This includes the closet era, the coming out era, and the post-gay era. The closet era was a time when gay sexuality and identity were not socially accepted. In the closet era, many homosexuals conceal their sexuality and live lives of double standards (Seidman, 1999). Many homosexual individuals were expected to engage in life with the appearance of being heterosexual. Those who did not meet the essential requirement of being heterosexual were classified in the DMI-I with pathological mental disorder (American Psychiatric Association).,