The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World
By Alan Downs.
Description
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 fa? ade of beauty, creativity, or material success. Drawing on contemporary psychological research, the author's own journey to be free of anger and of ...
ISBN(s)
0738210617, 9780738210612
