Newswise — WHAT: National Coming Out Day is Oct. 11 and psychologists are available to discuss the latest psychological issues facing the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population, including the mental health effects of coming out, the impact of legalized same-sex marriage on LGBT people, how psychology can help reduce stigma and discrimination and how psychological, behavioral and cultural factors contribute to LGBT health.
WHO: Tania Israel, PhD Santa Barbara, California Cell: (805) 705-4023Email: [email protected]
Israel is a professor in the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She received a PhD in counseling psychology from Arizona State University and a master’s degree in human sexuality education from the University of Pennsylvania. Israel is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and a past-president of the Society of Counseling Psychology. Her research, which focuses on supporting the mental health and well-being of LGBTQ individuals and communities, has been solicited by the Institute of Medicine, Congress and the White House, and her TEDx Talk on bisexuality has been viewed over 20,000 times. She is the director of Project RISE, a research team at UCSB that develops and studies interventions to support the psychological health of LGBT individuals and communities. She tweets @LGBTRISE.
Seth Pardo, PhDSan FranciscoCell: (415) 255-3678Email: [email protected]
Pardo is a program evaluator at the San Francisco Department of Public Health and is an expert on transgender identity and transgender development. He is a member of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, a founding board member for the Association for Gender Research, Education, Academia and Action and serves on the APA’s Committee for LGBT Concerns. Pardo’s most recent publications examine predictors of emotional well-being and clinical health in transmen.
Judith Glassgold, PsyD Princeton, New Jersey Cell: (908) 432-5540Email: [email protected]
Glassgold is a visiting research scholar at the Center for Health and Wellbeing at Princeton University. She is an expert in LGBT mental health and treatment and can talk about the stigma and discrimination facing those who come out and how people of all ages can manage the process. She is also an expert in how religion affects the LGBT population and has worked extensively to develop public policies to reduce discrimination.
Stephen L. Forssell, PhD Washington, D.C. Cell: (202) 994-6316Email: [email protected] Forssell is the founder, director and professor of the LGBT Health Policy & Practice Graduate Certificate Program at the George Washington University. Since 2002, he has been a professor of psychology at GWU, where he teaches courses in sexuality and gender, health psychology and social psychology. His expertise is in sexual orientation development, same-sex romantic relationships and parenting and HIV/AIDS risk behaviors.
Glenda Russell, PhD Boulder, Colorado Work: (303) 929-0249Cell: (303) 447-9600Email: [email protected] Russell is a research associate of ethnography and evaluation research at the University of Colorado Boulder. She can talk about the impact of stigma on LGBT people, resilience, the costs and benefits of coming out, heterosexual allies and psychotherapy with LGBT people.
The American Psychological Association also has useful LGBT resources available on its website, including:
• Answers to Your Questions for a Better Understanding of Sexual Orientation and Homosexuality
• Answers to Your Questions About Transgender People, Gender Identity and Gender Expression
• Report of the APA Task Force on Appropriate Therapeutic Responses to Sexual Orientation
• Answers to Your Questions About Same-Sex Marriage
• APA LGBT Resources and Publications________________________________________
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