cover image Being Homosexual: Gay Men and Their Development

Being Homosexual: Gay Men and Their Development

Richard A. Isay. Avon Books, $11 (159pp) ISBN 978-0-380-71022-5

``In this succinct, clearly written volume, Isay maps the developmental stages in the gay male's life cycle, from the small boy's awareness of same-sex impulses to `self-labeling,' coming out, homosocialization (forming friendships with other gay men), and mature integration of one's sexual identity,'' reported PW. His is a liberal, liberating, neo-Freudian perspective. (Oct.)