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Mlgpa News (December 2001), Mark Sullivan Dec 2001

Mlgpa News (December 2001), Mark Sullivan

MLGPA news (1996-2004)

No abstract provided.


Mlgpa News (September 2001), David Garrity Sep 2001

Mlgpa News (September 2001), David Garrity

MLGPA news (1996-2004)

No abstract provided.


Family Members Of Gays And Lesbians Attitudes Toward Homosexuality, Diane M. Jorgensen Jun 2001

Family Members Of Gays And Lesbians Attitudes Toward Homosexuality, Diane M. Jorgensen

Theses and Graduate Projects

Homophobic attitudes are detrimental to the safety and well-being of gays and lesbians. To determine how attitudes in family members of gays and lesbians are formed, how they change, and what effect having a gay or lesbian family member has on attitudes toward homosexuality, 10 Central Minnesota parents of gays and lesbians were interviewed. Results were related to theories of social deviance, social construction, and cognitive dissonance. Findings indicate parents' initial attitudes were influenced by societal institutions, parents changed their attitudes out of love for their children, and attitudes were changed through research and membership in parent support groups. As …


Mlgpa News (June 2001), David Garrity Jun 2001

Mlgpa News (June 2001), David Garrity

MLGPA news (1996-2004)

No abstract provided.


Recruit, Recruit, Recruit: Organizing Benefits For Employees With Unmarried Families, Polly Thistlethwaite Jan 2001

Recruit, Recruit, Recruit: Organizing Benefits For Employees With Unmarried Families, Polly Thistlethwaite

Publications and Research

This article argues that librarians should work to adopt domestic partner benefits for employees in unmarried same- and opposite-sex couples given the inequities in compensation manifest in their absence. It provides new information about the domestic partner practices of Tier 1 and Tier 2 institutions based on a spring/fall 2000 telephone survey. The article includes an outline of actions to institute domestic partner benefits in university settings.