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Shelby Kinnin

Professor Dunham

Eng 1201

24 June 2019

Annotated Bibliography

Bergner, Daniel. “The Struggles of Rejecting The Gender Binary.” The New York Times , 4 June

2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/06/04/magazine/gender-

nonbinary.html?rref=collection/timestopic/Homosexuality.

The article titled, “The Struggles of Rejecting the Gender Binary.” Is an article from the

New York Times and was written by Daniel Bergner. This article goes into detail about a non-

binary person going through therapy and trying to figure out who exactly they are. It shows the

struggle of being in the community and even shows how some people including family have no

idea how to help. It also shows how mental health relates to a person in this community. This

article goes into depth about specifically non-binary people and Salem’s struggle with mental

health.

The purpose of this article is to give insight into the mind of a non-binary person and

their day to day struggles with acceptance and mental health. The audience for this article could

be for non-binary people themselves or for people wanting to know more about them. This

article was made in June of this year, so it has very new and relevant information at this point in

time. The author of this article seems to be very credible and has written many books not

necessarily over this topic but non-fiction pieces. Also, in the article it gives links to other

sources where he found other bits of information.

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This article will be a great addition to my research essay because it gives direct

information from a person in the community that has a mental illness. Along with just sharing

information about Salem the article gives information about other non-binary people and also

talks about the therapist Salem has who is also a part of the community. I can implement this by

talking about how mental illness has affected them all.

Huegel, Kelly. LGBTQ: the Survival Guide for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and

Questioning Teens. Free Spirit Publishing Inc., 2018.

The book titled LGBTQ: the Survival Guide for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender,

and Questioning Teens written by Kelly Huegel is a book that gives insight into being a part of

this community and gives information in what exactly it is. It’s more of a self-help or support

book similar to the other guide I read. It talks about many topics like relationships, sex, coming

out, schools, and mental health. It gives many tips on how to deal with stress and other mental

health problems and gives information to hotlines if a person may need it. It also gives statistics

of the rate of mental health in this community and why it is that way.

The purpose of this book is to give teens a resource to learn about this community and to

also see if you could be a part of it while also giving insight into what happens or happened in

the community. This is a book more towards the audience of teenagers but could be read by

anyone that wants to learn more about this topic. This book was recently updated and revised in

2018 so it has very recent and relevant information. The author of this book seems to be a heavy

supporter of this community and has written many articles and books over this subject. There

also is a bibliography in the back of the book showing all the sources and showing that it is

credible information.
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This book will be of great help in writing my report. It gives information about mental

health issues in the community and also gives more information about the community that was

unknown to me. I can implement the information into my report by talking about the stress of

finding out if a person is a part of the community and the stress they go under after coming out. I

can also talk about how they can help themselves and their community by sharing resources that

can help them.

Jenco, Melissa. “Studies: LGBTQ Youths Have Higher Rates of Mental Health Issues,

Abuse.” AAP Gateway, 5 June 2019,

www.aappublications.org/news/2018/04/16/lgbtq041618.

The article “Studies: LGBTQ Youths Have Higher Rates of Mental health Issues, Abuse”

was written by Melissa Jenco. This article was mostly to give statistics about mental health

compared to the LGBTQ community. For the majority of the article it talks about transgender

people and how it affects them. It also stated that people who are not a part of this community

are less likely to have mental disorders like depression and anxiety or even attention deficiency

disorders. Along with that it said that children and teens can face many adversities which can

result in mental health problems.

The purpose of this article was to give information about the similarities and differences

in people in the community and out of it. Along with that though it spoke about how many

people, especially pediatric doctors need to be more cautious and be greatly accepting towards

people who are LGBTQ. If they are not it can negatively affect a person’s childhood resulting in

many mental disorders or illnesses. This article is more geared towards a researcher or an older

audience but can be read by anyone who is wanting to know information like this. The author
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seems to be credible. She has written many articles relating to the health of children and seems to

want to help them in any way she can. The article also had sources within it and at the end which

made it more credible in the sense that you could find where it originally came from.

The article seems to give enough information so it will help answer my question for my

research topic. How I can implement this information is to show the statistics given. I can also

show how a safe and comforting environment can affect a person’s mental health which will also

help solve my question. Along with those points in can show that a person who does not have as

many adversities would have less issues to deal with which can lead to less mental health issues.

This is not always the case though because some people are born with a mental illness, not born

into it.

Langford, Jo. Pride Guide: a Guide to Sexual and Social Health for LGBTQ Youth. Rowman &

Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2018.

This book titled, Pride Guide: a Guide to Sexual and Social Health for LGBTQ youth,

was written by Jo Langford. This book mostly talks about the different identities and gives

insight into the community and what people face while in this community. It also talks about the

side effects of being in the community and how to help cope with those problems. It states that

many people suffer from mental health problems, homelessness, abandonment, substance abuse

and many other issues.

