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The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man’s World

By Alan Downs

Book information

Publisher
Da Capo Lifelong Books
Year
2012
ISBN
0738215678, 9780738215679
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
552 kB (565099 bytes)
Edition
2 Rev Upd
Pages
272\0
Time added
2017-02-25 09:43:32
Coming Out;Nonfiction;Gay & Lesbian;Emotions;MentaPsychology & Counseling;Adolescent Psychology;ApplTA & NLP;Reference;Research;Sexualit

Description

Today’s gay man enjoys unprecedented, hard-won social acceptance. Despite this victory, however, serious problems still exist. Substance abuse, depression, suicide, and sex addiction among gay men are at an all-time high, causing many to ask, “Are we really better off?” Drawing on contemporary research, psychologist Alan Downs’s own struggle with shame and anger, and stories from his patients, The Velvet Rage passionately describes the stages of a gay man’s journey out of shame and offers practical and inspired strategies to stop the cycle of avoidance and self-defeating behavior. Updated to reflect the effects of the many recent social, cultural, and political changes, The Velvet Rage is an empowering book that has already changed the public discourse on gay culture and helped shape the identity of an entire generation of gay men.

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