I can appreciate and agree with most of what is in this document, but I am greatly disturbed over two parts of it:

1) It says “An assessment of the consequences of same-sex
attractions and a potential gay identity to aspects of ethnic, cultural and occupational
identity as well as to familial attachments is vital. Therapists should be open to the
possibility that embracing same-sex identity may place other vital aspects of identity at
risk.”

— This, to me, seems to suggest that we tell the client that the road of least resistance is the best for them – that if too many people might think negatively about their decision, we should discourage them? Am I reading this incorrectly?

2) I am also not clear about your area on Adolescents. You seem to want to tell SSA adolescents to hold off on making any decisions about their sexuality, but I wonder, do you also offer this same advice to those who claim to be OSA????

I actually didn’t come out until I was in college because I grew up in a very conservative environment, but my question for you is, will you treat kids who claim they are heterosexual in the same way? Will you discourage them from making any proclamation about their orientation until they understand their options???? If not, there seems to be some serious bias at play here.