Part 1 of Essay
In the case of , only a handful of barely adequate studies on a small number of people have been conducted in the past few years. We will explore these more fully in the chapters that follow. First, it is important to lay out three important limitations that are already beginning to emerge from this research. All are quite ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... that arise from a different composite of influences. Nonetheless, they have some similarities. Third, "" is very poorly defined. Our use of this one term creates the false impression of a uniform "gay" or "lesbian" condition and culture. It obscures the reality that what we are studying is a complex set of variable mental, emotional, and behavioral states that are caused by differing proportions of numerous influences. Indeed, one of the chief characteristics of the gay lifestyle is its efflorescence of sty ....