Ebook: Looking Queer: Body Image and Identity in Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, and Transgender Communities

Looking Queer: Body Image and Identity in Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, and Transgender Communities; Copyright; Contents; About the Editor; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Looking Queer; Section A: Women, Wimmin, Womyn; Part 1: Constructing Ourselves; Beauty Is a Beast; Living into My Body; Beauty Mandates and the Appearance Obsession: Are Lesbians Any Better Off?; Resistance and Reinscription: Sexual Identity and Body Image Among Lesbian and Bisexual Women; Contradictions of the Spirit: Theories and Realities of Lesbian Body Image.;Looking Queer: Body Image in Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, and Transgender Communities contains research, firsthand accounts, poetry, theory, and journalistic essays that address and outline the special needs of sexual minorities when dealing with eating disorders and appearance obsession. Looking Queer will give members of these communities hope, insight, and information into body image issues, helping you to accept and to love your body. In addition, scholars, health care professionals, and body image activists will not only learn about queer experiences and identity and how they affect individual.