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Becoming gay : the journey to self acceptance / Richard A. Isay.
LIBRA HQ76.2.U5 I83 1997
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Isay, Richard A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gay men--United States--Psychology.
- Gay men.
- Gay men--Mental health--United States.
- Psychoanalysis and homosexuality--United States.
- Psychoanalysis and homosexuality.
- Self-acceptance.
- Psychoanalysis.
- Homosexuality, Male.
- United States.
- psychoanalysis.
- Gay men--Mental health.
- Gay men--Psychology.
- Medical Subjects:
- Homosexuality, Male.
- Psychoanalysis.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 210 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- 1st Owl book ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Henry Holt, 1997.
- Summary:
- In the candid language of personal case histories, including his own, Dr. Isay shows how disguising one's sexual identity can induce anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem.
- Contents:
- 1. Becoming gay: a personal journey
- 2. The gay therapist
- 3. The homosexual adolescent
- 4. The dilemma of heterosexually married homosexual men
- 5. Developing a positive gay identity with HIV or AIDS
- 6. Becoming gay as an older homosexual man
- 7. Opposing institutional bias: anti-gay discrimination in psychoanalysis.
- Notes:
- "An Owl book."
- Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, ©1996.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-195) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gift of the William Way LGBT Community Center.
- ISBN:
- 0805053158
- 9780805053159
- OCLC:
- 36301501
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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