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Offers advanced Training in psychoanalytic theory and technique for an
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fields of
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disciplines concerned
with the meaning of being human.
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What does transgender mean?
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What are some categories or types of transgender people?
Have transgender people always existed?
Why are some people transgender?
How prevalent are transgender people?
What is the relationship between transgender and sexual orientation?
How do transgender people experience their Transgender feelings? -- More
American Counseling Association
Ethical issues related to conversion or reparative therapy
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Bisexual & Transgender Issues in Counseling
Early Childhood Psychological
Developmental
Programs & Studies
About Our Kids
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The Center was founded in 1997 to improve the
treatment of
child psychiatric disorders through scientific
practice, research, and
education, and to eliminate the stigma of
being or having a child with
a psychiatric disorder.
About us
American Association of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry
American Psychological
Association
Association for Child
Psychoanalysis
Barnard College Toddler Center – resources
Bernard L. Pacella, MD
Parent Child Center
Center
on the Developing Child – Harvard University
The Science of Early Childhood Development
Caring for Every
Child's Mental Health Campaign
Division of Service and Systems
Child Physiology Sick
Kids
The Hospital for Sick Children
(SickKids), affiliated with the
University of Toronto,
is Canada's most research-
intensive hospital and the largest centre
dedicated to improving children's health
in the country. As
innovators in child health, SickKids improves the health of
children
by integrating care, research and teaching.
Children's Health Council
Resources
Links
Disorders of Sex Development Child
Physiology Sick
Kids
to end
shame, secrecy, and
unwanted genital surgeries for people born with
an
anatomy that someone decided
is not standard for male or female.
Syndromes of
Abnormal
Sex Differentiation: A guide for patients and their families
Glossary
of Terms
Early Childhood Education Programs
University of Michigan
The
mission of the Center is to
provide quality
early childhood care for the children of parents
working at the University
of Michigan Health System. The program is
designed to meet the special
needs of infant, toddler, preschool
children in a safe and nurturing environment.
GIRL POWER! Is Good Mental Health
Maternal and Child Health
Library
About
with accurate, reliable, and timely information and resources.
National Center for Children Exposed
to Violence
to increase the capacity of individuals and
communities to reduce the incidence
and impact of violence on
children and families…
About
National
Child Traumatic Stress Network
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network was established to
improve
access to care, treatment, and services for traumatized
children and
adolescents exposed to traumatic events.
About
National Children’s Study
on the health and development of
100,000 children across the United States,
following them from
before birth until age 21. The goal of the Study is to improve
the
health and well-being of children.
Overview
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Klinefelter Syndrome
Study of
Early Child Care and Youth Development (SECCYD)
National Scientific
Council on the Developing Child
neuroscience, early childhood
development, pediatrics, and
economics.
Early Influences on Brain Architecture
by Neuroscientist Eric Knudsen
Young Children Develop in an
Environment of Relationships
LGBTQ Early Childhood Psychological
Richard Isay,
Being
Homosexual: Gay Men and Their Development
Richard Isay,
Becoming
Gay: The Journey to Self Acceptance
Jack Drescher, M.D.,
Psychoanalytic
Therapy and the Gay Man
Bertram J. Cohler and Robert Galatzer-Levy,
They consider the destructive nature of an intolerant society that
fosters
so-called conversion psychotherapy and stress the importance
of helping
to rebuild a sense of coherence and personal integrity
among homosexuals.
My hope for this blog is to follow
Pope John Paul II and New Ways Ministry format
of continuing bringing together the
interactions of the best in the fields of medical
and mental health professions,
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ignorance that causes the most harm to
innocent people.
Gender Identity
The Biology and Psychology of Gender
Gender Diversity
Gender Identity Project
(GIP)
Offers services to:
Transgender,
gender non-conforming and gender,
Questioning
individuals, their partners and families
About GIP
Gender Identity Research and Education Society
The Aim
of the website is to inform a wide public of the issues
Surrounding gender identity and
transsexualism.
