You have some awareness of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual community. We need to think beyond the traditional venues of recruiting LGBT people if we want to reach men people in the early stages of coming out or questioning their sexual orientation. The next tool is not to make the assumption that every person who today is questioning whether or not they are bisexual will eventually identify as gay or lesbian. Some people will. Others will not.
Support groups are a good space for sorting that out.
In order to be effective, we need to have flexibility in meeting the client where they are at, not having an agenda for them to become identified as gay, lesbian, or bisexual, or that matter. I also find it helpful to explain terminology to clients. Not everyone has the background in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community that may of us in this room have. They might not know that the South End is one of Boston's largest gay neighborhoods, or what happened at Stonewall, or why people talk about Judy Garland. It can be really helpful to explain all of these things to people.