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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues

National Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues

• National Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues

All Children Matter: How Legal and Social Inequalities Hurt LGBT Families (new October 25, 2011)

• Report and Resources

Factsheets, Curricula, and Policy Papers

• NASW Calls Upon Social Workers to Speak Out Against Bullying (10/22/2010)
• Definitions:  A Primer (July 2011)
• “Just the Facts” – Sexual Orientation and Youth:  A Primer for  Principles, Educators, and School Personnel
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Out of Home Youth Project Resources 

Amicus Briefs and Legal Articles

• Perry v. Schwarzenegger and other NASW Amicus Briefs
• Legal Developments in LGBT Family Rights (NASW LDF Article, September 2011)
• Provider Refusal and Conscience Clause Controversies (NASW LDF Article, June 2011)

Advocacy

• Gender Identity Disorder and the DSM (5/18/2010)
• International Human Rights for LGBT Persons  
• Overview of Same Sex Marriage in the United States: the Struggle for Civil Rights and Equality  (6/20/05)

NASW Publications

• NASW Standards for Cultural Competence in Social Work Practice
• Effects of Conservative Religion on Lesbian and Gay Clients and Practitioners, Practice Implications
• Affirmative Practice, Understanding and Working with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons (2003, NASW Press) 
• NASW Code of Ethics

NASW Webinars

• Social Workers and Family law Issues for Same-Sex Couples (1.5 CE credit available, October 2011)

Profiles and LGBT Month

• 2011 LGBT Pride Month Celebration
• 2010 LGBT Pride Month Celebration
• 2009 LBGT Pride Month Celebration

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