Loving Someone Gay

Don Clark, Donald H. Clark

Lethe Press, 2009 - Psychology - 287 pages

For more than three decades, clinical psychologist, Don Clark, has been speaking to the hearts and minds of gay people, their families, friends, teachers and helpers in the many editions of Loving Someone Gay. With compassion he has promoted communication across generations as well as revealing a path of understanding and reconciliation for parents, siblings, husbands and wives as well as among religious leaders, teachers, librarians, legislators, judges, and law enforcement agencies. Most important he has provided vital insight into the psychodynamics and sociology of individuals, the gay men and lesbians who have been and continue to be misunderstood and abused in societies around the world. He has said: "In this age of global misunderstanding in which we see old habits of prejudice and bigotry coming into question finally, the world cries out for communication and empathy. The time has come for any person who believes she or he is rational to offer a helping hand to a gay sister or brother, here or there, known or unknown. Previously unquestioned rules are changing. No person is free to dare to be exactly who she or he is until that person is willing to offer understanding, respect and affection to the gay person who yearns only for that same freedom." With this latest updated edition of his famous book, Dr. Clark shines a clear light into our future in the twenty-first century.

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Loving someone gay

User Review  - Not Available - Book Verdict

Mixing anecdotes, stories, philosophy, and advice, Clark offers readers a fully rewritten 20th-anniverary edition of his popular guide for gay people and those who want to love and support them. The ...

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User Review  - Alisa Tazioli - Goodreads

Read this when a family member came out in the '80's. No earth shattering revelations but offered insights into issues that people sometimes encounter.

Contents

• Growing Up Gay: 20
• Invisibility Oppression SelfConcept: 28
• Pressures and Attemptsto Conform: 40
• Community: 48
• Rewards: 56
• The Gift of Gay: 64
• Right Wrong Good Bad: 70
• Emotions: 78
• Gay Straight Bi Other Categories: 86
• Telling: 92
• Attraction Responsibility andRelationship: 104
• Family: 126
• Change: 136
• Pride: 146
• Learning the Truth: 156
• Acceptance Appreciation Communication: 164
• Parents: 176
• Wives Husbands: 182
• Sons Daughters: 194
• Sisters and Brothers: 204
• Friends Relatives and Neighbors: 210
• Helping: 218
• Being Professional: 228
• Continuing Education: 236
• Librarians and Teachers: 250
• Physicians and OtherHealthcare Workers: 254
• Clergy: 256
• Psychotherapists and Counselors: 258
• Massage Therapists andProfessional Companions: 262
• Police Judges and Lawmakers: 266
• Researchers: 272
• Epilogue: 276
• Index: 280
• About the Author: 288
• Back cover: 290

Bibliographic information

• Title: Loving Someone Gay
• Authors: Don Clark, Donald H. Clark
• Edition: revised
• Publisher: Lethe Press, 2009
• ISBN: 1590211359, 9781590211359
• Length: 287 pages
• Subjects: Psychology / Psychotherapy / Counseling; Self-Help / General; Social Science / LGBT Studies / Gay Studies