Gay identity
Subtitle: the self under ban
By: by William H. DuBay.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
Subjects: Gays  -- United States  -- Psychology.; Identity (Psychology)  -- United States.; Sex role  -- United States.; Stigma (Social psychology)
Description: The author proposes that gay identity is one of the great myths of our age. He sets forth the premise that there exists an evident distinction between 1) homosexual feelings, 2) homosexual behavior, and 3) the homosexual role. The argument presented here is that homosexual feelings play a minor part in becoming gay, which chiefly is the result of adopting the homosexual role. The gay myth is responsible for the creation of the gay community, which is an assemblage, not of people who share the same sexual orientation (they don't), but of those who have adopted the gay role.
Notes: Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 163-168.