In a Queer Voice - Journeys of Resilience from Adolescence to Adulthood (Hardcover)


Adolescence is a difficult time, but it can be particularly stressful for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer-identifying youth. In order to avoid harassment and rejection, many LGBTQ teens hide their identities from their families, peers, and even themselves.
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Educator Michael Sadowski deftly brings the voices of LGBTQ youth out into the open in his poignant and important book, In a Queer Voice. Drawing on two waves of interviews conducted six years apart, Sadowski chronicles how queer youth, who were often OC silencedOCO in school and elsewhere, now can approach adulthood with a strong, queer voice.
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In a Queer Voice continues the critical conversation about LGBTQ youth issuesOCofrom bullying and suicide to other risks involving drug and alcohol abuseOCoby focusing on the factors that help young people develop positive, self-affirming identities. Using the participantsOCO heartfelt, impassioned voices, we hear what schools, families, and communities can do to help LGBTQ youth become resilient, confident adults.

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Adolescence is a difficult time, but it can be particularly stressful for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer-identifying youth. In order to avoid harassment and rejection, many LGBTQ teens hide their identities from their families, peers, and even themselves.
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Educator Michael Sadowski deftly brings the voices of LGBTQ youth out into the open in his poignant and important book, In a Queer Voice. Drawing on two waves of interviews conducted six years apart, Sadowski chronicles how queer youth, who were often OC silencedOCO in school and elsewhere, now can approach adulthood with a strong, queer voice.
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In a Queer Voice continues the critical conversation about LGBTQ youth issuesOCofrom bullying and suicide to other risks involving drug and alcohol abuseOCoby focusing on the factors that help young people develop positive, self-affirming identities. Using the participantsOCO heartfelt, impassioned voices, we hear what schools, families, and communities can do to help LGBTQ youth become resilient, confident adults.

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Imprint

Temple University Press,U.S.

Country of origin

United States

Release date

2013

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First published

2013

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Dimensions

229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)

Format

Hardcover - Cloth over boards

Pages

206

ISBN-13

978-1-4399-0801-3

Barcode

9781439908013

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LSN

1-4399-0801-X



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