@article{1480537,
      recid = {1480537},
      author = {Savin-Williams, Ritch C., },
      title = {Becoming Who I Am : Young Men on Being Gay /},
      pages = {1 online resource (296 p.) :},
      abstract = {Proud, happy, grateful-gay youth describe their lives in  terms that would have seemed surprising only a generation  ago. Yet many adults, including parents, seem skeptical  about this sea change in perceptions and attitudes. Even in  an age of growing tolerance, coming out as gay is supposed  to involve a crisis or struggle. This is the kind of  thinking, say the young men at the heart of this book, that  needs to change. Becoming Who I Am is an astute exploration  of identity and sexuality as told by today's generation of  gay young men. Through a series of in-depth interviews with  teenagers and men in their early 20s, Ritch Savin-Williams  reflects on how the life stories recorded here fulfill the  promise of an affirmative, thriving gay identity outlined  in his earlier book, The New Gay Teenager. He offers a  contemporary perspective on gay lives viewed across key  milestones: from dawning awareness of same-sex attraction  to first sexual encounters; from the uncertainty and  exhilaration of coming out to family and friends to the  forming of adult romantic relationships; from insights into  what it means to be gay today to musings on what the future  may hold. The voices hail from diverse ethnic and  socioeconomic backgrounds, but as gay men they share basic  experiences in common, conveyed here with honesty, humor,  and joy.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1480537},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674974586},
}