Human Sexuality
American Psychological Association
Alexander Foundation for Women's
Health
About
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Erectile Dysfunction
Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Human
Sexuality Collection
International Society for the Study
of Women's Sexual Health
Kinsey Confidential
– the Kinsey Institute
Sexuality Information Service
-
Podcast -
Common Problems
HIV-AIDS -
Male Sexuality -
Men’s Bodies -
Pregnancy
Relationships -
Research
-
Sexual Assault
Sexual Health -
STIs --
Women’s Bodies -
More
Resources & Links
The Kinsey Institute for
Research in Sex, Gender, and
Reproduction
– About
Kinsey Institute Staff Publications
Organizations Based in the United States
Current Research
Intimate Relationships and Couples
Mayo Clinic
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
National Sexuality Resource Center
Resource Center For Adolescent
Pregnancy Prevention
Sexual Health Network
About Us
- Experts
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Legal
Notices
Sexuality Information and Education
Council of the United States (SIECUS)
Sexually Transmitted Diseases -
More
Sexual
Orientation: Science, Education, and Policy
Bibliography for Facts About Sexual Orientation
Women’s, Gender, &
Sexuality Studies
Women
and Public Policy Program
Women’s, Gender, &
Sexuality Studies
Women's Sexual Health Foundation
Sexual Orientation
Sexual Orientation
Transgender
American Psychological Association
Transgender Tapestry
International Foundation for Gender
Education
Equality Dignity
Education
Respect Action
Change
Transsexual Women’s Resources
women by
providing information, informed opinion, and personal narratives.
Learning Variations
All Kinds of Minds
Glossary -
is a resource for
neurodevelopmental constructs and functions
Learningbase
American Psychological Association
Center for Development and Learning
LD OnLine (Learning Disability)
ADHD Basics --
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADHD
Learning To Thrive With Attention Deficit Disorder -
by
Allison Aubrey
NPR
Mel Levine M.D.: Teaching All Kinds of Minds: NPR
Misunderstood Minds
National Center for Learning
Disabilities
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
The Myth of Laziness
– Mel Levine M.D.
Trauma Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
American Psychological Association
Center
for the Study of Traumatic Stress –
About
Integration & Self-Healing: Affect, Trauma, Alexithymia
(by Henry Krystal, M.D. , paperback, 1993, ISBN: 0881631809)
National Institutes of Mental Health
Schizophrenia
American Psychological Association
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
National Institutes of Mental Health
Substance Abuse
American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
American Psychiatric Association
American Psychological Association
Pre-Natal Alcohol Exposure
American Society of Addiction Medicine
Dr. Patrick J. Carnes is
an internationally known speaker on
addiction and
recovery issues:
Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction (1992)
Contrary to Love: Helping the Sexual Addict (1989)
The Betrayal Bond: Breaking Free of Exploitive Relationships
(1997)
Open Hearts (1999)
Facing the Shadow (2001)
In the Shadows of the Net (2001)
The Clinical Management of Sex Addiction (2002)
Sexual Anorexia: Overcoming Sexual Self-Hatred
Dual Diagnosis Co-occurring Disorders
Official State of Michigan Website
Office of Drug Control
Policy
National Clearinghouse for
Alcohol and Drug Information --
More
National Institute on Alcohol
Abuse and Alcoholism
National Institute
on Drug Abuse
NIDA
Sexual Addiction and Compulsion
Substance
Abuse Treatment Facility Locator
Federal
Government Links
Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration
Tobacco
Suicide
American Foundation for Suicide
Prevention
Standardized Presentations on Suicide Prevention
American Psychological Association
American Psychiatric Association
National Suicide
Prevention Lifeline
Suicide Prevention Resource
Center (SPRC)
American Psychological Association (APA)
Press Releases
OLDER
PROBLEM GAMBLERS MAY FACE GREATER SUICIDE RISK THAN YOUNGER
COUNTERPARTS,
STUDY FINDS
-- APA Press Release
PLAYING
VIDEO GAMES OFFERS -- LEARNING ACROSS LIFE SPAN, SAY STUDIES
-- APA Press Release
RAT
STUDY SUGGESTS WHY TEENS GET HOOKED ON COCAINE MORE EASILY THAN
ADULTS, AND FIND IT HARDER TO QUIT
-- APA Press Release
Seeking
a cognitive boost, students are increasingly abusing stimulants. And
the problem is likely to get worse.
