And to turn out books and articles about gay identity.

关于同志身份的著作和文章已经面世。

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In this context the word 'gay' came to represent, as it does now, a word with no negative connotations but associated with a positive and proud sense of identity.

从那时开始，gay这个词就没有了贬义，而是表示对于自我认知的积极而自豪的态度。

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The older one went down a "dark path" with his gay identity, and died this year, Selekman said.

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Selekman went back into therapy, but the therapist did not help with the issue of gay identity, and later Selekman suspected homophobia was at play.

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Mr. JARVIS: The minute that I started letting my gay identity grow within me and to start expressing myself, that's when I started to run into trouble.

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