In a previous You Tube, I gave the history of LGBTQ-Affirmative Therapy from the rise of homophobic practices in psychoanalysis, to Gay Liberation’s invitation for therapists to come out of the closets to their patients, to the American Psychological Association’s publication over the last 22 years of guidelines for the treatment of homosexual, bisexual and transgender clients. Whohoo!

As we settle into Pride month and move closer to Father’s Day, I’d like to put a spotlight on David Strah’s book, Gay Dads: A Celebration of Fatherhood, published by Tarcher Putnam in 2003. This well-written and poignant book tells the story of 24 gay dads, including the author’s poignant own, with a total of 44 dads. The lovely book also includes poignant black-and-white photographs, depicting the unique journey of gay dads in words and images.

This delightful middle-aged gay male couple had just waited too long to do any work on themselves to they had reverted to the bickering they learned from their parents. I could have educated them about couple’s

With my heart-beating, I wandered into the smokey theater. After my eyes had adapted to the dark, and daring myself to leave several times, I saw red seats, a grimy carpet, and then a theater upon which a Go-Go dancer moved in the most nonchalant of ways. He couldn’t have been