Is early effeminate behavior in boys early homosexuality?
This report continues the study of early effeminate behavior in boys. A previous article reported on the long term follow-up of 55 boys and the resulting outcome in homosexuality. In this paper an effort is made to explore further the nature of the connection between childhood effeminate behavior and adult homosexuality. Individual signs are discussed with regard to relevant aspects of their development. It is concluded that early effeminate behavior is not merely a forerunner of homosexuality in that it forecasts homosexuality, but that is is in fact the earliest stage of homosexuality itself.
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Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005783:Gender Identity; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D008297:Male; D011606:Psychosexual Development; D012917:Social Adjustment; D014190:Transvestism / Q000523:psychology