Introduction
PART ONE: GENDER PRACTICES AND IDENTITIES
Transgender (Trans) - Living a different gender from that assigned
at birth
Intersex / Diversity of Sexual Development (DSD)
Cisgender - Living in the gender assigned at birth
Further Genders
PART TWO: SEXUALITY: PRACTICES AND IDENTITIES
Bondage and Discipline, Dominance and Submission, and Sadomasochism
(BDSM) / Kink
Asexuality
Bisexuality
Lesbian and Gay sexuality
Heterosexuality
Cross-dressing
Further Sexualities
PART THREE: RELATIONSHIP STRUCTURES
Monogamy
Non-monogamy
Meg-John Barker is the author of a number of popular books on sex, gender, and relationships, including Queer: A Graphic History, Gender: A Graphic Guide, How To Understand Your Gender, Life Isn’t Binary, Enjoy Sex (How, When, and IF You Want To), Rewriting the Rules, The Psychology of Sex, and The Secrets of Enduring Love. They have also written a number of books for scholars and counsellors on these topics, drawing on their own research and therapeutic practice. Websites: rewriting-the-rules.com, megjohnandjustin.com. Twitter: @megjohnbarker, Instagram: @meg_john_barker.
A cogent, carefully crafted and comprehensive introduction to
the complexities of genders, sexualities and relationships which
challenges our assumptions about normality and difference,
refreshingly including heterosexuality, asexuality and BDSM
alongside LGB and T*.
*Dominic Davies*
I would urge any training organisation in counselling and
psychotherapy to make this book compulsory reading for all their
students and I would extend this invitation to anyone working with
sexuality in their clinical practice. This is a timely and much
needed exploration of sexuality, gender and relationship and their
intersections.
*Olivier Cormier-Otaño*
Filling an enormous void in the literature, this book teaches
health professionals the essentials of cultural sensitivity when
working with issues of sexuality and gender.
*Charles Moser, PhD,MD.*
A lucidly written "one stop shop" counselling primer on
transgender, transvestism, intersex, gay and lesbian, bisexuality,
asexuality, bondage, adult/baby role play, monogamy yes/no, and
even heterosexuality. Although limited to 220 pages, it manages to
convey a learned, sensible, empathic, client-oriented perspective
for each group.
*Richard Green MD JD FRCPsych*
This book gives even-handed, clear-eyed and above all thoroughly
practical advice to anyone seeking to better understand these
client groups.
*Dr James Barrett*
Richards and Barker provide a very readable and
practitioner-friendly overview of practices and identities related
to gender and sexuality. They also offer a separate section on
relationship structures that includes monogamy and non-monogamy. By
taking us through the key terms, common practices, major concerns,
group norms and situating groups within a wider social context,
each chapter offers a wealth of knowledge for the novice
psychologist, the seasoned therapist, and the many of us in
between. The book not only offers insights, reflection points and
guidelines related to working therapeutically with sexual and
gender minority clients, but also provides us with the contemporary
language of gender and sexuality (and a wholesome glossary, from
24/7 to yiff!).
*Rashan das Nair*
This book is a courageous attempt at setting out a rational, sane,
informative and reflective discourse in the otherwise highly
charged and heated debates occupying gender and sexual minority
patients, their communities, and the professionals working with
them... It is to their credit that the authors have taken a bold
step in the literature to update the field and to attempt a
normalization of variant genders and sexualities, greying what was
previously pathological pink or ragingly red protest.
*Previn Karian*
Christina Richards and Meg Barker′s book Sexuality and Gender is
more than just an excellent practical guide, it is a social
document of its time and as such its appeal will easily extend
beyond the target audience of mental health professionals into
other disciplines such as Sociology and Cultural studies along with
those areas of therapeutic practice that may be resistant to the
label of Mental Health Professional. Even if you are unlikely to
have an LBGT client I would encourage all therapists or people in
helping professions to read this book as it raises so many
interesting questions about sexuality, gender and relationship
structures in general that makes you realise that nothing can be
taken for granted and if nothing else you will be able to
re-examine the notion of heterosexuality as a spectrum of
possibilities in ways you probably hadn’t thought of yet.
*Paul Smith Pickard*
The book is written by Christina Richards and Meg Parker, both
authors with solid and broad knowledge in the field. The book
addresses a variety of professionals who come into contact with
issues of sexuality, gender and identity in their practice as
therapists, counselors or psychologists. However, they mention
strangely not the book as a possible pedagogical element or for
educators as a target audience. But it is with these eyes I mainly
read it. And I rejoiced many times! The book is really an addition
and fills a void in basic knowledge and not at least in the
attitude within the profession at large... I came back several
times to the realization that the book could (should) be used in so
many different ways and at different levels, from elementary
education, early psychology programs, to more advanced and applied
level, to training for working professionals. One can find
different aspects for different purposes, and read the book with
new insights, Which is a strength. In short, a book that i will
use, as an educator!
*Ingela Steij Stålbrand, PhD and senior lecturer in Psychology
(sexology and gerontology), Lund University, Sweden*
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