Gay Identity Development

Table 1 talks about the discovering of the identities of the Filipino elderly gays as they undergo the different stages of identity development. One of the numerous fundamental theories concerning the gay identity development, whom developed by Vivienne Cass in 1979, had helped the researchers acquire profound understanding of the stages the gays undergone before they finally uncover their chosen identities.

Cass’s Model of Sexual Orientation Identity Formation The Cass’s Model of Sexual Orientation Identity Formation had opened the minds of the researchers towards the narrative identities of the sexual minority persons particularly the gays that is being point out in this study. Before a gay form his sexual identity, one needs to succeed

In this stage, an individual started to accept their thoughts and moves from confusion and incongruence toward to the main task of this stage which is to handle the social alienation that gives rise to the awareness of the distinctions of oneself to others. There are numerous ways on how people deal with social alienation. Others react positively to the notion that they are not the same to many and therefore become inclined to assent their preferred identity, while the others who see themselves as out of the ordinary and distinctive to others, observed themselves as unwanted and unwelcomed therefore go after changing their perception of their behaviour as being homosexual (Degges-White, Rice & Myers,

Being gay is no longer seen as one's individuality, but a very significant part of the whole picture of who they are. Not everyone belonging in the sexual minority group are able to reach this stage of identity development because of several factors that prevents them to disclose their identity. Such factors include the fear of being rejected and isolated from the many, negative riposte from the people that surround them and other various reasons that leads to the different perspective of people towards