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

The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World (Paperback)

by Alan Down (Author) "We are all born into this world helpless, love-starved creatures ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Perseus Books,U.S. (7 Dec 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0738210617
  • ISBN-13: 978-0738210612
  • Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 13.7 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 25,754 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #1 in  Books > Gay & Lesbian > Political & Social Issues > Coming Out
    #2 in  Books > Biography > Gay & Lesbian > Gay
    #24 in  Books > Biography > Medical, Legal & Social Sciences > Psychology

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The gay male world today is characterized by seductive beauty, artful creativity, flamboyant sexuality, and, encouragingly, unprecedented acceptability in society. Yet despite the progress of the recent past, gay men still find themselves asking, "Are we really better off?" The inevitable byproduct of growing up gay in a straight world continues to be the internalization of shame, a shame gay men may strive to obscure with a faade of beauty, creativity, or material success. Drawing on contemporary psychological research, the author's own journey to be free of anger and of shame, as well as the stories of many of his friends and clients, The Velvet Rage outlines the three distinct stages to emotional well-being for gay men. Offering profoundly beneficial strategies to stop the insidious cycle of avoidance and self-defeating behavior, The Velvet Rage is an empowering book that will influence the public discourse on gay culture, and positively change the lives of gay men who read it.

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3.0 out of 5 stars worthwhile read, 8 Nov 2007
By brixtonite "brixtonite" (Brixton, London,England) - See all my reviews
reccomended by a friend and I read over a few days . This author definitely knows what he is talking about when he delves into the psyche of gay men.The relationship issues, the obsession with the body beautiful, the baggage we bring from childhood and the closet.For me it stirred up a fair amount of sediment and that is no bad thing.
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