Handbook of Research with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Populations

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Handbook of Research with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Populations provides a detailed examination of the current methods and theoretical frameworks for conducting research with LGBT populations. Introducing greater nuance in designing and implementing research models for working with these populations, Handbook of Research with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Populations provides guidelines for defining these groups, strategies to obtain more inclusive and representative samples, and methods for engaging these populations to produce consistent and relevant data. Collecting essays by notable researchers and scholars in the field, Handbook of Research with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Populations provides meaningful analyses of the ethics and practical constraints that researchers confront in dealing with LGBT populations--including protection of privacy--which is a special concern for many. For students, teachers, social workers, mental health professionals, and researchers of all backgrounds, this is an invaluable resource and guidebook for anyone seeking a better quality of understanding and engagement with LGBT individuals and communities. Cover Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Preface Acknowledgments PART I: Why Do LGBT Research? 1 What's "Queer" Got To Do With It? Enlightening Mainstream Research PART II: Doing It Right: Ethical Standards in Conducting Research 2 Applying Ethical Standards to Research and Evaluations Involving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Populations 3 Strategies for Recruiting and Protecting Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Youths in the Research Process PART III: Doing Valid Research A: Defining the Population and Sampling 4 Defining Sexual Identity and Sexual Orientation in Research with Lesbians, Gay Men, and Bisexuals 5 No More Lip Service: How to Really Include Bisexuals in Research on Sexuality 6 Sampling Approaches to Studying Mental Health Concerns in the Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Community B: Thinking in Complex Ways: Approaches to Conceptualization, Design, and Measurement 7 Self-disclosure Stress: Trauma as an Example of an Intervening Variable in Research with Lesbian Women 8 Dimensions of Lesbian Identity During Adolescence and Young Adulthood 9 Timed Lives: Cohort and Period Effects in Research on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity C: Maximizing the Validity of the Data: "Insiders" and "Outsiders" 10 When Interviewing "Family": Maximizing the Insider Advantage in the Qualitative Study of Lesbians and Gay Men 11 Researching Gay and Lesbian Domestic Violence: The Journey of a Non-LGBT Researcher D: Using Technology to Enhance the Research Enterprise 12 "You've Got Subjects": The Promise of the Internet in Research with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Populations PART IV: Challenges in Doing Research on Populations at the Margins 13 The Questions We Ask: Conducting Socially Conscious Research with Transgender Individuals 14 Issues in Conducting Empirical Research with Lesbian and Gay People in Rural Settings 15 Methodological Issues in Conducting Community-based Health and Social Services Research Among Urban Black and African American LGBT Populations 16 Research with Gay Drug Users and the Interface with HIV: Current Methodological Issues for Social Work Research PART V: Addressing the Social and Political Context 17 A Method for the Margins: A Trans Feminist Oral History 18 Matching AIDS Service Organizations' Philosophy of Service Provision with a Compatible Style of Program Evaluation 19 Social Work Research and the Law: How LGBT Research can be Structured and Used to Affect Judicial Decisions 20 Considerations in Choosing an LGBTTQ-focused Scholarship Agenda in Social Work PART VI: Conclusions 21 Doing Research on LGBT Populations: Moving the Field Forward About the Editors About the Authors Index