Queering Public Health and Public Policy in the Deep South

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Queering Public Health and Public Policy in the Deep South
	A Volume in Research in Queer Studies
	Series Editors:
	Paul Chamness Iida and Hidehiro Endo Akita International University
CONTENTS
	Section 1: Queering Public Health, Mental Health, and Medicine
		1. Mental Health and Internalized Heterosexism Among LGBTQ Individuals in the U.S. South
		2. Bon Amis: Resilience Against Suicide for Transgender Communities in Louisiana
		3. LGBTQ Mental Health Disparities in the Deep South: Trends in Mental Health Discourse and the Lived Experiences of LGBTQ Southerners
		4. Understanding the Historical Context of Traditionally Marginalizing Biblical Passages: Helping LGBTQ Clients Navigate the Intersection of Religion and Sexual Identity
		5. Coming Out, Competent Care, and Access: Health Care Experiences of Lesbians in the Deep South
		6. The Sword and the Staff: Exploring the Intersection of Patriarchy, Race, and Sexuality
	Section 2: Queering Public Policy and Advocacy
		7. Queerly Growing Sideways in a Carceral State: The Intersections of Queer Lives and the Police State
		8. New Orleans and the Drive Against the Deviates
		9. Erasing Bisexual Erasure in the Deep South: Research and Advocacy With Bisexual Individuals
		10. Wise as a Serpent and Soft as a Dove: Strategies of LGBT+ Activists in the Mid-South
		11. Queering Pride to Center the Voices of People of Color
		12. The Secret Misters of Joe Cain: Queering Mardi Gras in the Deep South
	Research in Queer Studies
	Queering Public Health and Public Policy in the Deep South
		Edited by
		Kamden K. Strunk and Raina Feiszli
		Auburn University
			Information Age Publishing, Inc. Charlotte, North Carolina • www.infoagepub.com
			Introduction
				Kamden K. Strunk
				Auburn University
	section 1
		Queering Public Health, Mental Health, and Medicine
		Section 1 Introduction
			The Need to Understand Oppression in Context: Health Disparities Among LGBTQ People in the Deep South
				Sherry C. Wang
				Santa Clara University
			References
	CHAPTER 1
		Mental Health and Internalized Heterosexism Among LGB Individuals in the U.S. South
			Lisa F. Platt and Shanti M. Pepper
			Abstract
				LGB Mental Health in the South
			PRESENT STUDY
				Mental Health Findings
				Internalized Heterosexism Findings
				Limitations of the Current Findings
			CASE EXAMPLES
				Case Example 1: Donna Anderson
				Case Example 2: Nick Wallace
			Conclusion
			NOTE
				1. A limitation of the General Social Survey data set used in this chapter is that respondents are only given the response categories of heterosexual, gay, lesbian, homosexual, or bisexual. Other options including queer or any gender diversity option...
			References
	CHAPTER 2
		Bons Amis
			Resilience Against Suicide for Transgender Communities in Louisiana
				Elias Capello
			Abstract
			Methods
			IDENTITY
			Race
			SOCIOECONOMICS
			Spaces of Stress
		Table 2.1. Number of Participants According to Experience of Stress
			SAFETY AND CORTISOL
				Figure 2.1. The relationship between the average self-reported safety score and the average cortisol awakening response for each participant (micrograms/deciliter) or (ug/dL).
			Physical Embodiment
				Hormone Replacement Therapy
					Figure 2.2. The benefits of hormone replacement therapy from the perspective of transmen in Shreveport, Louisiana.
				Binding
				Therapy
			Discussion
			References
	CHAPTER 3
		LGBTQ Mental Health Disparities in the Deep South
			Trends in Mental Health Discourse and the Lived Experiences of LGBTQ Southerners
				Raina Feiszli and Kamden K. Strunk
			Abstract
			THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON LGBTQ MENTAL HEALTH DISPARITIES
				Earlier Views in U.S. Psychology and Mental Health
				Contemporary Thinking on LGBTQ Mental Health
			THE PRESENT STUDY
			Method
				Participants
				Procedure
			Findings
				Hiding and Visibility
				Internalized Homophobia
				Stigma, Bias, and Hypervigilance
				Mental Health Needs and Care Experiences
			Discussion/Conclusion
			References
	CHAPTER 4
		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
			Abstract
				Sexual Orientation and Disparities in Wellness
			RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY WITHIN THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY
				Religion as a Risk Factor for Sexual Minorities
			Religious/Spiritual Values in Counseling
			FUNDAMENTALIST CHRISTIANS AND THE BIBLE
			EXAMINING THE BIBLE’S MESSAGES IN CONTEXT
			Deconstructing Historically Marginalizing Bible Passages
				Sodom and Gomorrah
				Men Lying With Other Men
				Ruth and Naomi
				Jesus Speaks of Eunuchs From Birth
			Conclusion
			References
	CHAPTER 5
		Coming Out, Competent Care, and Access
			Healthcare Experiences of Lesbians in the Deep South
				Jay A. Irwin and Jason D. Coleman
			Abstract
			Methods
			Lesbian Health: Findings from the Lesbian Social Life Study
				Attitudes About Health and Illness
				Coming Out to Healthcare Providers
				Healthcare Provider Reactions
				Quality of Care
				Improving Healthcare for Lesbians
			Conclusion
			References
	CHAPTER 6
		The Sword and the Staff
			Exploring the Intersection of Patriarchy, Race, and Sexuality
				David Julius Ford Jr., Christian D. Chan, Gerry Coffee, Yamonte Cooper, and Don P. Trahan Jr.
