Douglas Sadownick is an American writer, activist, professor and psychotherapist.

Biography

Born in

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in 1959, Douglas Sadownick attended Columbia College for his B.A.,

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...

for his graduate work in English, and the graduate program in clinical psychology at

Antioch University Antioch University is a private university with multiple campuses in the United States and online programs. It is the continuation of Antioch College, which was founded in 1852. Antioch College's first president was politician, abolitionist, and ...

for a Master's of Arts in Clinical Psychology. He received his PhD from

Pacifica Graduate Institute Pacifica Graduate Institute is a private for-profit graduate school with two campuses near Santa Barbara, California. The institute offers masters and doctoral degrees in the fields of clinical psychology, counseling, mythological studies, dept ...

in Clinical Psychology in 2006. His dissertation was entitled, Homosexual Enlightenment: A Gay Science Perspective on 19th Century German philosopher

Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher. He began his career as a classical philology, classical philologist, turning to philosophy early in his academic career. In 1869, aged 24, Nietzsche bec ...

's Thus Spoke Zarathustra. He is the founding director of the nation's first LGBT Specialization in Clinical Psychology, at

, and he is also the Founder of Colors LGBTQ Youth Counseling Center, founded in 2011, with

Philip Lance Philip Lance (born 1959) is an American psychoanalyst and former community organizer who began his career as an Episcopalian priest. He was one of the first persons ordained by the Episcopal Church whose homosexuality was openly acknowledged by ...

, an LGBT affirmative psychologist and community organizer. He is also a co-founding member of the Institute for Uranian Psychoanalysis, which is the first Institute in the world dedicated to deepening homosexual self-realization, a form of LGBT psychology. He was also a principal co-founder of Highways Performance Art Space in 1989. His work ''Sacred Lips of the Bronx'' (St. Martin's Press, 1994) was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award. His second book, ''Sex Between Men: An Intimate History of the Sex Lives of Gay Men, Postwar to Present'', was published by

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in 1996 and 1997. His articles have appeared in the ''

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'', the ''

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'', ''

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'', '' High Performance'', the ''

New York Native The ''New York Native'' was a biweekly gay newspaper published by Charles Ortleb in New York City from December 1980 until January 13, 1997. It was the only gay paper in New York City during the early part of the AIDS epidemic, and pioneered repo ...

'', and the ''

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''. He received a

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award for excellence in reporting in 1991. His paper, "Reading Literature Gay-Affirmatively: A Homosexual Individuation Story," was published in Spring 2006 in the journal Arts and Humanities.

Life

In ''Love Doesn't Need a Reason'' the author, Jones, wrote that

Michael Callen Michael Callen (April 11, 1955 – December 27, 1993) was an American singer, songwriter, composer, author, and AIDS activist. Callen was diagnosed with AIDS in 1982 and became a pioneer of AIDS activism in New York City, working closely with ...

who was dying of AIDS requested that Douglas Sadownick and Tim should be granted power of attorney over him.

Works

* ''Sacred Lips of the Bronx'' * ''Sex Between Men: An Intimate History of the Sex Lives of Gay Men Postwar to Present'' * ''Men on Men 4'', an anthology
The 'secret' story of the Radical Faeries

References

20th-century American male writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American LGBTQ people 21st-century American psychologists American gay writers American LGBTQ novelists American male non-fiction writers American male novelists Antioch College alumni Columbia College (New York) alumni Living people New York University alumni Therapy Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-novelist-stub