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Tables of Contents for Now That You're Out of the Closet
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
ix
 
Preface
xi
 
``The Weather Outside Is Frightful/The Fire Is So Delightful'': A Special Introduction
xiii
 
Bill Eyman
Somewhere Over the Rainbow...
1
5
``Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide'' (A Lesson in Self-Worth)
6
6
So Who Else Is Gay in Your Family? (or, Who Is Uncle Ann?)
12
8
What Is ``Dysfunctional''?
20
9
Intimacy: ``Put a Little Love in Your Heart''
29
6
How to Date and Be Gay About It (or, How to Be a Road Runner on the Path of Life)
35
9
Boundaries: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors (and Good Lovers and Friends)
44
8
``I Am You and You Are Me and We Are Three and We Are All Together'' (About Codependency)
52
10
Getting Over Your Fears
62
5
I Am Who I Am: Are You the ``L'' Word or a ``Lesbian''? (About Internalized Homophobia)
67
8
``Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes''
75
6
``Let's Talk About Sex, Baby--Let's Talk About You and Me''
81
6
Wrapped Too Tight or Plain Worn Out: Sex Therapy
87
7
``Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places'': Sex Addiction
94
8
``I Can't Live If Living Is Without You'': Love/Relationship Addiction
102
5
You Will Survive! You Will Survive Your Relationship Addiction!!
107
5
``Circle in the Sand'': The Path to Nowhere
112
7
The ``Second Closet'': Gay and Lesbian Partner Abuse
119
6
``Midlife at the Oasis'' (and Other Fun Places)
125
7
``When I'm Sixty-Four'' (On Aging)
132
6
``If You Can't Be with the One You Love'' (When Your Ex Is Straight)
138
9
To Bi or Not to Bi: Is This a Question??
147
6
Coming Out in Your Forties, Your Fifties, and---Yes---Your Sixties!
153
7
You Can't Be My First, but You Can Be My Favorite
160
6
Passing the Torch: Don't Give Up the Fight
166
7
``Never Going to Make You Cry, Never Going to Say Goodbye'': Grieving Multiple Losses
173
6
Love and Marriage: Love and Gay/Lesbian Marriage and Beyond (or, I'm Getting Married in the Morning---Whether It's Legal or Not!)
179
7
Drinking: What's This About?
186
6
2001: The Cyber-Sex Space Odyssey
192
6
Coming Out to Your Parents: The Do's and Don'ts
198
7
The Birds and the Birds; the Bees and the Bees: Coming Out to Your Children
205
9
Therapy Demystified
214
8
God Bless You: Religion Revisited
222
7
The Yard Sale: ``If You Want It, Here It Is--Come and Get It''
229
4
Notes
233
3
Resource Guide
236
19
About the Author
255