By Beth Azar --
Monitor on Psychology
MENTAL ILLNESS
AND DRUG ADDICTION MAY CO-OCCUR DUE TO DISTURBANCE IN THE BRAIN'S
SEAT OF ANXIETY AND FEAR --
APA Press Release
NEW STUDY
SHOWS THAT PARENTAL ALCOHOLISM CREATES RISK FACTORS FOR SUBSTANCE
ABUSE IN EMERGING ADULTS THAT EXTEND BEYOND ALCOHOLISM
-- APA Press Release
Neuropeptide Y System Linked To More Severe Form Of Alcohol
Dependence
Science Daily
A Sex Difference in the Specificity of Sexual Arousal
Study Suggests Difference Between Female And Male Sexuality
Science Daily (June 13, 2003)
National & International Professional
LGBTQ Organizations
(Lesbians,
Gay,
Bisexual,
Transgender,
Queer)
American Civil Liberties Union’s Transgender and Transinclusive
Organizations
American Medical Association
American Psychiatric Association
Lesbian and Gay Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Association
LAGCAPA
American Psychological Association
Issues in Psychology
AFFIRM: Psychologists Affirming their Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and
Transgender Family
lesbian,
gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals
American Academy of Pediatrics
FTM International
Gay & Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA)
For Patients
GayLesbianBisexualTransgender National Help Center
Gender Identity Project (GIP)
Offers services to:
Transgender,
gender non-conforming and gender,
questioning
individuals,
their partners and families.
About GIP
Gender Identity Research and Education Society
The Aim
of the website is to inform a wide public of the issues
The Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, Inc.
The World
Professional Association for Transgender Health, Inc.
Intersex Society of North America
The Intersex Society of
North America (ISNA)
devoted to systemic change to
end
shame, secrecy, and
unwanted genital
surgeries for people born with an
anatomy that someone decided
is not
standard for male or female.
Johns Hopkins Center for Sexual Health & Medicine
Kinsey Confidential
– the Kinsey Institute
Sexuality Information Service
-
Podcast -
Common Problems
HIV-AIDS -
Male Sexuality -
Men’s Bodies -
Pregnancy
Relationships -
Research
-
Sexual Assault
Sexual Health -
STIs --
Women’s Bodies -
More
The Kinsey Institute for
Research in Sex, Gender, and
Reproduction
– About
Magnus Hirschfeld Archiv
fur Sexualwissenschaft
Archive for Sexology; includes a
Harry Benjamin biography
National Association of School Psychologists
Information For Families and Educators
National Association of Social Workers
social work research.
National Center for Transgender Equality –
dedicated to advancing the
equality of
transgender people through advocacy, collaboration and
empowerment.
Resource Links
National LGBT Cancer Network
Program in Human Sexuality at the University
of Minnesota
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
SIECUS affirms that
sexuality is a
Fundamental part of being
human,
one that is worthy of dignity and respect.
Sexual
Orientation: Science, Education, and Policy
Social Science Research Council
The Social Science Research
Council leads innovation, builds
interdisciplinary and
international
networks, and focuses research on
important public issues.
Society for Sex Therapy and Research
is composed of a
broad range of professionals who
have clinical or research
interests in human
sexual concerns.
Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality
The oldest professional society dedicated
to the advancement of knowledge
about sexuality.
Resources
Transgender Tapestry
International Foundation for Gender
Education
Transsexual Women’s Resources
women by
providing information, informed opinion, and personal narratives.
