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Jarvis, Judy F. – College Student Affairs Journal, 2023
LGBTQIA students are an important stakeholder group on college and university campuses, especially as both their visibility and expectations for support and empowerment on campus increase. But how ready is the field of higher education for litigation related to LGBTQIA issues, and how should student affairs practitioners prepare to address LGBTQIA…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, College Students, Court Litigation, Student Personnel Workers
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Grozelle, Renee S. – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2017
In less than 2 years, nine young people within one Minnesota school district committed suicide. As such, the bullying of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth in the Anoka-Hennepin School District continues to be an example of how embedded ideologies of some individuals can substantially impact the treatment of marginalized…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity, Bullying
Lipka, Sara – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2011
Students in the University of Rhode Island's GLBT community are fed up with what they describe as their marginalization. They are seeking, among other resources, respectable headquarters, where they can invite professors, hold events, and develop a sense of belonging on the campus. Since a week-long protest this past fall, they are gaining ground.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Higher Education, Campuses, Institutional Research
Center for Collegiate Mental Health, 2013
This report summarizes data contributed to Center for Collegiate Mental Health (CCMH) during the 2012-2013 academic year, closing on June 30, 2013. Data was contributed by 132 college and university counseling centers describing more than 95,00 unique college students seeking mental health treatment, 3,000 clinicians, and over 500,000…
Descriptors: College Students, Mental Health, Mental Disorders, School Counseling
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Vare, Jonatha W.; Norton, Terry L. – Clearing House, 2004
Gay and lesbian youth encounter most of the typical biological and cognitive changes of adolescence. However, cultural circumstances create differences in the social and emotional development of many gay and lesbian teens. In the United States, these teens often live within social environments characterized by a hostile fear and an active…
Descriptors: Physical Health, Substance Abuse, Suicide, Sexual Orientation
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Cochran, Susan D. – American Psychologist, 2001
Researchers have identified elevated risk for stress-sensitive mental disorders among homosexuals attributed to the harmful effects of homophobia. The onset, course, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders among homosexuals differ in important ways from those of heterosexuals. Examines differential rates of mental health morbidity; suicide…
Descriptors: Anxiety, At Risk Persons, Awards, Coping