Do Gay Men Need to Forgive Themselves for Gay Shame?

A few weeks ago I received a comment on one of my most-read articles, “From Sissy Boys to Straight-Acting Gay Men.” The person shared the following:

“I don’t agree with the premise of this article that gay men have to learn to forgive themselves. The act of self-forgiveness is often promoted as a panacea for life’s ills, in this case, self-shaming as a gay man. Self-forgiveness suggests that some wrong has been perpetrated (by me).”

His message was well-intentioned, and I suggested that there is a subtlety in the understanding of what I meant with respect to “forgiveness”.

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Do Gay Men Need to Forgive Themselves for Gay Shame?

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