Founded in 1946, the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP) has played a key role in the re-examination of traditional psychiatric doctrine. Through its efforts, GAP has penned position papers on subjects as diverse as school desegregation, teenage pregnancy, and psychotherapy with college students. These educational and often controversial writings have been instrumental in reshaping both public policy and the practice of mental healthcare. In recent years, as the visibility of gays and lesbians has increased, so too has the rhetoric about “repairing” homosexuality. Given its focus on antihomosexual bias (AHB), the arrival of this monograph by the GAP Committee on Human Sexuality truly is well timed.

Despite a heightened societal awareness of gay and lesbian issues, the writers recognize that the topics relating to sexual orientation are not familiar to