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Arlene (Ari) Istar Lev
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Fronts by Jess Wells (Ed.), Arlene Istar Lev (Contributor)
From magazine covers to
the U.S. Senate floor, gay and lesbian parenting has been one of
the most hotly debated issues of the past few years. Is it right?
Is it good for the children? Until now these have been the
questions asked primarily by conservative politicians and
fundamentalist religious zealots. But what of the issues existing
among gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender individuals
themselves? Is it the rosy picture of perfect health and happy
families we have been led to believe? Jess Wells, parent and
author of Lesbians Raising Sons, has invited a host of alternative
family advocates to explore the truths that are not always easy to
examine: Suzie Bright discusses the naiveté that lesbians have
brought to their parenting; Loree Cook-Daniels levels an explosive
indictment of the conditions under which transgender people are
forced to parent; James Johnstone recounts the trials and
tribulations of being a donor dad; Rachel Pepper charges lesbians
with villainizing the biological mother in custody cases; Amity
Pierce Buxton examines the process of parenting with hostile
heterosexual ex-spouses; Cindy Rizzo explores the pain and
confusion of custody and divorce; Tzivia Gover investigates the
readiness of sperm banks to deal with the pending generation of
"willing-to-be-known donors" and the reunions with their
offspring. The result is a hard-hitting, controversial critique of
the state of gay and lesbian parenting.
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Home," by Arlene Istar Lev
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Biography
Arlene Istar Lev CSW-R, CASAC is a family
therapist who specializes in working lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgendered people and their families. Haworth Press will
publish her book Transgender Emergence in 2002. She is the founder
of Choices Counseling and Consulting which has been serving
theAlbany, New York, Capital District since 1986.
Choices serves women and men, individuals,
couples, and families, lesbian, gay, bisexual, heterosexual and
transgender clients. Arlene works within a feminist family
systems and empowerment modality and is trained in numerous
psychotherapeutic and psychospiritual arts, specializing in sexual
and gender identity, trauma recovery, addictions and parenting in
alternative families. She is the former Chair of the
NASW NYS Chapter, Lesbian and Gay Issues Committee (1986-1994) and
is on the adjunct faculties of SUNY Albany School of Social
Welfare and Vermont College of Norwich University.
In addition to her commitment to Choices, Arlene
is an educator, activist and published writer. Her column on
LGBT parenting can be accessed at: http://www.lesbianation.com/
and an article at: http://www.altfammag.com/
(click on issues links and scroll down to An Overview of Gay
and Lesbian Parenting).
She can be reached at
Choices Counseling and Consulting
321 Washington Ave.
Albany, NY, 12206
Phone: 518.463.9152
Email: istarlev@aol.com
Website: www.choicesconsulting.com
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Fields of Study
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LGBT Studies |
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Gender Studies |
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Eastern
Spirituality, Feminism, Parenting, Writing, Activism |
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Published Works
| (2000) It's the same -- only different. Mothering
Magazine, (January/February).
| (2000) Being
a Good Gender Therapist, Tapestry
#90
| (2000) Social
Work Embraces Transgender. Focus, NASW --NJ Chapter
Newsletter (February) (with Barry Moore).
| (2000) Social
Work Embraces Transgender. APA Division 44 Newsletter
(May) (with Barry Moore).
| (2000) No Place Like Home: In Jess Wells
(Ed.) HomeFronts:
Controversies in the Nontraditional Parenting Community LA:
Alyson Publications.
| (1999) Sexual assault in the Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual and Transgendered Communities (with Sundance Lev).
In. Joan C. McClennen and J. Gunther (Eds.) A
Professional Guide to Understanding Gay and Lesbian Domestic
Violence: Understanding Practice Interventions.
Lewiston NY:Edwin Mellen Press, 35-62.
| (1999) Being
a Good Gender Therapist in American Boys Conference
Materials (February). The
American Boyz True Spirit Conference.
| (1998) Lesbian
and Gay Parenting in Alternative Family Magazine,
Van Nuys, CA. (November).
| (1998) Invisible Genders in In
the Family Magazine, Takoma Park, MD (November).
| (1998) Infertility
in Lambda Family Circle, Albany, NY (November).
| (1998) Feminism
and Mental Illness in Women's Building News (May).
| (1996) Couple Assessment: Identifying and
Intervening in Domestic Violence in Lesbian Relationships, in Violence
in Lesbian and Gay Partnerships, Claire Renzetti and
Charles Harvey Miley (Eds.) and the Journal of Lesbian and Gay
Social Services, Haworth Press, N.Y. 4 (1). |
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Professional Columns
Creative Writing
| (2000) Unfinished
Business in Visibilities Magazine.
| (1999) Covenant. in Recreations:
Religion and Spirituality in the Lives of Queer People, Catherine
Lake (Ed.). Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Queer
Press,136-139.
| (1996) Baby Butch, in Early
Embraces, Lindsey Elder (Ed.), LA: Alyson
Publications.
| (1994) The Largest Onion in The
Next Step, Jean Swallow (Ed.), LA: Alyson
Publications.
| (1992) Femme-Dyke in The
Persistent Desire, Joan Nestle (Ed.), LA: Alyson
Publication.
| (1985) The Healing Comes Slowly in Naming
the Violence, Kerry Lobel (Ed.) Seattle: Seal
Press. |
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Current Projects
| I am writing a book called Transgender
Emergence: Counseling Gender Variant People and Their
Families. |
| I write an advise column for Proud
Parenting Magazine and another column on queer parenting for www.lesbianation.com |
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