Coming out within: stages of spiritual awakening for lesbians and gay men

by Craig O’Neill; Kathleen Ritter.
San Francisco, Calif.: HarperSanFrancisco, c.1992.

Loss–feeling unacceptable to family, church, or workplace; losing loved ones to AIDS; being despised by segments of society. Using an eight-phase model illustrated with real case histories, the authors explore loss as a catalyst for growth and personal and spiritual transformation.