Psychoanalytic developmental narratives embedded within heterosexually normative assumptions do not account for a maturational line leading to a normal, adolescent gay identity. Although it is impossible to delineate a single maturational line leading to a gay identity, there are developmental themes that recur in the narratives of adult gay men who recall their adolescent years. Some of the themes which emerge in psychotherapy with adult, gay male patients include the invisibility of gay adolescents; the […]