Becoming Gay: The Journey to Self-Acceptance - Hardcover

Drawing on his own odyssey from denial to acceptance and the experiences of his patients, a psychiatrist discusses the psychological evolution of gay men from private feelings to open expression of one's gay identity. 25,000 first printing. Tour.

hat takes him from the developmental crises of homosexual adolescents to the complex dilemma of homosexual men married to women and the often surprising effects of AIDS diagnoses on the psyhological growth of both the men facing death and those who will survive them, Dr. Richard Isay draws on his own experiences and those of his patients to explore the crucial role sexual identity plays in all stages of human development.