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ments,45–46; working with father, Wirth, Marian,129
129–30 Wolf, A. E.,115
Troiden, R. R.,3,4 Woolf, Virginia,188
Trust,63; “accidentally” broken,74; con- Worry, parental fear and,91–99,163–69,
fidants’ support and,139–42 180,181,202–9
Turing, Alan,188
Twins,188 Youth: anxiety and,111; Asian,50,116,
224,248; bisexuality as gateway
Unemployment, whites, ethnic groups sexual orientation and,64,146–47,
and,216–17 231–35; of color and LGBT groups,
223; coming out and family discov-
Velez Carreras, Rita D., xviii,250 ery,49–80; coping with stigma,7,
Vicarious stigma,22,205 62,79,105,128,229; depression and,
Violence,7,21,91–94; antigay,5–6,39, 41–42,50,51–52,54,57,59,64,163–
219,225–26; murder and,202; sex 64,248; distance initiated by,103–6;
between males as act of domination distancing and African American,
and,37;see also Suicide 217,227–28; distancing and white,
Volcanic eruption, coming out akin to, 217; family discovery crisis, treat-
183–84 ment and,126–27; family therapy
and assisting troubled gay,179–82;
Watson, A. C.,229 HIV diagnosis rate and African
Weber, G.,238 American,168; parental reactions and
Web sites,128–29 relieved,87–90; parental support,
West Indian: culture and intolerance of precoming-out subphase and,55–58;
gays/lesbians,225; families,224–26 participating in study,248; precom-
Whitaker, Carl,126 ing-out subphase, mystified parents
Whites: HIV diagnosis rate for MSM, and anxious,49–63; precoming-out
217; oppressed, marginalized groups subphase and individual counseling
and,196–97; parents and guilt,217; for,59–62; refusing to label/identify
parents and stigma,215; poverty/un- as permanently gay,146; research
employment with ethnic groups methodology and,248; shielding
and,216–17; stress-related illness/in- fragile,110–12; support groups,56,
carceration with ethnic groups and, 113,219,223; transgender,159–60,
216–17; youth and distancing,217;see 240–43,247; treatment and indi-
also Coming out vidual sessions with,41–45,59–62,
Wilde, Oscar,188 126–27,176; unaware of parents’
Will and Grace,55 emotional state,110–12; uninterested
Wirth, Arthur,129 in dating opposite sex,17–18
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