The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World | 
| Author: Alan Downs
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 17005
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.4 x 0.7
ISBN: 0738210617
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.76620973
EAN: 9780738210612
ASIN: 0738210617
Publication Date: May 30, 2006
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Product 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 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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 My new bible April 3, 2008
This book has changed my life. Any time I struggle within myself I will always come back to this book.
From page 3 it was like Alan Downs was speaking to me, and understood me.
If you as a gay man read one book in your lifetime, you owe it to yourslef to make this that book.
You deserve it!!
Looking for more reads like this. February 14, 2008
Great book, easy read. Don't handle books that use big words very well. I get bored and loose interest. I was starving for a book like this when I got it. Couldn't put it down. I have searched for other positive easy to read books about gay life in general. I haven't had to much luck. If anyone has any book suggestions, leave me a comment. Thanks for reading.
A+ October 26, 2007
A+
Learn a LOT about how and why you feel what you do. AND why what you don't realize effects you as well.
HIGHLY recommended.
A Must Read October 24, 2007
This book is excellent and a must read for all gay men and mental health professionals who work with gay men. It is written in a clear and easy to understand style and is so on point.
Another self-help book this is not! September 20, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
From the first day I came out 6 years ago to today, I've been all too familiar with the LGBT self-help books displayed prominently on bookstore shelves. For 6 years, I've been disappointed with what I have found. I find them to be repetitive, lacking nuance, and not very insightful. So, I've found myself going about my life left only to my own personal insights and experiences. Until now.
The Velvet Rage has given word to the countless abstract notions and ideas of my sexuality that have been floating around in my head for years. The book is insightful, manageable and interesting. I see deep parallels between myself and the words on the pages of this work. I truly suggest it for those looking for a deeper understanding of themselves and in filling the emptiness they may still feel as a gay man. I already feel I am on my way to a more fulfilled, peaceful and authentically happy life! And, no one even paid me to write this review!
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