LGB Identity Development Models
D'Augelli's Model
- Exiting Heterosexual identity
- Developing a personal LGB identity status
- Developing a LGB social identity
- Becoming a LGB offspring
- Developing a LGB Intimacy status
- Entering a LGB community
The Cass Model
- Identity Confusion: Am I “Gay”?
- Hypersexual &/or anti-LGBTQA bias
- Asexual
- Seek information to find out
- Identity Comparison: “I May be “Gay”.
- Identity Tolerance: What does being “gay” mean? I want to find out about the community.
- Identity Acceptance: I accept I am“gay”.
- Identity Pride: I AM GAY!
- Identity Synthesis: Being “Gay” is part of who I am as a person
