This document is intended to provide counseling and related professionals with
competencies for working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, intersex, questioning and ally …

A central part of providing evidence‐based practice is appropriate cultural competence to
facilitate psychological assessment and intervention with diverse clients. At a minimum …

Numerous studies have determined that conversion therapy, a practice meant to change
one's sexual orientation to heterosexual or gender identity to cisgender, can be ineffective …

Despite some increased visibility in recent years, the asexual community and asexuality
generally remain largely unknown. Aiming to demystify asexuality, this paper discusses the …

Introduction The purpose of this study is to explore how the associations between
importance of religion and recent suicide ideation, recent suicide attempt, and lifetime …

For the asexual community, asexuality is a matter of self-identifi cation: it is defined as a lack
of sexual attraction combined with one's identification as asexual. Such a definition is …

Over the past several decades, the shifting social climate has led to a steady increase in
legal rights, social acceptance, and visibility for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender …

The term conversion therapy refers to any practices intended to alter a person's sexual
orientation, gender expression, gender identity, or any combination thereof. The present …

Prior studies of the utilization of mental health professionals by sexual minority populations
have relied on data that are now dated or not nationally representative. These studies have …

Purpose: The current study examines differences between lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
questioning (LGBQ) students and heterosexual students in terms of counseling and mental …