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Author Isay, Richard A.

Title Being homosexual : gay men and their development / Richard A. Isay.

Publication Info. New York : Vintage Books, 2009.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  155.34 I76B    Check Shelf
Edition 1st Vintage ed.
Description xvii, 158 pages ; 21 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-148) and index.
Contents Introduction -- What is homosexuality -- Childhood and early homosexual identity -- Fathers and their homosexual sons in childhood -- Adolescence and young adulthood of gay men -- AIDS : the development of healthy gay men and homophobia -- Lovers and others : gay relationships -- The homoerotic fantasy of heterosexual men and the question of bisexuality -- Psychotherapy with gay men -- Society and gay men.
Summary Richard Isay was the first person to challenge the homophobia of the psychoanalytic community and prove, through his own story and those of his patients, that homosexuality is an innate characteristic rather than an acquired pathology.
Subject Gay men -- United States -- Psychology.
Gay men -- Mental health -- United States.
Gay men -- Sexual behavior -- United States.
Psychoanalysis and homosexuality -- United States.
Psychosexual development -- United States.
Gay men -- Mental health. (OCoLC)fst00939139
Gay men -- Psychology. (OCoLC)fst00939142
Gay men -- Sexual behavior. (OCoLC)fst00939150
Psychoanalysis and homosexuality. (OCoLC)fst01081271
Psychosexual development. (OCoLC)fst01081706
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Homosexualität. (DE-588)4025798-8
Mann. (DE-588)4037363-0
United States. (DE-588)4078704-7
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Homosexualität.
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Other Form: Online version: Isay, Richard A. Being homosexual. 1st Vintage ed. New York : Vintage Books, 2009 (OCoLC)608723814
Online version: Isay, Richard A. Being homosexual. 1st Vintage ed. New York : Vintage Books, 2009 (OCoLC)615817141
ISBN 9780307389572 (paperback)
030738957X (paperback)
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