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In Becoming Gay, Dr. Richard Isay draws on the varied experiences of his patients and his own odyssey to explore and illuminate the path from private acknowledgment of homosexual longings to open expression of a gay identity.
With unwavering candor and piercing insight, Isay examines the crucial role sexual identity plays in all stages of human development and the debilitating burden of adopting an identity at odds with one's true nature. His study takes him from the developmental crises of homosexual adolescents to the complex dilemma of homosexual men married to women and the often astonishing effects of HIV and AIDS on the psychological growth of both those afflicted and those who will survive them.
Written out of a deeply personal commitment and understanding, Becoming Gay is a timely, profoundly important account of what it means to live authentically, and a revelation of the harm done by those who would stigmatize the gay community for doing so.
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Becoming gay: the journey to self-acceptance
2009, Vintage Books
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Becoming gay: the journey to self acceptance
1997, Henry Holt
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Becoming gay: the journey to self acceptance
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The importance of living authentically—accepting one’s homosexuality and embracing a positive gay identity—is at the heart of Dr. Richard Isay’s powerful work on the psychological development of gay men. In the candid language of personal case histories, including his own, Isay shows how disguising one’s sexual identity can induce anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem. He looks at the dilemma of gay men who are closeting in heterosexual marriages as well as at the specific concerns of adolescents, older men, and those confronted with HIV or AIDS. Isay exposes the tenacity with which psychoanalysis has clung to outdated views of homosexuality. Becoming Gay offers great insight for students of psychology, gender studies, and sociology.
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