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Vintage gay

This week's #VintageGay post features a lovely photo from the 1980s (I think) of Ray Struble and Brian McNaught.

Ray Struble (left) and Brian McNaught (right) are Catholic midwesterners who first met in Boston and started dating in 1976. The two were active members of the national gay Catholic group, Dignity, where Brian served as the organization’s social director. Brian has gone on to write twelve books on diversity training and LGBTQ+ issues. I dedicate this weekly post, featuring vintage gay…

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Now That I’m Out, What Do I Do?

by Brian McNaught

Writing with the “newly elect” in mind, Brian McNaught advises his readers on how to forge connections within the sometimes thorny gay, lesbian, and bisexual communities while still maintaining ties with family and old friends. Along the way, he discusses sexual ethics, same-sex marriage, work, spirituality, and political action. Readers who have been out for a year or more, or who grew up in large cities, may find McNaught’s earnest tone and tortoise pace too basic, or even unintentionally funny. (After telling us, for example, that he and his gay brother, Tommy, feel comfortable with each other in the way McNaught imagines that compatible heterosexual brothers might feel, he confides that they “talk often about issues from our childhood that we are currently working on in therapy.”) But for the neophyte, his tolerant and deliberate approach will feel welcoming. A good introductory book for adolescents as well, and the families of gay people.

Can be found in our Adult Nonfiction section under SELF IDEN for Self Help - Identity.

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Man, did this even happen? The other 3 parts are available on YouTube. Brian mcnaught is awesome.