Lesbian Widows

Lesbian Widows
Author: Victoria Whipple
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2014-04-23
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317712854

The unseen issues of grief and discrimination—lesbians becoming widows The death of a life partner poses unique challenges for lesbians. Lesbian Widows: Invisible Grief reveals the touching and very personal stories of twenty-five women, including the author, who were widowed at a young age and forced to create a new life without their life partners. The book follows the widows from the time the couple met, to the time when one of the partners died, and beyond, to show how the surviving partner coped with her loss. Many lesbians feel that the intimacy felt between two women in love goes deeper than what can be experienced by heterosexual partners. Lesbian Widows: Invisible Grief reveals themes common to all these women’s experiences while offering practical advice about coping techniques and resources for support. The widows discuss their efforts to create funerals and memorial services, give their accounts of the overwhelming grief throughout the first two years, and explain the legal and financial discrimination they encountered. The author provides a chapter specifically for caring family and friends, another chapter for professionals working with this sensitive population, and a bibliography of helpful coping resources. Lesbian Widows: Invisible Grief explores the topics of: caregivers/caretaking death and dying grief journeys the similarities and differences between lesbian and married widows the lack of support services for lesbian widows the legal and financial discrimination against lesbian widows the effect of being “in” or “out” on grief recovery the issues faced by widows in starting new relationships spirituality gay marriage Lesbian Widows: Invisible Grief provides an insightful look into the grieving and recovery process, inspiring hope with the knowledge that others have survived this tragedy. This moving book is an essential resource for lesbians, friends and family of lesbians, mental health professionals, medical professionals, psychiatrists, LGBT health providers, feminist and lesbian organizations, and anyone involved with grief training programs such as hospice.

The Lesbian Family Life Cycle

The Lesbian Family Life Cycle
Author: Suzanne Slater
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1999
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780252067839

Examines the special bonds and stresses, common to lesbian families and provides a five-stage working model for the development of lesbian couple relationships. It provides guidance for friends as well as members of lesbian families and is useful for therapists who wish to design more effective and informed therapies.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Aging

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Aging
Author: Noell L Rowan
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2017-10-02
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1317553071

This edited collection emphasizes the role of social work practice and research related to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) aging. It highlights LGBT aging from a gerontological social work perspective by incorporating key values of the profession such as cultural competence, dignity, strengths, and resilience of the population while it offers an important contribution to the body of knowledge to the interdisciplinary field of aging. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Gerontological Social Work.

Queer Aging in North American Fiction

Queer Aging in North American Fiction
Author: Linda M. Hess
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2019-01-24
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 3030034666

Exploring representations of queer aging in North American fiction, this book illuminates a rich yet previously unheeded intersection within American culture. At a time when older LGBTQ persons gradually gain visibility in gerontological studies and in the media, this work provides a critical perspective concerned with the ways in which the narratives and images we have at our disposal shape our realities. Each chapter shines a spotlight on a significant work of queer fiction, beginning with post-WWII novels and ending with filmic representations of the 2010s, exploring narratives as both reflections and agents of broader cultural negotiations concerning queer sexuality and aging. As a result, the book not only redresses queer aging’s history of invisibility, but also reveals narratives of queer aging to be particularly apt in casting new light on the ways in which growing older is perceived and conceptualized in North American culture.

Family Ties and Aging

Family Ties and Aging
Author: Ingrid Arnet Connidis
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Total Pages: 486
Release: 2018-10-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1483309959

Providing an integrated and thorough representation from current research and contemporary society, Family Ties and Aging shows how pressing issues of our time—an aging population, changing family structures, and new patterns of work-family balance—are negotiated in the family lives of middle-aged and older adults. Focusing on key questions such as "How do current trends and social arrangements affect family relationships?" and "What are the implications of what we know for future research, theory, practice, and policy?" authors Ingrid Arnet Connidis and Amanda E. Barnett explore groups and relationships that are typically overlooked, including the unique family situations of older single and childless persons, sibling ties, older lesbian and gay adults, and new forms of intimate relationships. The Third Edition is thoroughly updated to include the latest research and theoretical developments, recent media coverage of related issues, and new information on intimate relationships in later life and elder neglect/abuse.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex, and Queer Psychology

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex, and Queer Psychology
Author: Sonja J. Ellis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2019-09-12
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1108419623

An accessible, engaging and comprehensive introduction to the field of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer psychology.

The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History

The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History
Author: Wilma Mankiller
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 724
Release: 1998
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780618001828

Covers issues and events in women's history that were previously unpublished, misplaced, or forgotten, and provides new perspectives on each event.

Living Through Loss

Living Through Loss
Author: Nancy R. Hooyman
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2008
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0231122470

Hooyman and Kramer's starting point is that loss comes in many forms and can include not only suffering the death of a person one loves but also giving birth to a child with disabilities, living with chronic illness, or being abused, assaulted, or otherwise traumatized. They approach loss from the perspective of the resilience model, which acknowledges the capacity of people to integrate loss into their lives, and write sensitively about the role of age, race, culture, sexual orientation, gender, and spirituality in a person's response to loss. – from publisher information.

Women's Gynecologic Health

Women's Gynecologic Health
Author: Kerri Durnell Schuiling
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Total Pages: 850
Release: 2013
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0763756377

Women's Gynecologic Health, Second Edition equips students and practicing clinicians with comprehensive information about women's gynecologic health, including health promotion, maintenance and treatment. Based on the most recent research, the authors provide authoritative content written from a feminist perspective. the Second Edition has been completely revised and updated and includes new chapters on diagnosis of pregnancy at the gynecologic visit, women's health after bariatric surgery, gynecologic health care for sexual and gender minorities, and urinary tract infections. Key features inc