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Cain, Roy – Social Work, 1991
Data from 38 gay men showed that decisions concerning disclosure and secrecy were related to variety of situational and relational factors that were largely distinct from gay identity development. Argues that new models of identity formation fail to recognize adequately social factors that shape how gay men manage information concerning their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Homosexuality, Individual Development, Males