...and Then I Became Gay: Young Men's Stories

by Ritch C. Savin-Williams

Book Overview

"...And Then I Became Gay is about the lives of young men who express the complications, adversities, and satisfactions of being a sexual outsider in North America during the 1980s and 1990s. Consisting of narratives which chronicle developmental progression from first memories of being attracted to other males to a subsequent integration of their sexual identity with a personal identity, this book is also unique in its cross-section of men from different...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415916771
• ISBN13: 9780415916776
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Very nice connecting of stories

I found this book to be a great exploration of themes involving the formation of a gay or bisexual identity. To those who criticize the title: it's a quote from a person being interviewed who was talking about the moment he identified his same-sex attractions as being 'gay.' "Becoming gay" is not that he chose to do so, but that he recognized what his feelings were. Secondly, no, this is not a collection of coming out stories for the casual reader...this is an academic book that is to educate and advance research. Overall, this is a nice exploration of the different ways people come to accept their sexualities.

great

This is probably the best book on gay issues I have ever read! I do not buy those kind of books very often, but this was definitely worth the money.

A good and informative book

This is a good book that should teach you a lot about the development and experiences of gay and bisexual young men, from childhood to young adulthood. The author interviewed a number gay and bisexual young men and throughout the text he includes exerpts from his interviews, which add more 'proof' and 'reality' to the text itself. The only bad thing might be that his sample was pretty limited - mostly college students at Cornell University. It's more of a textbook than anything else, but it still makes a very interesting read.