George Chauncey
Publisher: Basic Books, 1995
Length: 478 pages
ISBN: 0465026214, 9780465026210
Book Review: Gay New York brilliantly shatters the myth that before the 1960s gay life existed only in the closet, where gay men were isolated, invisible, and self-hating. Based on years of research and access to a rich trove of diaries, legal records, and other unpublished documents, this book is a fascinating portrait of a gay world that is not supposed to have existed.
Male Homosexuality: A Contemporary Psychoanalytic Perspective
Richard C. Friedman
Publisher: Yale University Press, 1990
Length: 312 pages
ISBN: 0300047452, 9780300047455
Book Review: An essential resource for clinicians wishing guidelines for evaluating males with conflicts involving sexual orientation and for researchers and students of sexual behavior, this book is the first to integrate those matters.
All about the Author: Richard C. Friedman, M.D., is a clinical professor of psychiatry at Weill Medical College, Cornell University and a lecturer at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is the author of "Male Homosexuality: A Contemporary Psychoanalytic Perspective." Jennifer I. Downey, M.D., is clinical professor of psychiatry at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Friedman and Downey have coauthored numerous articles on psychoanalysis and sexuality and coedited "Masculinity and Sexuality." They are psychoanalysts in private practice in New York City.
Being homosexual: Gay men and their development
Richard A. Isay
Publisher: Vintage Books, 2009
Length: 158 pages
ISBN: 030738957X, 9780307389572
Book Review: 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