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sexual minority persons. Previous guidelines on psychological prac-tice with lesbian, gay, and bisexual clients have been used nationally and internationally in practice, training, and to inform public policy. APA’s Office on Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity have trans - lated previous versions of guidelines into Arabic, Chinese, Czech,
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This article provides an executive summary of the American Psychological Association (APA)-approved Guidelines for Psychological Practice With Sexual Minority Persons (American Psychological Association, APA Task Force on Psychological Practice with Sexual Minority Persons, 2021).
- Use of “Homosexual”
- Use of “Homosexuality”
- Differentiation of Sexual Orientation from Sexual Behavior
- Description of Sexual Behavior
- Description of Marital Status
Problematic: The sample consisted of 200 adolescent homosexuals. Preferred: The sample consisted of 200 gay male adolescents. The sample consisted of 100 gay male adolescents and 100 lesbian female adolescents. The sample consisted of 80 gay male adolescents, 95 lesbian female adolescents, and 25 pansexual gender-fluid adolescents. Comment:Avoid us...
Problematic: Participants were asked about their homosexuality. Preferred: Participants were asked about the experience of being a lesbian woman or a gay man. Participants were asked about their experience of their sexual orientation. Comment:Avoid the label “homosexuality,” which has been and continues to be associated with negative stereotypes, p...
Problematic: The women reported lesbian sexual fantasies. Preferred: The women reported female–female sexual fantasies. Comment:Avoid confusing lesbian orientation with specific sexual behaviors.
Problematic: participants who had engaged in sexual intercourse Preferred: participants who had in engaged in penile–vaginal intercourse participants who had sex with another person Comment:The first preferred example specifies the kind of sexual activity, if penile–vaginal intercourse is what is meant. The second preferred example avoids the assum...
Problematic: Ten participants were married, and five were single. Preferred: Ten participants were married and living together, four were unmarried and living with partners, and one was unmarried and living alone. Comment:The preferred example increases specificity and acknowledges that legal marriage is only one form of committed relationship. Mar...
95 Categories of sexual orientation typically have included attraction to members of one's own sex (gay 96 men or lesbians), attraction to members of the other sex (heterosexuals), and attraction to members of
The research on SOCE published since APA’s (2009) task force report and resolution has continued to support the conclusions that former participants in SOCE look back on those experiences as harmful to them and that there is no evidence of sexual orientation change.
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Sexual minority persons are a diverse population inclusive of lesbian, gay, bi+ (e.g., bisexual, pansexual, queer, fluid), and asexual sexual orientations. The Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Sexual Minority Persons provide psychologists with: (1) a frame of reference for affirmative psychological practice (e.g., intervention ...
