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Gay and Lesbian

Issues and

Psychology

Review

Editor

Damien W. Riggs

The Australian

Psychological

Society Ltd.

ISSN 1833-4512

Gay and Lesbian Issues and Psychology Review

Editor

Damien W. Riggs, Department of Psychology, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide South Australia 5005,

Australia

Editorial Board

Graeme Kane, Eastern Drug and Alcohol Service

Jim Malcom, The University of Western Sydney

Jane Edwards, Spencer Gulf Rural Health School

Murray Drummond, The University of South Australia

Warrick Arblaster, Mental Health Policy Unit, ACT

Gordon A. Walker, Monash University

Robert Morris, Private practice

Elizabeth Short, The University of Melbourne

Brett Toelle, The University of Sydney

Ela Jodko, Private practice

General Information

All submissions or enquires should be directed in the first instance to the Editor. Guidelines for

submissions or for advertising within the Gay and Lesbian Issues in Psychology Review (‘the Review’)

are provided on the final page of each issue. The Review is listed on Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory:

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Journal URL: http://www.groups.psychology.org.au/glip/glip_review/

Aims and scope

The Review is a peer-reviewed publication, that is available online through the Australian Psychological

Society website. Its remit is to encourage research that challenges the stereotypes and assumptions of

pathology that have often inhered to research on lesbians and gay men (amongst others). The aim of

the Review is thus to facilitate discussion over the direction of lesbian and gay psychology in Australia,

and to provide a forum within which academics, practitioners and lay people may publish.

The Review is open to a broad range of material, and especially welcomes research, commentary and

reviews that critically evaluate the status quo in regards to lesbian and gay issues. The Review also

seeks papers that redress the imbalance that has thus far focused on the issues facing white lesbians

and gay men, to the exclusion of other sexual and racial minority groups.

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Disclaimer

Work published within the Review does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Australian

Psychological Society. Whilst the APS supports the work of the Gay and Lesbian Issues and Psychology

Interest Group, it also adheres to its own standards for practice and research that may at times conflict

with those of the Review.

Gay and Lesbian Issues and Psychology Review

Volume 1

Number 1

Contents

Editorial: Lesbian and gay psychology in Australia in 2005

Damien W. Riggs

Articles

Telling stories: Women’s accounts of identifying as lesbians

Jane Edwards

Pink, lavender and grey: Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex ageing in

Australian gerontology

Jo Harrison

Language potentials and gender ambiguity: Transgenderism and social work

Jasmin K. Miller

The importance of out-group acceptance in addition to in-group support in predicting

the well-being of same-sex attracted youth

Sharon Dane

Field Notes

Let us listen well: 13 th General Synod of the Anglican Church

Peter Burke

Book Reviews

Lesbian ex-lovers

Heidi Jansen

Calls for Papers

Lesbian & Gay Psychology Review: LGBTI families & parenting

Gay & Lesbian Issues and Psychology Review: 30 years on

WorldPride 2005: Jerusalem

Gay & Lesbian Issues and Psychology Review, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2005

EDITORIAL: LESBIAN AND GAY PSYCHOLOGY IN AUSTRALIA IN 2005

DAMIEN W. RIGGS

heterosexual) individuals, researchers focusing

on other sexual minority groups are still

developing their position both within the

academy and out. The Review thus hopes to

address this by encouraging the publication of

research and theory that seeks to speak to this

imbalance, and which also challenges the

normative status of whiteness within the area of

lesbian and gay psychology itself. We are also

wary of simply ‘adding on’ other sexual

minorities to our title (e.g., LGBTI psychology).

Whilst this has been successfully achieved in

other publications (e.g., Clarke & Peel,

forthcoming), we have yet to see whether this

will be the case in Australia. Our feeling is one of

optimism in this regard, but we are hesitant to

claim the title ‘LGBTI psychology’ before we

have actually witnessed successful attention

being paid to the multiple communities that

come under this term in Australia.

I begin this first issue of the Gay and Lesbian

Issues and Psychology Review by acknowledging

the sovereignty of the many Indigenous Nations

upon whose land we all live in Australia. In

doing so, I draw attention to the fact that

Indigenous/non-indigenous relations in Australia

demonstrate the ‘unfinished business’ of

Reconciliation that continues to shape the nation

(Moreton-Robinson, 2000). Readers and

contributors to the Review are thus encouraged

to be mindful of the ongoing histories of

colonisation of which we are all a part, whether

this be through unearned privilege or

experiences of oppression. Talking about the

issues that sexual minority groups face should

thus always take into consideration the

intersections of race, sexuality, gender and class

to name but a few. To do otherwise runs the

risk of perpetuating a particular (white) way of

looking at the world (Riggs, in-press).

In regards to our remit, we welcome papers

from a wide range of disciplines, and the word

‘psychology’ in the title should not be taken as

an a priori requirement of papers published in

the Review. We particularly invite research that

is critical of psychology and its relation to LGBTI

communities, and which seeks to explore

alternate means of understanding such

communities.

