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And Then I Became Gay: Young Men's Stories
And Then I Became Gay Young Men's Stories
Author: Ritch C. Savin-Williams
"...And Then I Became Gay is about the lives of young men who express the complications, adversities, and satisfactions of being a sexual outsider in North America during the 1980s and 1990s. Consisting of narratives which chronicle developmental progression from first memories of being attracted to other males to a subsequent integration...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780415916776
ISBN-10: 0415916771
Publication Date: 10/20/1997
Pages: 272
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Publisher: Routledge
Book Type: Paperback
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This is a fascinating book by one of the preeminent researchers in developmental psychology in the field of gay male youth. It is really one of the cornerstones of our current understanding of the development of a gay sexual orientation. Far from a dry psychology textbook, though, this volume consists of the many voices and their varied stories of real men. Savin-Williams has allowed young men to speak for themselves in a way that explodes our stereotypes and replaces them with real stories.
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