CALL FOR ARTICLES
Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services:
Issues in Practice, Policy, and Research
Special Theme
Homophobic Bullying: Ending Violence
To be published concurrently as a
Haworth/Harrington Park Press monograph
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.
The following are provided as suggestive examples; articles need not be limited to these
areas:
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Litigation or policy formation relating to homophobic bullying
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Innovative and successful programs that effectively reduce anti-gay bullying
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Relationships, if any, between anti-discrimination policies and homophobic bullying
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Analysis of bullying programs which both specifically address LGBT bullying and
those which are more generic
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Anti-bullying and non-harassment educational policies, legal mandates, and schoolbased practices
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Cyberbullying and its impact on LGBT youth.
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Meta-analysis of surveys of reported bullying in schools
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Aiding communication between LGBT youth and their families, friends, and/or
allies to combat bullying
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Differences between bullying and homophobic bullying among young people
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Use of bullying and teasing in school sports
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The Olweus Bully Prevention Program and its impact on homophobic bullying
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The impact of non-discrimination policies on workplace bullying
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Masculinity, homophobia and violence
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Heteronormative school curriculum as a context for bullying
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Impact of homophobic violence on non-bullied LGBTQ youth
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Analysis of entertainment media (e.g., film, cartoons, music) in advancing or
redressing
homophobic bullying
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Legislation and homophobic bullying
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Agency among LGBT youth includes: Resisting and challenging homophobic
bullying
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Racial and minority ethnic communities confronting anti-gay bullying
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Anti-bullying efforts targeting elementary age children
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Religious groups in opposing anti-gay bullying programs and efforts
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Myths about bullying
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Relationship between home environment and bullying behavior
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Bullying and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
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South Park and other television or film venues for anti-gay bullying
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Use of theater to reduce anti-gay bullying
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Playgrounds as gender schools
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Same-sex attracted youth as bullies
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Relationship between social class and homophobic bullying
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School shootings and homophobia
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Non-gender conforming behavior and bullying
•d resisting (hetero)normative gender identities and anti-gay abuse
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Fifteen responses to "that's so gay!"
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Confronting bullying without naming it homophobia
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Function and dysfunctional coping strategies for homophobic bullying
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Cross-cultural analysis of homophobic harassment in schools
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Graffiti and other "below the radar" forms of bullying
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Suicidality and bullying
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"Bisexual Threat" and homophobic bullying
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Rural contexts for anti-gay violence
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Victim, victimizer, and onlooker: The psychology of homophobic bullying
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Sticking up for targeted kids: How to create safer schools
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Girls as bullies
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Effective training programs for adults workers with youth
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Reproducing gender hierarchies: performance and enforcement of bullying
behaviors
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Transgender bullying
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Support networks for bullies
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Bullying and mental health issues
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The politics of being bullied
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When the victimized become bullies
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Using the "Bully Pulpit:" National culture and anti-gay bullying
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Racial aspects of homophobic bullying
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"LGBT-hostile" organizations which support homophobic bullying
FORMAT: Manuscript length is approximately 25-40 pages (inclusive of references and
with a minimum of endnotes), double-spaced, with 12-point Courier font. Style for this
journal issue will be APA (American Psychological Association) format.
ARTICLE SUBMISSION DEADLINE: April 15, 2007
SUBMISSION INFORMATION: Before submitting an article, all potential contributors
must provide an abstract of their article or proposed article. Feedback will be provided
within 10 days. Only authors of editor-approved abstracts will be allowed to submit
articles that will then undergo prompt peer review. Copyright is transferred to The
Haworth Press.
A 150-250 abstract must be submitted as an electronic copy via a WORD attachment to
jglie@jtsears.com. The abstract includes: proposed article title; type of article ( e.g.,
research, practitioner-based, academic scholarship (non-research), personal essay, policyoriented, etc.); and a synoptic overview. Along with the abstract include complete postal
and electronic addresses of all authors with the contact author clearly noted. Abstracts
should be submitted no later than March 1, 2007.
Authors of approved abstracts must submit the complete article on or before April 15,
2007, along with the journal release form. Reviews will be completed within 30 days.
PUBLICATION DATE: To be published as: Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services
(2008).
ABOUT THE JOURNAL:
The Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services is a peer-reviewed journal promoting the
well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people in contemporary societies.
The journal is a forum for studying the connection between the public issues of
homophobia, heterosexism, and heteronormativity and the personal, day-to-day
experiences of people affected by these attitudes. It provides up-to-date research and
policy analysis for program administrators and supervisors, human behavior researchers,
social planners and policy specialists, community developers and organizers, case
managers, and direct service practitioners involved with LGBT communities. It also
serves as a valuable resource for the preparation of social workers, sociologists, and
educators. The journal is abstracted or indexed in more than 40 services, including
Psychological Abstracts, Educational Research Abstracts, EBSCOhost, Sociological
Abstracts, Social Service Abstracts, Google Scholar, SocIndex, and Social Work
Abstracts.
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ABOUT THE SPECIAL ISSUE EDITOR:
James T. Sears is Professor in the Graduate School at Penn State University and
specializes in research in lesbia bisexual, and transgender issues, curriculum studies, and
queer history. Sears' scholarship has appeared in a variety of peer-reviewed journals and
he is the author or editor of seventeen books, including his most recent, Behind the Mask
of the Mattachine. He is also the editor of the two-volume international encyclopedia,
Youth, Education, and Sexualities the Journal of LGBT Youth, as well as a Haworth
Press book program senior editor. Sears has taught in the departments of education,
sociology, women's studies, and the honors college at several universities, including
Harvard University, Trinity University, Indiana University, and the University of South
Carolina. He has also been a Research Fellow at Center for Feminist Studies at the
University of Southern California, a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar, a Research
Fellow at the University of Queensland, and a consultant for the J. Paul Getty Center for
Education and the Arts. More information can be found at www.jtsears.com
ABOUT THE PUBLISHER:
The Haworth Press, founded in 1978, is the premier publisher of books and journals on
LGBT issues as well as in a variety of other fields. The name was taken from the
township of Haworth in England, which was the home of the famous literary Brontë
sisters. For 2006, Haworth expects to publish over 230 journals and 100 original books.
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FURTHER INFORMATION AND TO SUBMIT ABSTRACT, CONTACT James T.
Sears, PhD: jglie@jtsears.com