The Traumatic Foundation of Male Homosexuality - Joseph Nicolosi

the general rule remains: If a child is traumatized in a particular way that affects gender, he will become homosexual..

Many gay men report sexual abuse by a same-sexed person during their boyhood. Homosexual behavior is a symptomatic attempt to “repair” the original wound that left the boy alienated from the innate masculinity that he has failed to claim.

This differentiates it from heterosexuality, which arises naturally from undisturbed gender-identity development.