This set has an ambitious scope with the goal of offering the most up-to-date international overview of key issues in the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals. HIV/AIDS has been a major media focus, but this set fosters a broader understanding of the status of LGBT individuals in their society.

"[A] unique reference that tackles important and controversial issues and does so worldwide. . . . The Greenwood Encyclopedia of LGBT Issues Worldwide consolidates and provides information not easily found elsewhere and does readers a valuable service by adding to our knowledge and awareness of LGBT issues and concerns. It does so in an easily accessible fashion that will have equal appeal to lay readers, high school students, and undergraduates." - Against the Grain"This set will be useful for high school and undergraduate libraries and for public libraries with patrons interested in global LGBT issues. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates; general readers." - Choice

Chuck Stewart is a dynamic independent scholar specializing in Queer Studies. Among other works, he is the author of Gay and Lesbian Issues: A Contemporary Resource (2003) and Homosexuality and the Law (2001).