Thomas Grossmann

Thomas Grossmann (born June 1, 1951 in Hamburg, West Germany) is a psychologist, psychotherapist and author.

Education

Grossmann studied psychology and economics in Hamburg and now writes about LGBT topics. Grossmann is primarily known for his book titles Gay - so what? which was originally published by Rowohlt-Verlag in 1981. It was the first guide for gay people on Coming Out in Germany. It was so popular that a revised editions were published in 1991 and 1994.

Followed in 1986 the book Or rather the other way. gay - and then? with which gays and lesbians in the then socially difficult situation in the Partnership and other issues should be supported.

With the book A love like any other. Living with gay youths and deal Grossman wrote in 1984 the first German guide for parents of gay and lesbian youth. The problems of gay and lesbian adolescents are openly discussed and explained.

In 2000, Grossman earned his PhD under Gunter Schmidt for his dissertation "Pre-homosexual childhoods: An empirical study of gender role conformity and nonconformity in homosexual men in childhood, adolescence and adulthood".

Personal life

Grossmann has been an activist for LGBT rights since the 1970s.

Works as author

• Schwul – na und?. Rororo Sachbuch 2002, ISBN 3-499-19109-1.
• Beziehungsweise andersrum. schwul – und dann?. Rororo Sachbuch 1986, ISBN 3-499-15884-1.
• Eine Liebe wie jede andere. Mit homosexuellen Jugendlichen leben und umgehen. Rororo Sachbuch 1986, ISBN 3-499-18451-6. - A guideline for parents of LGBT people
• Prä-homosexuelle Kindheiten: eine empirische Untersuchung über Geschlechtsrollenkonformität und -nonkonformität bei homosexuellen Männern in Kindheit, Jugend und Erwachsenenalter, Thesis University of Hamburg 2000, DNB 959194606/DNB 959393994 (electronic version, online)

External links

• literature by Grossmann in German National Library
• doctoral thesis of Thomas Grossmann
• personal website of Thomas Grossmann about his scientific work