Publication

1998 - Columbia University Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

48,250 words, Guess

Page Count

193 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing2114465
  • Goodreads843820

Classifications

  • DDC362.7/083
  • LCCHV1449 .M35 1998

Alternate Titles

  • We did not exactly get the Welcome Wagon

Description

Drawing on over twenty years of child welfare experience and extensive interviews with 54 gay and lesbian young people who lived in out-of-home-care child welfare settings in three North American cities - Los Angeles, New York, and Toronto - Gerald Mallon presents narratives of marginalized young people trying to find the "right fit.". The first comprehensive examination of the experiences of gay and lesbian youths in the child welfare system, We Don't Exactly Get the Welcome Wagon makes solid recommendations to social work practitioners as well as to policy makers about how they can provide a competent practice for gay and lesbian adolescents, and offers a methods chapter which will be useful in classroom instruction.

Subjects

Topics

JugendGay youthAdolescentHomophobiaSozialhilfeChild welfareGay teenagers

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