"Critical to a the self-understanding of a person who experiences same-sex attraction is that he or she not see his or her attractions as the core of his/her identity. A baptised person should see him/herself first as a child of God, a son or daughter of the Father, with his/her sexual identity firmly grounded in his/her maleness or femaleness. You may also be able to glean pertinent information from the following articles pertaining to identity:
Fr. Paul Check. Realizing Our True Identity. National Catholic Register. November 7, 2014. http://www.ncregister.com/daily…/realizing-our-true-identity
Dan Mattson. The Nature of Man. Chastity.com, Catholic Answers Chastity Outreach. http://www.chastity.com/article/the-nature-of-man
David Prosen. "I am not Gay, I'm David" http://www.cuf.org/2011/01/i-am-not-gay-i-am-david/
Pursuit of Truth. Sexuality and the Catholic Church http://www.pursuitoftruth.ca/…/P1004SexualityAndTheCatholic…
To get a first insight in the topic of SSA, I recommend the following videos:
- Desire of the Everlasting Hills http://everlastinghills.org/
- Understanding Same-Sex-Attraction <http://vimeo.com/103438142>
- The Third Way - Homosexuality and the Catholic Church <http://vimeo.com/93079367> " [George Day, February 2015]