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100 1  Downs, Alan 
245 14 The velvet rage :|bovercoming the pain of growing up gay 
       in a straight man's world /|cAlan Downs 
264    Cambridge, Mass. :|bDa Capo Lifelong ;|a[London :|bPerseus
       Running, distributor],|c2006 
300    viii, 212 p. ;|c23 cm 
500    Originally published: 2005 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index 
520    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 past century, our intimate 
       relationships are generally short-lived, and depression 
       and suicide occur more frequently than among straight men.
       Although an entire generation of gay men has freely come 
       out of the closet, we still find ourselves asking, "Are we
       really better off?" Through honest individual stories and 
       compassionate analysis, this book explores the lingering, 
       deep-rooted shame which can be traced to our childhood 
       experiences of feeling "other" and perhaps emotionally 
       abandoned by the first men in our lives, our fathers. Most
       of us rage quietly against this shame, masking it behind a
       façade of beauty, creativity, or material success. 
       Therapist Downs outlines three stages to emotional well-
       being for gay men and offers strategies to stop the 
       insidious cycle of avoidance and self-defeating behavior.-
       -From publisher description 
650  0 Gay men|xSocial conditions 
650  0 Gay men|xPsychology 
650  0 Coming out (Sexual orientation)|xPsychological aspects 
650  0 Shame 
650  7 Homosexuella män|xsamhällsaspekter|2sao 
650  7 Homosexuella män|xsociala aspekter|2sao 
650  7 Homosexuella män|xpsykologiska aspekter|2sao 
650  7 Komma-ut-processen|2sao 
650  7 Homosexualitet|2sao 
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