He says he’s bisexual, but I’m worried he’s actually gay.
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LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS LOS ANGEL, CA
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Organizatns like GLMA (prevly known as the Gay and Lbian Medil Associatn), AGLP (The Associatn of LGBTQ+ Psychiatrists), and others have natnal listgs of queer and queer-affirmg mental health profsnals, though they may not be fully up to lol LGBTQ+ mental health anizatns exist, and may provi a more thorough listg if you live a cy served by one — New York Cy has Lighthoe and Manhattan Alternative; San Francis has Gaylta; Utah/Salt Lake Cy have The LGBTQ-Affirmative Psychotherapist Guild of Utah; and Kansas Cy has The LGBT-Affirmative Therapists Guild.
gay. In orr to have doubts about one’s sexual inty, a sufferer need not ever have had a homo- or heterosexual experience, or any type of sexual experience at all.
HOW DO I KNOW I’M NOT REALLY GAY/STRAIGHT?
If the sufferer is heterosexual, then the thought may be that they are homosexual. If on the other hand they happen to be homosexual they may obss about the possibily that they might really be straight.