World Association for Sexology
LGBTQ Studies
American Psychiatric Association, AGLP
APSAA, American Psychoanalytic Association
Selected Bibliography on Homosexuality
Arlene Istar Lev,
Transgender Emergence:
Therapeutic Guidelines for Working With
Gender-Variant People and
Their Families
(Haworth Clinical Practice Press, New York- London- Oxford, 2004
The Center for Gender Studies at The University of Chicago
About the Center
DePaul University LGBT STUDIES
The LGBTQ Studies
program
posits sex and sexuality as central analytical
Families Joined by Love: Books and Resources for LGBT Families
Book
Categories & Resources
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender
Scholarship Resources
GLBT
Scholarship Resources include
GLSEN - The Gay, Lesbian And Straight
Education Network
GLSEN's online library
Jack Drescher, M.D.,
Psychoanalytic
Therapy & The Gay Man
Joe Kort,
10 Smart
things gay men can do to improve their lives
Lesbian and Gay Studies Project - University of Chicago
The University of
Chicago has become a major center for research and
graduate training
in lesbian, gay and queer studies.
Mildred L. Brown &
Chloe Ann Rounsley,
Coworkers, and Helping
Professionals
The Library – Transgendered – Soul International
Richard Isay,
Becoming
Gay: The Journey to Self Acceptance
Rockway Institute
Sexual Orientation: Science, Education, and Policy
The Significance of Brokeback Mountain,
Ralph Roughton
Self Psychology News
LGBTQ Organizations
Affirmations
people and their allies.
Ann Arbor Rainbow Book Club
The
Rainbow Book Club is a
book club dedicated to reading and discussing classic
and
Colage
is a national movement of children, youth, and adults
with one or more lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender and/or queer
(LGBTQ) parents. We build community and work
toward social justice
through youth empowerment,
leadership development,
education, and advocacy.
Family Equality Council
works to ensure equality for LGBT
families by building community, changing hearts
and minds,
and advancing social justice for all families.
Fortunate Families Catholic
Families
with Lesbian Daughters
and Gay Sons.
Gender Public Advocacy Coalition
The Gender Public
Advocacy Coalition works to ensure that classrooms,
communities, and workplaces are safe for everyone to learn, grow,
and
succeed - whether or not they meet expectations for masculinity
and femininity.
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
The Academy for
Leadership and Action has one primary purpose: to prepare
board, activist, and volunteer roles
that we have all learned are absolutely critical
to our success as a
movement.
PFLAG National (Washington,
D.C., USA)
We, the parents, families and friends
of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
persons, celebrate diversity and
envision a society that embraces everyone,
including those of diverse sexual
orientations and gender identities. Only with
respect, dignity and equality for all
will we reach our full potential as human beings,
individually and collectively.
PFLAG welcomes the participation and support of all
who share in, and hope to realize
this vision.
About,
FAQs/Facts
PFLAG (Ann Arbor, MI)
PFLAG promotes the health and well-being
of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and
transgendered persons, their
families and friends.
PFLAG (Detroit, MI)
Since 1987, PFLAG Detroit offers various
programs to support GLBT people and
their families. For 23
years, we have strived to combat hate, discrimination and
violence. Our goal is to have equal rights for all our children.
PFLAG (Detroit - Downriver, MI)
PFLAG/Detroit-Downriver provides opportunity for dialogue about
sexual orientation
and gender identity and acts to
create a society that is healthy and respectful of
human diversity. We welcome lgbt
persons and all those who support Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual or Transgendered persons and
their families and friends.
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Spectrum Center Office, University of Michigan
(Ann Arbor, MI)
Our office serves
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people as individuals
families, and the community at
large … .
The Stonewall Center
A Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Queer, and
Transgender Educational Resource Center.
Washtenaw Rainbow Action Project (WRAP)
is a resource for the
gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender (“queer”), and
allied
residents of Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, and greater
Washtenaw County (Michigan).
