Includes bibliographical references (p. [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.