Here are a number of references relating to the current discussion group topic:

Gay and Lesbian Adolescents

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The Challenges and Potential of Developing a more Effective Youth Work Curriculum with Young Men (Child Care in Practice, Northern Ireland)
Journals/ccip-7-4-art.html

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Special Issue: Residential care: Last resort or positive choice? lessons from around Europe
Guest Editors: Matthew Colton, Susan Roberts and Margaret Williams. See editorial. (International Journal of Child and Family Welfare)
Journals/ijcfw-5-3.html

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Unfortunately there are kids who are still not welcome on the dance floor. In their observations on gay and lesbian youth in residential care, Barry and Paul Moore remind us that exclusion can be a subtle and insidious process. We need to recognize that the quality of the dance is determined by the level of participation. The time has come for us to get everybody out there. (From Editorial)

"Out" and "In": Homophobic Issues in Residential Care Paul Moore & Barry Moore. Journal of Child and Youth Care, Vol.13 No.4 page 29

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Ian Kroll’s article, Tools for Front-Line Workers: Healthy Lives for Gay and lesbian Youth and Their Families, also considers the impact that larger systems and societal beliefs have on people in regard to their sexuality and ~timely their "humanness." Ian offers us a perspective on sexuality in which it is viewed as an emotional experience rather than focused on actions the gender of the people involved. Practical tools and approaches for king with young people around the area of sexuality are provided. (From Editorial)

Tools for Front-Line Workers: Healthy Lives for Gay and Lesbian Youth and Their Families Ian T. Kroll. Journal of Child and Youth Care, Vol.14 No.4 page 47

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Journal of Child and Youth Care, Vol.15 No.3 (Issue entitled: Coming out and into our own.) Whole issue on lesbian, gay, Bisexual, transgendered children, youth and practitioners
*** See editorial at ..\Journals\jcyc15-3.html

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Survival and Sexual Identity: Calvin: A Gay Adolescent / Tania DuBeau.
Reclaiming Children and Youth, Vol.6 No.1 page 22

Making a Difference in the Lives of Gay and Lesbian Students / Tania DuBeau.
Reclaiming Children and Youth, Vol.7 No.3 page 164

When Schools Are Not Safe Places: Reconnecting Gay and Lesbian Young People to Schools
Gerald P. Mallon. Reaching Today's Youth, Vol.2 No.1, page 41

Coming Out Resilient: Strategies to Help Gay and Lesbian Adolescents / Tania DuBeau and David E. Emenheiser.
Reaching Today's Youth, Vol 3 No.4 page 51

Your Silence Will Not Protect You: Gay and Lesbian Youth Who Leave School Prematurely / Gerald P Mallon.
Reaching Today's Youth, Vol.5 No.1 page 22

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Tyrannosaurus Rex, Grant Charles.
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Sexual minority youth and substance abuse: Addressing the issue, Sher Knox.
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I knew this kid once ... Paul Moore
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McBean, K. (2001). Toward an Inclusive Environment: Strategies to Combat Homophobia and Heterosexism, Journal of Child and Youth Care Vol.15 No.3, pp 83-85
Go also to ..\quote\quote-175.htmlfor an extract from this article.

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Look also on the CYC-NET front page ... Go to THE NETWORK / Discussion Threads and you will find a previous discussion on Gay Clients.