LGBTQ Advocacy for
Colage
is
a national movement of children, youth, and adults
with one or more
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or
queer (LGBTQ) parents. We build
community and work toward
social justice through youth empowerment,
leadership
development, education, and advocacy.
Gender Public Advocacy Coalition
The Gender Public
Advocacy Coalition works to ensure that classrooms,
communities,
and workplaces are safe for everyone to learn, grow,
and succeed - whether or not
they meet expectations for masculinity
and femininity.
Jim Toy, University of Michigan
Jim Toy:
Visionary Pioneer
Advances Acceptance, Understanding, and Support
National Center for Transgender Equality
Dedicated to advancing the equality of Transgender People through
advocacy, collaboration and empowerment.
National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs
The National
Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) addresses the
bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and HIV-affected communities.
National Gay and Lesbian Taskforce
The National Gay and
Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) is a leading progressive civil
Rights
organization that has supported grassroots
organizing and advocacy since 1973.
Rockway Institute
Sylvia Rivera Law Project
The
Sylvia Rivera Law Project
(SRLP) works to guarantee that all people are free
to self-determine their gender identity and expression, regardless of income
or race,
and without facing harassment, discrimination, or violence.
TransGender Michigan
Because
transgender individuals and
significant others, families, friends, and allies
(SOFFAs)
face discrimination, violence, harassment, and inequality,
TransGender
Michigan aims to remedy these social
injustices and create a better future for all.
Transgender Law Center
We believe strongly in getting legal
information into the hands of community
members,
attorneys, employers, educators, health care providers,
and others. This is
why we've created one of the country's
most expansive libraries of original
publications,
pamphlets, how-to guides, and other materials related to
transgender law.
Triangle Foundation
to promote equality and to secure
freedom from violence, intimidation and
discrimination for
LGBT persons throughout Michigan.
Williams Institute for Sexual Orientation Law and
Public Policy
is a national independent public policy think tank
in research and analysis on
questions important to lesbian,
gay, bisexual, and transgendered Americans.
Spirituality
&
Call To Action -- Washtenaw Area of Michigan
The local Washtenaw Area CTA is a chapter of the National
Call To Action
organization. Call To Action is an organization
of progressive-minded Catholics
committed to working for
change in the Catholic Church at the grassroots level.
History
Who We Are
Conference for Catholic Lesbians
is
an online support and
spiritual community for women who seek to integrate their
lesbian and Catholic identity in their lives. We also offer
information and resources
of particular interest to Catholic
lesbians.
Daniel Helminiak
(Alamo
Square Press, 1994, 2000
Dignity USA
DignityUSA
envisions and works for a time when Gay,
Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Catholics are affirmed and
experience dignity through the integration of their spirituality
with their sexuality, and as beloved persons of God participate
fully in all aspects of life within the Church and Society.
FAQs,
Resources,
Links
Dignity Detroit
(Detroit, MI)
Dignity
Detroit is a faith community of gay,
lesbian, bisexual, and transgender
Catholics, their families
and friends who unite to celebrate God's love for
all persons.
Evangelical & Ecumenical Women’s Caucus
With a
history dating from 1973, we are an international
organization of women and
men who believe that the Bible supports
the equality of the sexes. We are Christian
feminists. We are
inclusive. We welcome you.
Father Robert Nugent, SDS
(Co-Founder)
In 1977, with Sister Jeannine
Gramick, Nugent co-founded New Ways Ministry,
a national
Catholic center for research and advocacy ministry in the
area of
Catholicism and homosexuality located in Mt.
Rainier, in the metropolitan
Washington, D.C. area.
Sr. Jeannine Gramick, SSND
(Co-Founder)
Sister Gramick helped to begin
three organizations for Catholic lesbian and
gay people. In
addition, she co-founded New Ways Ministry, a Catholic
the church.