The purpose of this book was to help people finding out that they could be a part of the

community and to give resources to help them know that it is ok. The audience is mostly for

people wanting to know more information like teens, younger adults, and even parents. This

book is very new, it was created in 2018. This means that it is very relevant and has updated
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information about the community. Jo Langford is very well read over the topic about sexual

health along with social health and has written many books over this subject. This source is very

reliable and also has many sources shown in the back of the book which shows where the

information in the book came from.

This book will help me in answering my research topic because it gives me more

information about the LGBTQ community and how being in it effects their mental health. This

book gives information in how being oppressed effects a person along with hate. I can implement

this information because it gives statistics and other helpful information.

Martin, Jennifer, et al. “Impacts of Regulatory Processes on the Experiences of Carers of People

in LGBTQ Communities Living with Mental Illness or Experiencing a Mental Health

Crisis.” Social Science & Medicine, vol. 230, June 2019, pp. 30–36. EBSCOhost,

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.03.043.

This educational article which I found through EBSCOhost was written by Jennifer

Martin and is titled, “Impacts of Regulatory Processes on the Experiences of Carers of People in

LGBTQ Communities Living with Mental Illness or Experiencing a Mental Health Crisis.”. This

article goes into great deal over careers and how being a part of the LGBTQ community can

greatly affect them in getting jobs or keeping them because of harassment or homophobia. Going

into that it also talks about how mental health affects them in keeping jobs or getting them.

Along with that it goes into detail about the laws they have in Australia that is about mental

health.

The purpose of this article is to give insight into careers in the LGBTQ community and

how mental health can affect them in receiving jobs or getting them along with just being a part

of the community. The audience would be for students or researchers because it gives statistics
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and other information that could help in a learning experience. The author is reliable because she

is knowledgeable in the field of mental health and has been for several years. She has written

many articles over the subject. This source is also reliable because it gives sources of where the

information came from along with giving direct information from a study that they did.

This article will be perfect for my research topic because it helps show the affects of

mental health in the LGBTQ community which is the question I am trying to answer. I can use

this article in my research because it goes into detail about the careers people have and how long

they keep them. It can also show how different illnesses affect a person differently.

Takenaga, Lara. “'It's Binding or Suicide': Transgender and Non-Binary Readers Share Their

Experiences with Chest Binders.” The New York Times , 17 June 2019,

www.nytimes.com/2019/06/17/reader-center/chest-

binding.html?rref=collection/timestopic/Homosexuality.

The article “'It's Binding or Suicide': Transgender and Non-Binary Readers Share Their

Experiences with Chest Binders.”, written by Lara Takenaga walks about many things relating to

the LGBTQ community and mental health. In this article it gives direct insight from people with

experiences with chest binding and how it has helped them cope along with to an extent making

them in worse health. This is similar to an interview in a way because the people who are

answering these questions have shared personal information about their lives. It also shows how

binding can help with their mental health but can worsen their physical. But the consequence of

not binding can result in self harm, worsened dysphoria, and for some even suicide.

The purpose of this article is to show what a transgender or non-binary person must go

through while chest binding. They may have to chest bind for a long time before they can receive

top surgery, or they may forever have to bind if top surgery is not an option for them. This article
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seems to be geared towards a somewhat older audience because it goes into detail about the

persons mental health but can also be good for research. The author Lara Takenaga seems to be a

reliable author, she has been an editor for the New York Times for a while and has written many

debatable topics over the years. This article seems to be reliable in the fact that it gives direct

quotes from a person who has experienced chest binding.

This will help me in my research topic because it gives direct quotes from people who

have experienced a struggle either physically or mentally while being in the LGBTQ community.

I can implement this by explaining the harms of chest binding but how it is the only thing that

can mental help a person struggling with dysphoria.

White, Arielle E., et al. “LGBTQ Adolescents’ Positive and Negative Emotions and Experiences

in U.S. High Schools.” Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, no. 9-10, 2018, p.

594. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1007/s11199-017-0885-1.

The educational article which I found through EBSCOhost is titled, “LGBTQ

Adolescents’ Positive and Negative Emotions and Experiences in U.S. High Schools.” This was

written by Arielle White and the basis of this article is to compare non-LGBTQ students to

LGBTQ students in how they felt at school and how their social and physical lives were in

school. It also goes into detail about mental health and how students in the community have

higher rates of mental health issues and schooling issues whether that be because of bullying,

home life, or any other problems they may have.

The purpose of this article is to share insight into the education system in America and

how they are helping or hurting their students. It also shows that students in the community are

less likely to enjoy school than their other peers for a multitude of reasons. This seems like it
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would be intended for a more adult audience because of the way things are worded but can be

read by anyone who is need of research over this topic. The author of the article also seems

credible because she has studied psychology and seems to know a lot of information about

students.

This will help me in my research because it gives me a younger age range of people in

the community and shares what they have to go through and how they deal with it. It also shows

the types of mental disorders or issues they go through which will help with the research as well.

I can implement this by comparing the age ranges of LGBTQ individuals and how they deal with

this problems.