{"product_id":"being-homosexual-gay-men-and-their-development-paperback","title":"Being Homosexual: Gay Men and Their Development - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Isay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA compassionate and powerful resource for gay men--now revised and updated for the 21st century. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 a learned pathology. Now revised and updated for the 21st-century, the groundbreaking \u003ci\u003eBeing Homosexual\u003c\/i\u003e carries the reader through the main developmental stages in the gay male's life cycle from the initial awareness of same-sex impulses to coming out, forming friendships with other gay men, and a mature integration of one's sexual identity. \u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDR. RICHARD ISAY\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College and the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic and a faculty member of the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. He was instrumental in getting the American Psychoanalytic Association to adopt a non-discrimination policy for the training of candidates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759293432096,"sku":"9780307389572","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c23beb0645fee5abaaeac0c37e530047.webp?v=1780148326","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/being-homosexual-gay-men-and-their-development-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}