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Contents:
- SIGNS OF A GAY HBAND BY DEBRA SUTTON
- CLOSETED GAY MEN – WHY ARE THEY STILL THERE?
- HOW TO TELL IF YOUR GUY FRIEND IS GAY
- 29 CELEBRI WHO SOME BELIEVE ARE GAY
SIGNS OF A GAY HBAND BY DEBRA SUTTON
* being a closet gay *
Homosexual inti n be scribed as closeted, homosexually self aware, gay/ lbian and non-gay intified. In g out, gay people tegrate, as bt as they n, dissociated aspects of the self.
As gay people mt ci on a daily basis whether to reveal and to whom they will reveal, g out is a procs that never the jargon of ntemporary homosexual culture, those who hi their sexual inti are referred to as eher closeted or said to be the closet.
Clil experience wh gay patients reveals hidg and revealg behavrs to be psychologilly plex. Homosexual IntiIn the velopmental histori of gay men and women, perds of difficulty acknowledgg their homosexualy, eher to themselv or to others, are often reported.
CLOSETED GAY MEN – WHY ARE THEY STILL THERE?
Contug our discsn about the closet let's look at closeted gay men. Why we hi the closet and what to do about . * being a closet gay *
Children who grow up to be gay rarely receive fay support alg wh antihomosexual prejudic. On the ntrary, begng childhood--and distguishg them om racial and ethnic mori--gay people are often subjected to the antihomosexual attus of their own fai and muni (Drcher et al., 2004). Antihomosexual attus clu homophobia (Weberg, 1972), heterosexism (Herek, 1984), moral nmnatns of homosexualy (Drcher, 1998) and antigay vlence (Herek and Berrill, 1992).
Hidg activi learned childhood often persist to young adulthood, middle age and even sencence, leadg many gay people to nceal important aspects of themselv.
Closeted dividuals equently nnot acknowledge to themselv, let alone to others, their homoerotic feelgs, attractns and fantasi. Their homosexualy is so unacceptable that mt be kept out of nsc awarens and nnot be tegrated to their public persona. Consequently, the feelgs mt be dissociated om the self and hidn om and when same-sex feelgs and attractns n no longer be kept out of nscns, the dividual be homosexually self-aware.
HOW TO TELL IF YOUR GUY FRIEND IS GAY
There are lots of reasons why you might want to know if your iend is gay. There are some important thgs that you have to unrstand about this suatn before gog forward, however. Someone's sexualy is highly plex and highly... * being a closet gay *
Individuals to whom this happens n acknowledge some aspect of their homosexualy to themselv. While homosexually self-aware people might nsir acceptg and tegratg the feelgs to their public persona, acceptance is not a pre-termed oute.
For example, a relig, homosexually self-aware man may choose a celibate life to avoid what, for him, would be the problematic tegratn of his relig and sexual inti. Individuals who are eher nscly prepared to act on their homoerotic feelgs or to reveal a homosexual inty to others ually fe themselv as gay or lbian. To be gay, ntrast to beg homosexually self-aware, is to claim a normative inty.
29 CELEBRI WHO SOME BELIEVE ARE GAY
In other words, fg onelf as gay ually requir some measure of self-acceptance. Others may e out to people they have met the gay muny while keepg their gay inty separate om the rt of their liv.
The people have experienced homosexual self-awarens, may have acted on their feelgs, and may have even once intified as gay or lbian.
While regnizg their homosexual feelgs, the dividuals reject the feelgs and, spe the low odds of succs, may even seek to change their sexual orientatn (Shidlo et al., 2001) above classifitn of homosexual inti privileg the role of self-fn. Consequently, when dividuals bee homosexually self-aware, there is a wi range of psychosocially nstcted attus and rpons they may velop toward their own homosexualy. For example, a homosexually self-aware man may ially intify himself as gay but then regret that cisn and return to his earlier practic of hidg.