Nothing to fix : medicalisation of sexual orientation and gender identity /

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Imprint:New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications India ; New Delhi : YODA Press, [2016].
Description:xxvi, 337 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Sexualities
Sexualities (Series).
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10939325
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Other authors / contributors:Narrain, Arvind, editor.
Chandran, Vinay, editor.
ISBN:9789351508908 (hardback : alk. paper)
9351508900 (hardback : alk. paper)
9789351509172 (ebook)
9789351509165 (epub)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Other form:Also available online: Nothing to fix. New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications, [2016] 9789351509172
Table of Contents:
  • It's not my job to tell you it's okay to be gay : medicalisation of homosexuality : a queer critique / Arvind Narrain and Vinay Chandran
  • Medical students : attitudes, knowledge, and perception of homosexuality in India / Bharath Reddy
  • Medical response to male same-sex sexuality in western India : an exploration of conversion treatments for homosexuality / Ketki Ranade
  • Mental health professionals : perspectives on lesbian women / Bina Fernandez
  • Sex change operation and feminising procedures for transgender women in India : current scenario and way forward / Venkatesan Chakrapani
  • Pendulous penises and couture clitorises : what medical men do to intersex infants / Mayur Suresh
  • A comparative study of homosexual and heterosexual men with respect to quality of life, substance use, and suicidality / Bharath Reddy
  • Validity of "ego-dystonicity" in homosexuality : an Indian perspective / Ami Sebastian Maroky, Shekhar Seshadri, Suresh Bada Math, C.R. Chandrashekar, Aswin Ratheesh, Biju Viswanath
  • Why should therapists be sensitive to sexual and gender nonconformity? / Radhika Chandiramani
  • A psychologist's journey to understanding sexual orientation / Lata Hemchand
  • Transgender and transsexual issues : clinical dilemmas and best-practice guidelines in mental health care / Vidya Sathyanarayanan and Poornima Bhola
  • Contexts of distress for LGBT people : a counsellor's guide / Vinay Chandran
  • Coming out to parents and friends : need and perspectives from parents of LGBT / Vinay Chandran
  • Religion and sexual orientation : reconciling faith with same-sex love / Vinay Chandran and Arvind Narrain
  • Section 377 and the medical establishment : changing the terms of the debate / Arvind Narrain
  • Human rights violations against the transgender community : a study of Kothi and Hijra sex workers in Bangalore, India / PUCL-K
  • Pushing the bundaries of transgender and intersex persons' rights : further resources.