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Subtitle: medicalisation of sexual orientation and gender identity
By: edited by Arvind Narrain and Vinay Chandran
Series: Sexualities
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9789351508908
Subjects: Sex differences (Psychology); Gender identity; Sexual health; Sex change; Transgender people
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: It's not my job to tell you it's okay to be gay : medicalisation of homosexuality : a queer critique / Arvind Narrain and Vinay Chandran; title: Medical students : attitudes, knowledge, and perception of homosexuality in India / Bharath Reddy; title: Medical response to male same-sex sexuality in western India : an exploration of conversion treatments for homosexuality / Ketki Ranade; title: Mental health professionals : perspectives on lesbian women / Bina Fernandez; title: Sex change operation and feminising procedures for transgender women in India : current scenario and way forward / Venkatesan Chakrapani; title: Pendulous penises and couture clitorises : what medical men do to intersex infants / Mayur Suresh; title: A comparative study of homosexual and heterosexual men with respect to quality of life, substance use, and suicidality / Bharath Reddy; title: Validity of "ego-dystonicity" in homosexuality : an Indian perspective / Ami Sebastian Maroky, Shekhar Seshadri, Suresh Bada Math, C.R. Chandrashekar, Aswin Ratheesh, Biju Viswanath; title: Why should therapists be sensitive to sexual and gender nonconformity? / Radhika Chandiramani; title: A psychologist's journey to understanding sexual orientation / Lata Hemchand; title: Transgender and transsexual issues : clinical dilemmas and best-practice guidelines in mental health care / Vidya Sathyanarayanan and Poornima Bhola; title: Contexts of distress for LGBT people : a counsellor's guide / Vinay Chandran; title: Coming out to parents and friends : need and perspectives from parents of LGBT / Vinay Chandran; title: Religion and sexual orientation : reconciling faith with same-sex love / Vinay Chandran and Arvind Narrain; title: Section 377 and the medical establishment : changing the terms of the debate / Arvind Narrain; title: Human rights violations against the transgender community : a study of Kothi and Hijra sex workers in Bangalore, India / PUCL-K; title: Pushing the bundaries of transgender and intersex persons' rights : further resources.