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Nothing to fix : Medicalisation of sexual orientation and gender identity

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New Delhi Sage Publications 2016Description: 337p xvISBN:
  • 9789351508908
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.330000 NAR
Contents:
Table of contents Foreword - Dr. Shekhar Seshadri; Acknowledgements; Introduction - Arvind Narrain and Vinay Chandran; I. MEDICALISATION; '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; Medical Students' Attitudes, Knowledge and Perception of Homosexuality in India - Dr. Bharath Reddy; Medical Response to Male Same-sex Sexuality in Western India: An Exploration of 'Conversion Treatments' for Homosexuality Ketki Ranade; Mental Health Professionals' Perspectives on Lesbian Women - Bina Fernandez; Sex Change Operation and Feminising Procedures for Transgender Women in India: Current Scenario and Way Forward - Dr. Venkatesan Chakrapani; Pendulous Penises and Couture Clitorises: What Medical Men do to Intersex Infants - Mayur Suresh; II. DE-PATHOLOGISATION; A Comparative Study of Homosexual and Heterosexual Men with Respect to Quality of Life, Substance Use and Suicidality - Dr. Bharath Reddy; Validity of 'Ego-dystonicity' in Homosexuality: An Indian Perspective - Dr. Ami Sebastian Maroky, Dr. Shekhar Seshadri, Dr. Suresh Bada Math, Dr. C.R. Chandrashekar, Dr. Aswin Ratheesh, Dr. Biju Viswanath; Why Should Therapists be Sensitive to Sexual and Gender Nonconformity? - Radhika Chandiramani; A Psychologist's Journey to Understanding Sexual Orientation - Dr. Lata Hemchand; Transgender and Transsexual Issues: Clinical Dilemmas and Best-practice Guidelines in Mental Health Care - Vidya ;Sathyanarayanan and Poornima Bhola Contexts of Distress for LGBT People: A Counsellor's Guide - Vinay Chandran; Coming Out to Parents and Friends: Need and Perspectives from Parents of LGBT - Vinay Chandran; Religion and Sexual Orientation: Reconciling Faith with Same-sex Love - Vinay Chandran and Arvind Narrain; III. HUMAN RIGHTS; Section 377 and the Medical Establishment: Changing the Terms of the Debate - Arvind Narrain; Human Rights Violations Against the Transgender Community: A Study of Kothi and Hijra Sex Workers in Bangalore, India PUCL-K Pushing the Boundaries of Transgender and Intersex Persons' Rights: Further Resources
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Table of contents
Foreword - Dr. Shekhar Seshadri;
Acknowledgements;
Introduction - Arvind Narrain and Vinay Chandran;
I. MEDICALISATION;
'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;
Medical Students' Attitudes, Knowledge and Perception of Homosexuality in India - Dr. Bharath Reddy;
Medical Response to Male Same-sex Sexuality in Western India: An Exploration of 'Conversion Treatments' for Homosexuality Ketki Ranade;
Mental Health Professionals' Perspectives on Lesbian Women - Bina Fernandez;
Sex Change Operation and Feminising Procedures for Transgender Women in India: Current Scenario and Way Forward - Dr. Venkatesan Chakrapani;
Pendulous Penises and Couture Clitorises: What Medical Men do to Intersex Infants - Mayur Suresh;
II. DE-PATHOLOGISATION;
A Comparative Study of Homosexual and Heterosexual Men with Respect to Quality of Life, Substance Use and Suicidality - Dr. Bharath Reddy;
Validity of 'Ego-dystonicity' in Homosexuality: An Indian Perspective - Dr. Ami Sebastian Maroky, Dr. Shekhar Seshadri, Dr. Suresh Bada Math, Dr. C.R. Chandrashekar, Dr. Aswin Ratheesh, Dr. Biju Viswanath;
Why Should Therapists be Sensitive to Sexual and Gender Nonconformity? - Radhika Chandiramani;
A Psychologist's Journey to Understanding Sexual Orientation - Dr. Lata Hemchand;
Transgender and Transsexual Issues: Clinical Dilemmas and Best-practice Guidelines in Mental Health Care - Vidya ;Sathyanarayanan and Poornima Bhola
Contexts of Distress for LGBT People: A Counsellor's Guide - Vinay Chandran;
Coming Out to Parents and Friends: Need and Perspectives from Parents of LGBT - Vinay Chandran;
Religion and Sexual Orientation: Reconciling Faith with Same-sex Love - Vinay Chandran and Arvind Narrain;
III. HUMAN RIGHTS;
Section 377 and the Medical Establishment: Changing the Terms of the Debate - Arvind Narrain;
Human Rights Violations Against the Transgender Community: A Study of Kothi and Hijra Sex Workers in Bangalore, India PUCL-K
Pushing the Boundaries of Transgender and Intersex Persons' Rights: Further Resources