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

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The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's WorldA groundbreaking examination of the psychology of homosexuality, why it leads to shame over one's identity, and how to overcome it In The Velvet Rage, psychologist Alan Downs draws on his own struggle with shame and anger, contemporary research, and stories from his patients to passionately describe 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.

A groundbreaking examination of the psychology of homosexuality, why it leads to shame over one's identity, and how to overcome it

In The Velvet Rage, psychologist Alan Downs draws on his own struggle with shame and anger, contemporary research, and stories from his patients to passionately describe 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. 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.


Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
Published: 06/05/2012
ISBN: 9780738215679
Pages: 252
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d
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