Queer Counseling- Archived Lesson 4

This topic introduces "Voices from the Margins" - the fourth (and final) lesson in this course. Before joining this conversation, please review the lesson materials here. This lesson gives voice to unique experiences of both transgender and bisexual individuals, including an exercise to help identify and engage queer preferences.  An award-winning film addressing the challenges and celebrating the triumphs of  gay and lesbian law enforcement officers from across the United States completes this lesson.   [...]

Before joining in, please be sure you've read the article, S/he by Jesse Green (July 4, 2012, New York Magazine). You can find it here. this article details issues faced by many trans*-identified youth and their families, including a challenge to the medical notion of psychopathology, along with the recent, controversial emergence of “puberty blockers." How might the narrative assumption of the client as expert inform some of the challenges faced by these families? What [...]

Before joining the conversation, please read Forms of Bisexuality by Kathy Labriola  here. This article identifies 13 potential variations on bisexual expression and identity, expanding on the notion that there can be a multiplicity of ways in which we live and describe our sexual experiences. What do you imagine is so challenging for some people about the notion of bisexuality? How might a wider lens like the one suggested in this article make room for otherwise silenced [...]

Before joining this conversation, please watch the documentary, Gay Cops: Pride behind the badge here. What did you most appreciate about this story? Where, if at all, do you see the influence of narrative therapy assumptions and/or practices in this film?