Part one: Homosexuality and psychological inquiry
Gay and lesbian lives and psychoanalytic inquiry
Perspectives on the study of sexual orientation
Part two: The question of origins and the course of psychosocial development
Biology, sexuality, and the foundation of human sexual orientation
Storied accounts and psychoanalytic understandings of the childhoods of gay men and women
Adolescence and youth: Realizing gay and lesbian sexual identity
Lesbian and gay lives across the adult years
Part three: Gender orientation and issues in psychoanalytic intervention
Sexual orientation and personal distress: Shame, stigma, and homophobia
Sexual orientation and evaluation of personal adjustment
Psychodynamics of sexual orientation
"Ego-dystonic" homosexuality and the issue of reparative therapy
Psychoanalytic intervention among gay men and women
Self, sexual identity, and the psychoanalytic situation
Conclusion: Toward a developmental perspective on gay and lesbian lives.
