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Coming Out
"It took me a while to understand and to figure out all the things that made me me, where I was most comfortable, who I was, and how I was going to define my life...I think if I could take a pill to make myself straight, I wouldn't do it, because I...
Coming Out to Your Parents
Once you’ve decided to tell your parents you’re gay, it’s natural to worry about just how you’re going to tell them and how they’ll then react. Becoming informed about the process other individuals and their families have...
Ecstasy, Pain, Anxiety, and Shame--The Psychological Complexities of the HIV+ Man
Therapists love to label, to categorize, and to diagnose. It’s a way to reduce the infinite variety of human experience into discreet segments that seem graspable, knowable, and (when necessary) even fixable. It is tempting to oversimplify a...
Homophobia
Homophobia: Irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals (Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 10th Edition, 1993).As is the case with racism, numerous and complex societal factors contribute to...
Depression and HIV/AIDS
Research has enabled many men and women, and young people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), to lead fuller, more productive lives. As with other serious illnesses such as...
Steps to Integration
"Coming out," as in "coming out of the closet," represents the personal and public acknowledgement of being romantically attracted to individuals of the same sex. It is a process of choosing to integrate this knowledge into one’s personal,...