feelings of therapy included the therapists’ attitudes towards clients’ sexual orientation and gender identity (Israel et al.‚ 2008). Stage of identity development‚ social support‚ and confidentiality of the therapy setting also influenced feelings of therapy (Israel et al.‚ 2008). Based on the results‚ it is imperative that the social worker recognizes that not all clients have publicly announced their sexual orientation and gender identity. Therefore‚ the social worker must
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SOWK 543 Assignment #1: Engagement Strategy REDO Katie Kuyama SOWK 543 10/6/14 Professor Mishael Assignment #1: Engaging Strategy Introduction This paper will focus on constructing a strategy to engage and build rapport with a particular client on the provided vignette. The task is to navigate through obstacles that may arise that are unique to his characteristics including lack of information and limited research. To overcome these barriers
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changing their sexual orientation or gender nonconformity. The existence of conversion therapy is an insult to the legalisation of gay marriage and to gay rights. One in every three adolescents who are either gay or found to be having non-heterosexual thoughts are sentenced to conversion therapy. San Francisco State University carried out research on family acceptance of LGBT adolescents and discovered that compared to those who are not repudiated because of sexual orientation or gender identity
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Gender in Asia Tahia Shamsul Minor Essay AUW 080060 18th February‚ 2012 Q1. Critically discuss the relationship between sex‚ gender‚ and sexuality. Your discussion should address sex role socialization
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On October 28‚ 2009 President Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd‚ Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act‚ which expanded existing United States federal hate crime law to apply to crimes motivated by a victim’s actual or perceived gender‚ sexual orientation‚ gender identity‚ or disability.(Social Problems page 125) Some states have their own exceptions but protection under federal laws does not extend far beyond hate crimes. There are no workplace protections‚ privileges of marriage/family and
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and for many decades‚ the topic of homosexual was always is one the blooming topic throughout the world. Even though homosexual is commonly heard around the world today‚ but the society put very little care or attentions upon the problem of sexual orientation discrimination. This types of discrimination have commonly happened at school‚ public places‚ and workplaces. Moreover‚ nobody deserves to live under the world harassments‚ emotional rejections and mistreating because they want to live for themselves
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stress due to their sexual orientation. This has produced internalizing negative societal attitudes about non-heterosexuality‚ and their expectations of rejection because of their sexual orientation (Newcomb & Mustanski‚ 2010). Today‚ we have many youth that have decided to come out of the closet‚ and have been shunned by their families and peers. Many have turned to alcohol and drugs to cope with their feelings of rejection. On the other hand‚ many of our youth indulge in risky sexual behaviors that
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April 1‚ 2014‚ Session 10 In the chapter 8 of Counseling & Diversity‚ Choudhuri et al. discuss and define various essential constructs of sexual orientation‚ and offer a historical context of discrimination and prejudice against LGBT people. A person’s sexual orientation can be heterosexual‚ homosexual‚ bisexual‚ or questioning‚ and all of these sexual orientation should be considered to be normal. However‚ there has been a long history of negative judgment‚ oppression‚ discrimination‚ and misinformation
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The policy began in 1993‚ regarding lesbians and gay men in the U.S military. Service personnel would be discharged for homosexual conduct but not simply for being gay. Therefore‚ military commanders do not ask military personnel about their sexual orientations or begin an investigation only if they engaged homosexual conduct. If a person acknowledges his or her homosexuality publicly‚ military commander’s thinks that he or she intends to engage in homosexual conduct. The policy was a compromise in
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argument to be compelling‚ if nothing else. Homosexuality has been around for thousands of years‚ dating back to the ancient Egyptians. The debate on the subject has been going on for almost as long. Aristophanes‚ in his Symposium argues that sexual desire alone is not strong enough to create homosexuality‚ but that the cultural environment allows or forbids it. You see‚ in his time homosexuality was common practice‚ with the focus being on sex. From this point of view it would be easy to make
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