The velvet rage, overcoming the pain of growing up gay in a straight man's world, Alan Downs, Ph.D
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- Sortir du placard (Homosexualité) + Aspect psychologique
- Homosexuels masculins + Psychologie
- Homosexuels masculins + Conditions sociales
- Diskriminering av homosexuella
- Gay men + Psychology
- Coming out (Sexual orientation) + Psychological aspects
- Honte
- Gaykultur
- Homosexualitet
- 71.67 sexuality as a social problem
- Gay men + Social conditions
- Shame
- Autobiographies
- Homosexuella män
- Komma-ut-processen
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The velvet rage, overcoming the pain of growing up gay in a straight man's world, Alan Downs, Ph.D
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (page 239) and index
resource.biographical
autobiography
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
The velvet rage
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
794592768
Responsibility statement
Alan Downs, Ph.D
Sub title
overcoming the pain of growing up gay in a straight man's world
Summary
Offers advice on how gay men can overcome their deep-seated feelings of shame, which is often associated with their earliest childhood experiences and the ambivalent relationship they have with their own father
Table of contents
Introduction -- The roots of rage -- The little boy with the big secret -- Ugly truths & high fashion dreams -- Out & raging -- Drowning -- Bewitched, betrayed -- The real me: a crisis of identity -- Paying the piper -- Stuck in shame: the vicious cycle -- In the mood for a man -- What's it all about?: a crisis of meaning -- Mighty real -- Healing relationship trauma -- The road to contentment -- Skills for living an authentic life -- Epilogue : this Peter Pan grows up
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