I would like to offer thanks to the Gay and

Lesbian Issues and Psychology Interest Group

for supporting this initiative, and to the wide

range of academics, researchers, policy makers,

activists and other committed individuals who

have taken the time to make the Review happen

through their contributions, suggestions and

support. In particular thanks must go to Graeme

Kane, the Editor of our previous publication GLIP

News, and to our National Convenor, Gordon

Walker, for continuing to support research on

lesbian and gay psychology in Australia.

So what do we think lesbian and gay psychology

might look like in Australia in 2005 and in the

future? We hope that sufficient attention has

now been paid to ‘proving the normality’ of

LGBTI individuals, and in producing research

that compares heterosexual and non-

heterosexual individuals. Whilst there may still at

times be utility in such approaches, we

encourage research that explores the

experiences of LGBTI communities and

individuals in their own rights, and which seeks

to prioritise the values, morals and experiences

of such communities and individuals. We have

made a step towards this in out recent

publication Out in the Antipodes (Riggs &

Walker, 2004), and were very glad to have

received such a resoundingly positive response

to this research agenda.

It is important here to spend some time talking

about terminology. I have already had several

people challenge me as to the title of the

Review, and as to its remit of looking at lesbian

and gay psychology. Without wanting to explain

away these important challenges, the reasoning

behind the title is simple: it reflects the title of

the Interest Group that supports this publication.

As to the phrase ‘lesbian and gay psychology’,

our decision to use this term reflects a broader

trend within research worldwide (e.g., Coyle &

Kitzinger, 2002). Whilst it is acknowledged that

there exists a much broader range of sexual

identities outside those of lesbian and gay (and

RIGGS: EDITORIAL

We of course welcome research that explores

LGBTI issues from outside of Australia. We hope

that the Review will provide a space for

researchers in Australia to share their work, and

also for international scholars, activists and

policy makers to contribute to exploring the

possibilities that lesbian and gay psychology may

create. Our focus on Australia is thus not

exclusive, but is mindful of the specificities of

LGBTI experiences in all countries, and thus we

seek to explore these specificities in greater

detail.

with transgender individuals. Miller importantly

outlines the limitations (and potential

oppressions) that arise from assuming a medical

model when working with transgender clients.

She instead proposes that social workers need

to work as ‘helpers’ with transgender clients to

achieve goals.

In the final article of this issue, Sharon Dane

contributes significantly to the literature on

same-sex attracted youth by exploring the

hypothesis that in addition to support from

same-sex attracted peers, same-sex attracted

young people may experience high levels of

support from their heterosexual friends and

associates. Obviously this has implications for

assumptions about the presumed to be a priori

support provided within lesbian and gay

communities, and draws attention to the

importance of working with ‘heterosexual allies’

to combat oppression.

Inside this issue

The papers in this first issue demonstrate the

exciting breadth and variety of research on

LGBTI communities in Australia. Ranging from

qualitative research on identity to theoretical

reviews of practice, from discussions of the

intersections of age and sexuality to quantitative

research that provides a comparative approach

to understanding intersecting identities. In

addition to this, we are also fortunate to have

field notes on the 13 th Anglican Synod and a

book review. Together, this first issue of the

Review demonstrates the commitment that

Australian researchers have made to publishing

research on LGBTI issues in this forum.

As a whole, these four articles demonstrate the

importance of exploring the specificities of

experience of LGBTI individuals, as well as

recognising the interactions between multiple

types of privilege and oppression.

Finally, it has been heartening to receive papers

from upcoming researchers, as well as those

more established within the field. We encourage

this mixing of experience and knowledge, and

hope that it has resulted in this first issue of the

Review being a valuable contribution to research

on lesbian and gay psychology in Australia.

In the lead article, Jane Edwards provides an

insightful elaboration of women’s experiences of

coming out as lesbians. The narratives analysed

in Edwards article demonstrate some of the

limitations that arise from using stage models to

understand lesbian identities, and instead point

towards the importance of understanding the

specificities of lesbian experiences, rather than

simply presuming them to be ‘all the same’, or

‘just like’ those of gay men.

References

Clarke, V. & Peel, E. (Eds.) (forthcoming). Out in

psychology: Lesbian, gay, bisexual,

transgender and queer perspectives. Wiley.

Coyle, A. & Kitzinger, C. (2002). Lesbian & gay

psychology: New perspectives. Oxford: BPS

Blackwell.

Riggs, D.W. (in-press). Possessive investments

at the intersection of gender, race and

sexuality: Lesbian and gay rights in the

context of Indigenous sovereignty. Journal

of Australasian Studies.

Riggs, D.W. & Walker, G.A. (2004). Out in the

antipodes: Australian and New Zealand

perspectives on gay and lesbian issues in

psychology. Perth: Brightfire Press.

In her article on LGBTI ageing, Jo Harrison

demonstrates a useful comparative approach to

understanding the experiences of older LGBTI

individuals. Drawing on data collected both in

Australian and in the United States, Harrison

draws attention to the heternormativity that

often inheres to research in the area of

gerontology, and suggests that a continued

focus is required on practices of inclusion for

older LGBTI individuals.

Drawing on the field of social work, Jasmin Miller

outlines the possibility for social work practice

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