Talking It Over: Understanding Sexual Diversity - Softcover

Kay Mehl Miller

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0965864014 ISBN 13: 9780965864015

Publisher: Word & Quill Pr, 2001

Synopsis

Talking It Over: Understanding Sexual Diversity is a mother's story of recognizing and overcoming homophobia and a professional writer's published columns on gay and lesbian issues. Kay Mehl Miller is both mother and columnist, using her own experiences as parent of a gay son and as a trained therapist and scholar to illuminate how homophobia affects the individual, the family, and society. Talking It Over is a well-written and thoughtful work.

About this title

About the Author:

Kay Mehl Miller taught school for 15 years in Hawaii. In 1984 she earned a master of education degree in counseling and guidance and opened a private practice. She primarily worked with people who abused substances and women who were abused. With a fellow therapist, Kay designed and taught a course in women's anger. In 1992 she received a doctorate in psychology from Saybrook University in San Francisco under her given name of Kathryn. . A member of PFLAG (Parents, Friends and Families of Lesbians and Gays), Kay is passionate and active in support of those seeking civil and human rights.

Review:

Kay brings to life personal and political aspects of loving her son and working for GLBT civil rights. -- PFLAGpole, Washington,D.C. Fall, 2001

Miller educates the public about sexual diversity and the issues that affect all of us, including self-acceptance, shame, and family --We The People, Santa Rosa, CA April, 2002.

About this edition

• Publisher: Word & Quill Pr
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0965864014
• ISBN 13: 9780965864015
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 303