Sr. Jeannine Gramick, SSND
In Good
Conscience: Sister Jeannine Gramick's Journey of Faith
(2004)
Jim Toy, The
LGBT Religious Archives Network
Jim
Toy
was the first TBLG person in Michigan to come out of the closet
publicly,
during his speech at an anti-Vietnam War rally in Kennedy
Square, Detroit,
in April, 1970.
In 1971, he helped establish the Lesbian-Gay Male Programs Office at
the
University of Michigan
in Ann Arbor. The
LGMPO was the first staffed office
in a United States institution of
higher learning, and presumably the first of its
kind in the world,
to advocate for sexual orientation concerns.
John Boswell:
John J. McNeill
(Fourth Edition
Beacon Press, Boston, 1993)
The LGBT Religious
Archives Network
The LGBT Religious Archives Network (LGBT-RAN) is an innovative
venture in
preserving history and encouraging scholarly study of
lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender (LGBT) religious movements
around the world.
Margaret Farley, RSM
Professor of Christian Ethics, Yale Divinity School and Yale University Department
of Religious
Studies
New Ways
Ministry – Bridge Building Awards
New
Ways Ministry
a gay-positive ministry of advocacy and justice
for lesbian and gay Catholics and
reconciliation
within the larger Christian and civil communities. -
About
Oasis Ministry Michigan
TBLG Outreach
is a ministry of
the Michigan Diocese of the Episcopal Church that welcomes,
affirms and supports Transgender, Bisexual, Lesbian and Gay
people
(TBLG). –
About
Quixote Center
The Quixote Center is a faith-based, social justice
center working with people
who have few resources for their
struggles.
About the Quixote
Center
Religion & Faith
Recommended Reading List
Religious Institute on
Sexual Morality, Justice and Healing -
About
Youth Issues/Sexuality Education
Virginia Mollenkott
Welcoming Church Directory
Contemplative Meditation
Trappist Monastery of Our lady of Guadalupe (Portland, Oregon,
USA
The Cloud of Unknowing by Harper Collins Spiritual Classics - 2004 - 164 pages
Fr. Bernard McVeigh, abbot
Abbot Bernard McVeigh and the
monks of Guadalupe Abbey were encouraging
individuals to deepen
their spiritual practice through silent prayer and meditation.
Fr. Thomas Keating,
abbot, author,
founder of
Contemplative
Outreach,
Ltd., revived Christian contemplative practices,
inspiring
generations of present-day Christians drawn to the spiritual
experiences of
Eastern meditation to also look within their own
tradition.
Daniel Goleman, Ph.,D.,
Meditation on the Move:
From
Monastery to Lab to Main Street
(Daniel Goleman, Jon Kabat-Zinn and Thomas Keating,
with Lynn Neary NPR (Webcast).)
LGBTQ Issues & the Vatican
Catechism
of the Catholic Church
Chastity and Homosexuality #2357
Vatican Official Web
Site
Father Geoffrey Farrow (California,
USA)
Father
Geoff Farrow Blog Site
2008 California Proposition 8, an initiative that would eliminate
the right for
same sex couples to marry.
By
Sontaya Rose 10/5/2008
Fresno, CA, USA
(KFSN)
"I know that these words of truth will cost me
dearly. But to withhold them
would be far more costly and I would
become an accomplice to a moral evil
that strips gay and lesbian
couples, not only of their civil rights but of their
human dignity
as
well."
Sr.
Jeannine Gramick, SSND, & Father
Robert Nugent, SDS
The Vatican's The Roman Curia "Congregation for the Doctrine of
the Faith"
Actions taken against Erroneous and Dangerous
Propositions in the Publications
Building Bridges and Voices of
Hope by Sister Jeannine Gramick, SSND, and
Father Robert Nugent,
SDS
Response of Father Robert Nugent, SDS
Response of Sister Jeannine Gramick, SSND
"Children Growing-up Gay & Vatican's Impact Harmful"
by
Martin S. Kurylowicz, M.Div., M.S. February 15, 2008,
Diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan
John J. McNeill
(Fourth Edition,
Beacon Press, Boston, 1993)