Positively Gay: New Approaches to Gay and Lesbian Life

by Betty Berzon, Barney Frank (Foreword)

When POSITIVELY GAY was first published in 1979, it was widely praised for its practical treatment of a variety of topics affecting the lives of gays and lesbians. With a list of contributors from diverse backgrounds, disciplines, and approaches, this important resource, compiled by Dr. Betty Berzon, spotlights significant but often overlooked topics such as building successful same-sex partnerships, reconciling religious dilemmas, coming out to one'¬?s family, creating gay families, using voting power to effect change, dealing with legal and financial issues, and living as a gay person of color. Gay and lesbian readers will find much to inform and guide them on their journey to self-acceptance.‚Ä¢ Replaces previous edition: ISBN 0-89087-676-2.‚Ä¢ Previous editions sold 50,000 copies.‚Ä¢ Provides information on recent developments and debates that have affected gay culture, including the Internet and same-sex marriage.

Genres: LGBT, Nonfiction, Psychology, Gay

397 pages, Paperback

First published November 15, 1979

About the author

Betty Berzon was an American author and psychotherapist known for her work with the gay and lesbian communities.

Berzon was among the first psychotherapists to assist gay and lesbian clients. After coming out as a lesbian in 1968, she began providing therapy to gays and lesbians, and in 1971, she organized the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center as well as an organization of gays and lesbians within the American Psychiatric Association, which declassified homosexuality as a mental illness two years later.
-Wikipedia

Reviews

[Jay · Rating 4 out of 5]

good variety of topics, including parenting, the material is not always personally, or temporally, applicable, but overall it's a useful and enlightening book. some chapters, like the one on protestantism in particular, felt like they could use more editing, but mostly there's just your typical collection qualifiers: there's some stuff I agree or disagree with more than others, but it's a solid book and worth checking out.