			ABSTRACT
				1. Offer the historical and cultural foundations of the Southern gentleman ideology.
				2. Explicate the historical and cultural foundations of the Hotep ideology.
				3. Explore the implications of queer theory and clinical practice.
				4. Provide mental health professionals with strategies to integrate queer theory and the intersectionality of patriarch, race, and ethnicity.
			THE SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN IMAGE
			THE HOTEP IDEOLOGY
			Defining Queer Theory as Analysis
				Overview of Queer Theory
				History of Queer Theory
				Major Principles
				Implications for Practice
			Implementing Queer Analysis in Response to Patriarchy, Race, and Ethnicity
				Parallels With Intersectionality
				Queer Theory and Patriarchy
				Disentangling Patriarchy, Race, and Ethnicity: A Queer Theory Approach
			CONCLUSION
			References
		section 2
			Queering Public POLICY AND ADVOCACY
			Section 2 Introduction
				Queering Public Policy and Advocacy in the Deep South
					Sherry C. Wang
					Kamden K. Strunk
	CHAPTER 7
		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
			Abstract
			Arraignment: The Arrival of the Issue
			Processing AND Booking: A Placement of the Problem
				Monstrous Pathologies of Incarceration
				Growing Behind Bars
				Queer Targeting, the Politics of Being “Protected”
				The State as Victim
				Facilities Facilitate Queerness
				Neoliberal Punishment on the Rise to the Detriment of Restorative Justice
			THE PUBLIC RECORD: QUEERING INCARCERATION UNDER OBAMA TO PRESENT
			Free as a Caged Bird: The New Reality of a Trump Administration
			References
	CHAPTER 8
		New Orleans and the Drive Against the Deviates
			Clayton Delery
			ABSTRACT
			A Brief History of the French Quarter
			THE FRENCH QUARTER AS AN LGBT ENCLAVE
			THE EVOLUTION OF THE DRIVE AGAINST THE DEVIATES
			1958: THE DRIVE INTENSIFIES
			THE MURDER OF FERNANDO RIOS
			PASSAGE OF ANTI-LGBT LAWS
			References
	CHAPTER 9
		Erasing Bisexual Erasure in the Deep South
			Research and Advocacy With Bisexual Individuals
				Colton Brown and Tonya R. Hammer
			Abstract
			DEFINING BISEXUALITY
			CULTURAL ATTITUDES
				Life in the South
				Within-Community Discrimination
			MEETING NEEDS
				Assessing Needs
					1. Assemble a diverse team to meet the need.
					2. Develop a strategy.
					3. Gain access to and forming relationships with the community.
					4. Gather and review the data.
					5. Build a collaborative community action plan.
				Identified Needs
				Community Action
			Moving Forward
			References
	CHAPTER 10
		Wise as a Serpent and Soft as a Dove
			Strategies of LGBT+ Activists in the Mid-South
				Meredith R. Maroney, Sharon G. Horne, Brianna M. Wadler, and Hannah Emerson
			Abstract
			LGBT+ ACTIVISM
			LGBT+ ACTIVISM IN THE SOUTH
			CONTEMPORARY LGBTQ+ ACTIVISM
			CONSIDERATIONS FOR LGBT+ ACTIVISM IN THE SOUTH
				Theme One: The Tyranny of “Nice Nasty” and the Advantage of One-Off Communities
				Theme Two: The Air We Breathe: Religion as a Mechanism of LGBT+ Activism
				Theme Three: Gay Men Are White, Black Men are MSM, and Black Queer Women Let Nothing Slip
				Theme Four: Welcome to Our America: No Luxury of Complacency in LGBT+ Rights
			CONCLUSION
			THE IMPORTANCE OF QUEERING SOUTHERN ACTIVISM
			NOTE
			References
	CHAPTER 11
		Queering Pride to Center the Voices of People of Color
			Bethany M. Coston, CasSandra Calin, and Micky Jordan
			Abstract
			Literature Review
				The Politics of Pride
				LGBTQ+ Life and Pride in Richmond, VA
				The Violence of Whitewashing
				Mass Demonstrations and the Queering of Pride
			Data and Methods
		Table 11.1. Queering Pride Resistance Interviewees
			Analysis
			Findings
				Intentionality
				Contestation
				Collective Identity
			MOVING FORWARD
			NOTE
			References
	CHAPTER 12
		The Secret Misters of Joe Cain
			Queering Mardi Gras in the Deep South
				Amy L. Stone
			Abstract
			Overview of Mardi Gras
			MARDI GRAS AS CULTURAL CITIZENSHIP
			Method
			Respectability
			Transgressiveness
			The Advances and Limitations of Mardi Gras Citizenship
			NOTE
			References
		About the Authors
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