Someone Gay: Memoirs [Paperback]

Don Clark (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1590210670 | ISBN-13: 978-1590210673 | Publication Date: May 1, 2007

The author of the perennially popular and life-changing book, Loving Someone Gay, recounts his own life journy from shame, guilt and fear to pride, self-confidence, and understanding of true feelings. Sharing how he made the transformation himself, Don Clark, Ph.D., the first officially openly gay psychologist in the United States and "father of gay-oriented psychotherapy", points the way for others to claim an identity and sense of pride and follow him on the path to happiness and meaning. Someone Gay will fascinate readers with its insight into the human condition and a past we can all relate to.

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It's a tale often told by gay men writing about their lives, and Clark tells his own with quiet style and strength. -- Books Marks September 26, 2007, Richard Labonte

About the Author

Don Clark is a writer, teacher, and consultant. Clark is a clinical psychologist who has specialized in group and individual work with gay people since 1968. His writing includes fiction, textbooks, and articles for both professional journals and popular magazines. Learn more about Don by visiting his website donclarkphd.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: Lethe Press (May 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590210670
• ISBN-13: 978-1590210673
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,638,948 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inside a life well-lived, September 24, 2007

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This review is from: Someone Gay: Memoirs (Paperback)

Don Clark's story is moving on many levels. At one level the story is about transcending poverty and re-invented himself, at another an inside look at how a healthy gay identity is established. And anyone interested in how social change happens -- especially within the movement for GLBT equality -- will find this of interest.

Dr. Clark's book Loving Someone Gay was the first gay self-help book and touched the lives of countless men and women around the world. With this memoir we are gifted with the back story. It is easy to imagine that those who are leaders in society are somehow so different from the rest of us that they sprung fully-formed from the womb as self-aware activists. Someone Gay captures the process of transformation, the one-reality-living-inside-another-reality sense of how humans evolve and change. That makes it a story of hope for those who are working through the process of coming out, of claiming a healthy gay identity. Kudos.