Queering public health and public policy in the Deep South

"In this volume, authors explore the interconnected issues of public health and public policy as they relate to queer issues in the Deep South. The book begins with a sustained examination of public health, health disparities, and mental health for LGBTQ people in the South. Next, the issues of...

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Other Authors Strunk, Kamden K. (Editor), Fieszil, Raina Hafftka (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, [2020]
SeriesResearch in queer studies.
Subjects
Sexual minorities > Medical care > Southern States.
Sexual minorities > Mental health services > Southern States.
Discrimination in medical care > Southern States.
Discrimination in mental health services > Southern States.
Medical > Health Care Delivery.
Care of people with mental health issues.
Health systems and services.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806605521
DOI10.1108/978-1-64113-968-7
Physical Description1 online resource (272 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Kamden K. Strunk
  • Section 1: querring public health, mental health, and medicine
  • Section Introduction: The Need to Understand Oppression in Context: Health Disparities Among LGBTQ People in the Deep South / Sherry Wang
  • Mental Health and Internalized Heterosexism Among LGBTQ Individuals in the U.S. South / Lisa F. Platt and Shanti M. Pepper
  • Bon Amis: Resilience Against Suicide for Transgender Communities in Louisiana / Elias Capello
  • LGBTQ Mental Health Disparities in the Deep South:Trends in Mental Health Discourse and the Lived. Experiences of LGBTQ Southerners /
  • Raina Hafftka Fieszli and Kamden Strunk
  • Understanding the Historical Context of Traditionally Marginalizing Biblical Passages: Helping LGBTQ Clients Navigate the Intersection of Religion and Sexual Identity / Stacey Diane A. Litam, David Julius Ford Jr., Monica Band, Amanda R. Friday, Tiffanie D. Sutherlin, and Beverly Walker
  • Coming Out, Competent Care, and Access: Health Care
  • Experiences of Lesbians in the Deep South / Jay A. Irwin and Jason D. Coleman
  • The Sword and the Staff: Exploring the Intersection of Patriarchy, Race, and Sexuality / David Julius Ford Jr., Christian Chan, Gerry Coffee, Yamonte Cooper, and Don Trahan
  • Section 2: queering public policy and advocacy
  • Section Introduction: Kamden K. Strunk
  • Queerly Growing Sideways in a Carceral State: The Intersections of Queer Lives and the Police State / S. Gavin Weiser, Toniqua Mikell, and Travis L. Wagner
  • New Orleans and the Drive Against the Deviates / Clayton Delery
  • Erasing Bisexual Erasure in the Deep South: Research and Advocacy With Bisexual Individuals / Colton Brown and Tonya R. Hammer
  • Wise as a Serpent and Soft as a Dove: Strategies of LGBT+ Activists in the South / Meredith R. Maroney, Sharon G. Horne, Brianna M. Wadler, and Hannah Emerson
  • Queering Pride to Center the Voices of People of Color / Bethany M. Coston, CasSandra Calin, and Micky Jordan
  • The Secret Misters of Joe Cain: Queering Mardi Gras in the Deep South / Amy L. Stone.

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