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Shame
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 Coming
Out of Shame : Transforming Gay and Lesbian Lives by Gershen
Kaufman Phd, et. al.
As a young man coming out, my
journey of self-discovery started with quiet months of reading. I read
everything I could get my hands on about homosexuality and being gay. This
book stands out as the single greatest influence during and since that time.
The authors have taken a careful and thorough examination of the sociology and
psychology of shame as it relates to being gay. The reading is thick, but
worth the time to slowly wade through and internalize the material. I found
myself saying, "Finally, someone who understands my whole mindset!"
I began to change my thinking as I read it. Congratulations to the authors for
writing a book so important to the lives of many. -- Anonymous Review (Amazon.com) 
 Coming
Out : An Act of Love by Rob, Ph.D. Eichberg
Taking responsibility for your life
is the first step in moving forward and changing the world inside and around
you. Rob Eichberg's Coming Out: An Act of Love, written for both men
and women, is a step-by-step guide to understanding and accepting your
homosexuality and dealing with others' reaction to it. Using clear,
empathetic, and direct language, Eichberg, a trained psychotherapist, explains
in detail how coming out radically alters self-perception and your
relationships with others. Using examples from his own practice and letters
from gay people to their mothers, fathers, siblings, and friends, Eichberg
puts a positive, forceful, but gentle face on the process of coming out and
the complications that it sometimes raises.
Eichberg discusses coming out as a psychological and
political process that affects not only individuals but their families as
well. Because this book continually reaffirms gayness as a gift for
everyone--straight and gay--it can be read by gay people coming to terms with
their sexuality and by their parents, friends, and coworkers. There are also
chapters on how AIDS has affected the coming out process and how to deal with
AIDS-phobia on a personal and political level. Coming Out: An Act of Love
centers on the individual, but understands that one person's actions of
self-respect and love can begin to change the world. --Michael Bronski
(Amazon.com)
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Copyright © 2000
Hello and welcome to Gay Is Okay! This
site promotes basic human rights, love of human beings and wants
to fight intolerance. My belief is - Treat each other as you would
want them to treat you and give each person the love and respect
they deserve! Please do sign the guestbook on this site, as when
sufficient I will send it to the Houses of Parliament in the UK to
try and kick Tony Blair's backside into forcing Section 28 out and
bringing sexual equality in!...
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by Rick Reynolds
No matter where
on earth you live, no matter your race, your religion, your
gender, your age, it is always okay to be gay. In fact it is much
more than okay to be gay, it's often great to be gay. This
web site is my gift to everyone on the planet. It was
created on the 10th anniversary of my own coming out, and at the
dawn of this new Millennium. My goal is to share with gay and
straight people everywhere that it is always always always okay to
be gay...
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by Neil Ellis Orts
On an unseasonably warm
(even for Texas) January morning, I was waiting for a bus and saw
a man, I would guess in his late 30s, walk by wearing a tank top
shirt. When he had walked past, I saw that he had tattoos on his
triceps, a word written on each arm, from his shoulder to his
elbow. On his left arm was the word, "white". On the
other, "pride". My immediate reaction was one of fear
and repulsion. Although myself a white man, I immediately imagined
this man having a pointy white hood in his wardrobe and a supply
of wooden crosses soaking in kerosene in his backyard. My
second reaction was to step back, to examine my own reaction...
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