Professional Reflection & Literature Review on LGBTQA+ sexual behavior: 20% of y

Professional Reflection & Literature Review on LGBTQA+ sexual behavior:
20% of your grade.
This assignment is focused on “Am I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence” by
Marion Dane Bauer.
Throughout this course you are learning and unlearning
information relative to the field of Human Sexual Behavior. Most of the informaton that
exisits prior to the last few years is heteronormative, cisnormative and biased with
regards to members of the LGBTQA+ community.
You will explore both the stories in the
book, how they relate to the two other class text books and to research as well as modern
day applications.
This assignment has 3 parts:
Part 1: A reflection of the book “Am I Blue” that addresses your thoughts,
feelings, related bias and addresses at least 4 specific vignettes from the book. You are
expected to explore your early learnings or opinions on the topic and how that has
adapted and changed (either because of your own lived experience or due to this course).
You must also use the course textbooks to connect course content to the vignettes you
choose. This section should reference the Caroll and Stombler text at least twice. This
section should 2-3 pages (min/max).
Part 2: For one of those vignettes, find 3 scholarly articles related to LGBTQA+
identities and the vignette’s topic (for example, you may choose to look at coming out as
it pertains to LGBTQA+ student athletes; you may choose to look at research on an
aspect of LGBTQA+ parenting; LGBTQA+ specific bullying, etc.) Complete a literature
review of the 3 articles. Your first paragraph should be a standard literature review. Your
second paragraph should link the article to the vignette and class content. This section
should be 2-3 pages (min/max).
Part 3: Find 3 relevant (within the past 3 years) news articles, blogs, media or
stories that relate to the vignette you chose. For example, if you chose the story about the
runner, you should be looking for 3 relevant resources related to LGBTQA+ athletes
today. Synthesize the resources you chose and connect them to the person in the story.
For example: How might the person in the story be affected by today’s policies, media,
reporting, recent research, etc. This section should be 2-3 pages (min/max).
In total your paper should be 6-9 pages (min/max)
Important: Each paper must be typewritten and follow APA formatting
including a title page, running head, abstract and citations listed correctly.