The Progress Paradox: Did âToxic Wokeâ Culture Lose the Election for LGBT+ Americans? As a gay menâs specialist therapist for 32 years, a nationally certified sex therapist, and a lifelong LGBTQ+ activist, I have witnessed seismic changes in our rights and acceptance. From the Stonewall riots in 1969 to marriage equality, and now to parenting … Read more
Gay Men and the Lessons from âWickedâ With the current (December, 2024) popularity of the new movie version of the hit Broadway musical, âWicked,â (by long-understood bisexual composer, Stephen Schwartz), and based on the original novel by (gay author) Gregory McGuire, there are many parallels of that modern-classic story that can apply to gay men. … Read more
Gay Men and Trump 2.0: Coping with Anxiety In December, 2004, at the time of the re-election of President George W. Bush (the son of President George Bush, President from 1988-1992), I wrote an article for A&U, âAmericaâs AIDS Magazine,â that was part of my monthly column for that publication for several years, advocating for … Read more
Gay Men, Activism, and Social Conscience While being a gay menâs specialist psychotherapist, sex therapist, and life/career/executive coach for over 30 years in 2023, Iâve also strongly identified within my graduate training and licensure/professional discipline category of being a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in the state of California. California has several licenses that allow … Read more
Gay Men and Coping with âBad Luckâ This year, 2022, marks my thirtieth year as a gay menâs specialist psychotherapist. Iâm also an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist, and life/career/relationship coach, for gay men in Los Angeles/West Hollywood, California, all over the United States, and the world. And one of the things Iâve noticed in working … Read more
The Needs of Gay Men in the Volatile âLGBTâ Era A couple of years ago, I wrote about some concerns I had overall about the gradual adoption of âLGBTâ (or its variants like LGBTQ, LGBTQ+, etc.) as the umbrella term for referring to all sexual and gender minority persons in society (that article is here … Read more
With the continued pressures from the COVID-19 global pandemic, it has come to my attention that in the gay âMeccaâ where I live, West Hollywood, California, that some popular and even iconic/historical gay bars are closing for good (to date, these include Gym Bar, Flaming Saddles, Rage (my first gay bar in LA in 1985!) … Read more
Why White Gay Men Should Be Supporting Black Lives Matter Occasionally, I like to write about current events. While most of my blog articles are designed to be âevergreen contentâ on helping LGBT people in general, and gay men in particular, about the issues I help them with daily in my long (28 years) career … Read more
[DISCLAIMER: THIS WAS WRITTEN ON MARCH 10, 2020, AND THE PANDEMIC HAS WORSENED SINCE. THIS IS SUBJECT TO THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE VERY EARLIEST SIGNS OF TROUBLE IN THE UNITED STATESâŠ] Gay Men and Coronavirus/COVID-19: A Special Kind of Coping I wanted to provide my regular readers of the GayTherapyLA blog some thoughts as the … Read more
Guest Blog by Brandon Malde-Zoradi, MA, AMFT, APCC, Staff Clinician at GayTherapyLA:Â âGay Therapist on Working Through the Pain of Religious Abuseâ Religion can be uncomfortable to discuss at times; it should be no surprise why this topic often makes the lists of things that should not be brought up at dinner or a party. … Read more
Ken Howard, LCSW, CST is a life/career/executive/relationship coach who has specialized in gay men (individuals and gay male couples) and LGBT+ for over 30 years.
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