LGBT children, issues for LGBT and questioning youth, heterosexually married homosexuals/bisexuals, & LGBT parents and their children (updated 02/22/10).
  • Presentation by Lee Beckstead: Resolving Sexual, Religious, & Social Conflicts (presented to Family Fellowship in Provo, Utah 06/29/08)
  • The Human Rights Campaign has an excellent booklet on the benefits, risks, how-to, and when-to of "coming out"
  • Soulforce has a solid list of booklets and books about homosexuality, religion, science, and politics. For example, see What the Science Says, And Doesn't Say - About Homosexuality
  • References about Managing Social Identities (includes info on identity exploration & development; ethnic/racial identities; bisexuality; other social identity conflicts; and issues of "coming out," such as managing disclosure and developing a positive sexual orientation identity) (updated 01/10)
  • Resource written by LDS Reconciliation regarding What We Wish We Had Known

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Dealing with Anti-LGBT Politics

Three research articles from APA were published involving the emotional and mental effects of dealing with stress related to anti-LGBT marriage legislation (the articles discuss positive ways of coping):

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Health

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Transgender & Intersex References

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Aging

  • Bibliography from the American Psychological Association's Division 44 Task Force on LGBT Aging (updated 11/08)

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LGBT Movies

  • LGBTQ Movies: A list of films that explore and illustrate important themes about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning individuals, their lives, and their relationships (updated 11/09).

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Specific for Therapists

  • Click here for American Psychological Association's (APA) bibliography for LGBT concerns
  • Check out the resources from the Association for GLB Issues in Counseling: Psychologists Affirming their LGBT Family
  • References Specific for Therapists (updated 12/09)
  • The Utah Pride Center is offering training to develop LGBTQ Cultural Competency. Click here for more information.

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The Guild, Social Activism, & Media

As part of the Guild's mission to improve LGBT mental-health services, it is dedicated to social activism and speaks out to inform the public of accurate information regarding sexual and gender minorities. This section lists the public activities and press releases it has been involved in:

  • Robin Tracy, LPC, was on Radio X96's program, "Ask a..." where she skillfully and accurately answered important questions related to LGBTQ issues (1/07/10). Click here for the podcast.

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