Queer Psychology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Introduction to Queer Psychology

   • Kevin L. Nadal, María R. Scharrón-del Río

   Pages 1-13

3. Intersectional Approaches to Queer Psychology

   • Angela Ferguson

   Pages 15-32

4. Gender Identity as a Social Developmental Process

   • Angelica Puzio, Alexis Forbes

   Pages 33-58

5. Reclaiming All of Me: The Racial Queer Identity Framework

   • Hector Y. Adames, Nayeli Y. Chavez-Dueñas

   Pages 59-79

6. Sexual and Gender Minority People’s Physical Health and Health Risk Behaviors

   • Ethan H. Mereish, M. Son Taylor

   Pages 81-102

7. Context Matters: Minority Stress and Mental Health Experiences of Diverse LGBTQ People

   • Brandon L. Velez, David Zelaya, Jillian Scheer

   Pages 103-117

8. LGBTQ+ People and Discrimination: What We Have and Continue to Face in the Fight for Our Lives

   • Anneliese Singh, Rebekah Ingram Estevez, Natalia Truszczynski

   Pages 119-137

9. Queering Psychology Research Methods

   • Alison Cerezo, Roberto Renteria

   Pages 139-157

10. Beyond LGBTQ-Affirmative Therapy: Fostering Growth and Healing Through Intersectionality

    • Darren J. Freeman-Coppadge, Khashayar Farhadi Langroudi

    Pages 159-179

11. Queering Sex and Romance: Considerations of Gender Diversity, Sex, and Relationships

    • G. Nic Rider, Jieyi Cai, Leonardo Candelario-Pérez

    Pages 181-197

12. LGBTQ Parenting: Building Families on the Margins

    • Jan E. Estrellado, Lou Collette S. Felipe, Nadine Nakamura, Amanda B. Breen

    Pages 199-215

13. “My Wings May Be Broken, But I’m Still Flying”: Queer Youth Negotiating Expansive Identities, Structural Dispossession, and Acts of Resistance

    • María Elena Torre, Shéár Avory

    Pages 217-236

14. Issues for LGBTQ Elderly

    • Christian D. Chan, Nicole Silverio

    Pages 237-255

15. Queer Vocational and Workplace Considerations

    • Sarah N. Baquet, Vincent M. Marasco, Jehan A. Hill

    Pages 257-273

16. The Salve and the Sting of Religion/Spirituality in Queer and Transgender BIPOC

    • David Ford

    Pages 275-290

17. Queering Forensic Psychology: What Intimate Partner Violence and Sex Trafficking Can Tell Us About Inclusivity

    • Kendra Doychak, Chitra Raghavan

    Pages 291-310

18. Future Directions and Queer Activism

    • María R. Scharrón-del Río, Kevin L. Nadal

    Pages 311-324

19. Correction to: Queer Psychology

    • Kevin L. Nadal, María R. Scharrón-del Río

    Pages C1-C1

20. Back Matter

    Pages 325-333

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Queer Psychology is the first  comprehensive book to examine the current state of LGBTQ communities and psychology, through the lenses of both queer theory and Intersectionality theory. Thus, the book describes the experiences of LGBTQ people broadly, while also highlighting the voices of LGBTQ people of color, transgender and gender nonconforming people, those of religious minority groups, immigrants, people with disabilities, and other historically marginalized groups. Each chapter will include an intersectional case example, as well as implications for policy and practice.
This book is especially important as there has been an increase in psychology and counseling courses focusing on LGBTQ communities; however, students often learn about LGBTQ-related issues through a White cisgender male normative perspective. The edited volume contains the contributions of leading scholars in LGBTQ psychology, and covers a number of concepts  – ranging from identity development to discrimination to health. 

• LGBTQ psychology
• queer psychology
• clinical psychology
• forensic psychology
• sexual orientation
• sexuality
• gender identity
• genderqueer
• gender nonconformity
• LGBTQ-Affirming therapies
• lesbian
• gay
• bisexual
• homosexuality
• transgender

• John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, New York, USA

  Kevin L. Nadal

• Brooklyn College, City University of New York, New York, USA

  María R. Scharrón-del Río

Kevin Leo Yabut Nadal, Ph.D. is a Professor of Psychology at both John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Graduate Center (GC) at the City University of New York (CUNY). From 2014- 2017, he was the Executive Director of the CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies at the Graduate Center (GC) at the City University of New York (CUNY), and he was the first person of color to hold this position in 25 years of the organization. From 2015-2017, he was the President of the Asian American Psychological Association; he was the first openly gay person to serve in this role. Within AAPA, he co-founded the Division on Filipino Americans in 2010 and the Division on LGBTQ Issues in 2012. He is a National Trustee of the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) and the co-founder of the LGBTQ Scholars of Color Network – a national network committed to academics and researchers who identify as LGBTQ people of color. He is one of the leading researchers in understanding the impacts ofmicroaggressions, or subtle forms of discrimination, on the mental and physical health of people of color; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people; and other marginalized groups. He has published over 100 works and 10 books on multicultural issues in the fields of psychology and education, including That's So Gay: Microaggressions and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community (2013, American Psychological Association), Sage Encyclopedia of Psychology and Gender (Sage, 2017), and Microaggressions and Trauma (2018, American Psychological Association). He has contributed to The Huffington Post, The New York Times, and Buzzfeed; he has been featured on ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, the Weather Channel, the History Channel, HGTV, The Filipino Channel, and others. In 2017, he won the American Psychological Association Early Career Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Public Interest, and in 2019, he received the Richard Tewksbury Award for significant contributions to scholarship or activism on the intersection of crime and sexuality. For more information, visit www.kevinnadal.com.


María R. Scharrón-del Río, Ph.D. is a Professor of the School Counseling Graduate Program at Brooklyn College, City University of New York (CUNY). A predoctoral Ford Foundation and an American Psychological Association (APA) Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) fellow, they received their Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. After their clinical internship at the Harvard Medical School, they worked as an assistant child psychologist at the Washington Heights Family Health Center, a primary-care clinic that serves a predominantly Latinx immigrant community in New York City. They are an active leader in GLARE (GLBTQ Advocacy in Research and Education) since joining the Brooklyn College faculty in 2006. They are committed to the development of multicultural competencies in counselors, psychologists, and educators using experiential and affective educational approaches. Their research, scholarship, and advocacy focus on ethnic and cultural minority psychology and education, including liberation pedagogies, intersectionality, multicultural competencies, LGBTQ issues, gender variance, spirituality, and well-being. They have published over 20 works – including peer-reviewed articles, chapters, and being co-editor of seventh edition of Counseling Across Cultures –, and have over 120 presentations in local, national, and international conferences and events.

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