Now That You're Out
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Now That You're Out

The Challenges and Joys of Living as a Gay Man

  1. 248 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Now That You're Out

The Challenges and Joys of Living as a Gay Man

About this book

This book is an invaluable resource manual and survival guide for gay men who often turn to peers, parents, educators, or the media for direction, only to encounter misleading myths about gay life, such as the notion that "coming out solves everything." For some gay men being homosexual is often anything but "gay." What are typically assumed to be "gay attributes" are often not characteristics of being gay but symptoms of common emotional disorders in gay men. In this insightful book, longtime psychiatrist Martin Kantor—who is himself a gay man and has been in a committed relationship for 27 years—documents the issues associated with coming out and the challenges of gay relationships, including friendship, marriage, "getting dumped, " and sexuality, with unflinching and honest candor. He also addresses the emotional problems and pervasive sense of loneliness that frequently haunt gay men while examining subcultural issues which exist within the gay community, including ageism. Other topics include developing a gay lifestyle (being gay in a certain way), parental relationships, issues of midlife and aging, and therapy and self-help options for gay men who feel they need it.

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Information

Publisher
Praeger
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9780313387517
eBook ISBN
9780313387524

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Introduction
  4. PART I: GAY LIFE
  5. ONE: Coming Out
  6. TWO: Lifestyle
  7. THREE: Relationships
  8. FOUR: Sex and Sexuality
  9. FIVE: The Paraphilias
  10. SIX: Identity/Disorders of Identity
  11. SEVEN: Midlife and Beyond: Aging and Ageism
  12. EIGHT: You and Your Parents
  13. PART II: OVERCOMING EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS
  14. NINE: Emotional Disorder in Gay Men
  15. TEN: Substance Abuse
  16. ELEVEN: Shame, Guilt, and Low Self-Esteem
  17. TWELVE: Suicide
  18. PART III: THERAPY
  19. THIRTEEN: Getting Professional Help
  20. Appendix: Origins
  21. Notes
  22. Index