Working with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender College Students: A Handbook for Faculty and Administrators

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This handbook is intended for faculty and administrators who wish to create a welcoming and safe environment for all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students on our campuses. It will help readers, even those who may struggle personally with understanding non-heterosexual identities, gain a clearer understanding of the important issues facing these students. While some students arrive on campus with full clarity about their sexual identities, others may just be discovering their orientations while in our institutions. It is difficult to provide the attention LGBT students need if we do not understand the crises affecting them or how to address them. Each chapter analyzes specific issues affecting these students and offers recommendations or suggestions for change. Some of the areas discussed include: identity development theories, residence halls, career planning, health and counseling centers, HIV/AIDS, and student leadership and organizational development. Non-heterosexual faculty and staff may also find this work useful as they attempt to discover themselves in academic and educational literature. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students are on our campuses. They are either discovering their orientations while in our institutions or arriving with full clarity about their sexual identities. It is difficult to provide the attention these students need if we do not understand the issues or how to address them. This handbook is a guide to providing services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students. It is for all faculty and administrators, especially those who may struggle personally with understanding non-heterosexual identities, who wish to create a safe and welcoming environment for all students. Non-heterosexual faculty and staff may also find this work useful as they attempt to discover themselves in academic and educational literature. Each section presents an area in which questions usually arise. Chapters within the sections dissect specific issues and, where appropriate, offer recommendations for change. Some of those areas include: identity development theories; residence halls; career planning; health and counseling centers; HIV/AIDS; students with disabilities; same-sex dating and domestic violence; athletics; fraternities; student leadership; speakers' bureaus and safe zone programs; commuter schools and church-related institutions; and Internet resources.

Reviews

.,."the material presented is very equitable in addressing the needs of all parts of the sexual minority population....In short, this is a fine reference work. I believe it will be a valuable addition to the literature in student life....this reference compilation not only should be in every college and university library collection, it should also be in Deans of Students' offices and available to all campus life professionals who support student needs....I recommend it highly."-The Lesbian Review of Books
"I found the book an enlightening read and believe student affairs practicioners, researchers, faculty, and students will find the book extremely helpful and informative in their daily pursuits of eredicating homophobia and heterosexism and helping in the development of gay, lesbian, , bisexual, and transgender students....[T]he book will provide decision-makers a better and more informed framework in which to render their judgments."-Journal of College Student Development
...the material presented is very equitable in addressing the needs of all parts of the sexual minority population....In short, this is a fine reference work. I believe it will be a valuable addition to the literature in student life....this reference compilation not only should be in every college and university library collection, it should also be in Deans of Students' offices and available to all campus life professionals who support student needs....I recommend it highly.-The Lesbian Review of Books
[A]n invaluable and highly recommended resource....Following the advice given in Working with LGBT College Students should help to bring about a climate in which LGBT students can feel as welcome, enriched, anxiety-free, and safe in all aspects of their college experience as students who are secure in their heterosexual orientation.-Reference & User Services Quarterly
I found the book an enlightening read and believe student affairs practicioners, researchers, faculty, and students will find the book extremely helpful and informative in their daily pursuits of eredicating homophobia and heterosexism and helping in the development of gay, lesbian, , bisexual, and transgender students....[T]he book will provide decision-makers a better and more informed framework in which to render their judgments.-Journal of College Student Development
Recommended for the faculty, researchers, and practioners in secondary and higher education institutions.-Choice
Sanlo's text is a valuable reference book for university faculty members, staff, and administrators who are looking for some assistance in the necessary work of reexamining LGBT student needs, including them in policies and curricula, and valuing them as full citizens of the university.-NACADA Journal
This is a much needed and well done handbook which should be read by every university dean, instructor, and faculty advisor. The book does an outstanding job overall of raising issues and presenting possible solutions. LGBT students have not traditionally been served well by educational insitutions; these discussions are long overdue.-Journal of Homosexuality
"An invaluable and highly recommended resource....Following the advice given in Working with LGBT College Students should help to bring about a climate in which LGBT students can feel as welcome, enriched, anxiety-free, and safe in all aspects of their college experience as students who are secure in their heterosexual orientation."-Reference & User Services Quarterly
"[A]n invaluable and highly recommended resource....Following the advice given in Working with LGBT College Students should help to bring about a climate in which LGBT students can feel as welcome, enriched, anxiety-free, and safe in all aspects of their college experience as students who are secure in their heterosexual orientation."-Reference & User Services Quarterly
"Recommended for the faculty, researchers, and practioners in secondary and higher education institutions."-Choice
"Sanlo's text is a valuable reference book for university faculty members, staff, and administrators who are looking for some assistance in the necessary work of reexamining LGBT student needs, including them in policies and curricula, and valuing them as full citizens of the university."-NACADA Journal
"This is a much needed and well done handbook which should be read by every university dean, instructor, and faculty advisor. The book does an outstanding job overall of raising issues and presenting possible solutions. LGBT students have not traditionally been served well by educational insitutions; these discussions are long overdue."-Journal of Homosexuality
..."the material presented is very equitable in addressing the needs of all parts of the sexual minority population....In short, this is a fine reference work. I believe it will be a valuable addition to the literature in student life....this reference compilation not only should be in every college and university library collection, it should also be in Deans of Students' offices and available to all campus life professionals who support student needs....I recommend it highly."-The Lesbian Review of Books

Author Bio

RONNI L. SANLO is the Director of the University of California, Los Angeles of Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Campus Resource Center and former director of the University of Michigan Office of Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Affairs. She earned her M.Ed. in Counseling and her Ed.D. in Educational Leadership, both with an emphasis on sexual orientation issues, from the University of North Florida. She is national chair of the LGBT Issues Network for NASPA and a founding convenor and national chair of the National Consortium of LGBT Campus Resource directors.