CALL FOR PAPERS: Homophobic Bullying: Ending Violence
The Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services invites scholars, practitioners, researchers, lay persons, young persons, and policy analysts from different backgrounds to submit abstract proposals for this special theme issue and book on homophobic bullying. We are interested in first-personal accounts (recent or past) of experiences with anti-gay bullying or effective approaches to combat such behavior. For purposes of this volume, we define homophobic bullying as a long-term relationship built on acts of repeated aggression performed by a more powerful subject against a victim who is somehow less powerful, which is related to the victim’s and/or victimizer’s actual or presumed sexual or gender identity.
We are interested in a variety of topics related to homophobic bullying in various institutional contexts such as schools, the workplace, families, religious groups, military and government agencies, youth-related or non-government organizations. Articles on homophobic bullying occurring outside of institutional contexts (e.g., first person accounts) are also welcomed. Authors are asked to describe implications of their work for helping professionals of all kinds, including school social workers, school counselors, school psychologists, educators, and all those who must help children and adolescents deal with the practical implications of bullying “trauma” inflicted on the young.
