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ATDrake · 06-26-2015, 04:43 PM

Someone Gay: Memoirs by clinical psychologist Don Clark (Wikipedia), author of the popular groundbreaking semi-classic LGBT acceptance self-help guide Loving Someone Gay (apparently still in print and now on its 5th edition), is his personal memoir of growing up in an impoverished Republican family in the US (apparently in New Jersey, with a detour to Florida) from the Depression Era onward through the 1940s and 50s as a WWII soldier and post-war student in Europe, eventually marrying (to a woman, since divorced), becoming a psychologist, and realizing and coming to terms with being gay and writing said self-help guide about such throughout the 70s and 80s, free courtesy of LGBT specialty publisher Lethe Press (Wikipedia).

A very large chunk of this book is devoted to recounting anecdotes about the life experiences in his "pre"-coming out days, and may well be of interest for Gentle Readers who like memoirs about growing up in past eras and WWII and old school college tales and so forth, even if they might not be otherwise interested in the LGBT-related aspects of this.

Currently free (and DRM-free), probably just for the next couple of days @ Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK and pretty much world wide, due to the KDP Select exclusive-or-else thing).

And this has been the (late!) selected 3rd (non-repeat) free ebook thread of the day.

Because not only is it a topical and apropos choice for June as official LGBT Pride Month (in the US, according to the Library of Congress), it's also a fairly interesting-looking title in its own right which should give insight into the life influences which helped shaped someone who in turn wrote an apparently highly-influential self-help guide which probably drew upon them, which is always interesting to see.

Also, congratulations to our neighbours to the south on their recent Supreme Court ruling on marriage equality.

Enjoy!

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The author of the perennially popular and life-changing book, Loving Someone Gay, recounts his own life journey from shame, failure, guilt and fear to pride, self-confidence and understanding of true feelings.

Sharing how he made the transformation himself, Dr. Don Clark, the first officially openly gay psychologist in the U.S. — and father of gay-oriented psychotherapy — points the way for others to claim gay identity and gay pride and follow him to happiness, meaning, love and success.

06-26-2015, 04:43 PM	#1
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Free (Kindle DRM-free) Someone Gay [LGBT Psychologist 1930s-1980s Personal Memoir] Someone Gay: Memoirs by clinical psychologist Don Clark (Wikipedia), author of the popular groundbreaking semi-classic LGBT acceptance self-help guide Loving Someone Gay (apparently still in print and now on its 5th edition), is his personal memoir of growing up in an impoverished Republican family in the US (apparently in New Jersey, with a detour to Florida) from the Depression Era onward through the 1940s and 50s as a WWII soldier and post-war student in Europe, eventually marrying (to a woman, since divorced), becoming a psychologist, and realizing and coming to terms with being gay and writing said self-help guide about such throughout the 70s and 80s, free courtesy of LGBT specialty publisher Lethe Press (Wikipedia). A very large chunk of this book is devoted to recounting anecdotes about the life experiences in his "pre"-coming out days, and may well be of interest for Gentle Readers who like memoirs about growing up in past eras and WWII and old school college tales and so forth, even if they might not be otherwise interested in the LGBT-related aspects of this. Currently free (and DRM-free), probably just for the next couple of days @ Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK and pretty much world wide, due to the KDP Select exclusive-or-else thing). And this has been the (late!) selected 3rd (non-repeat) free ebook thread of the day. Because not only is it a topical and apropos choice for June as official LGBT Pride Month (in the US, according to the Library of Congress), it's also a fairly interesting-looking title in its own right which should give insight into the life influences which helped shaped someone who in turn wrote an apparently highly-influential self-help guide which probably drew upon them, which is always interesting to see. Also, congratulations to our neighbours to the south on their recent Supreme Court ruling on marriage equality. Enjoy! Description The author of the perennially popular and life-changing book, Loving Someone Gay, recounts his own life journey from shame, failure, guilt and fear to pride, self-confidence and understanding of true feelings. Sharing how he made the transformation himself, Dr. Don Clark, the first officially openly gay psychologist in the U.S. — and father of gay-oriented psychotherapy — points the way for others to claim gay identity and gay pride and follow him to happiness, meaning, love and success.