Opis: Out of the Shadows - Walt Odets

Even in our modern progressive world, it's not easy to be a gay man. While young men often come out more readily, even those from the most liberal of backgrounds still struggle to accept themselves and experience stigma, shame and difficulties with intimate relationships. They also suffer from ongoing trauma wrought by the AIDS epidemic, something that is all too often relegated to history.

Drawing on a lifetime's work as a clinical psychologist, Walt Odets uses the stories of his patients as well as those of his own deep relationships with other gay men to illuminate how these difficulties may be overcome. From a 74-year-old who only felt able to come out after his wife had died, to the boy raised in a strict religious family who worked his way to San Francisco, to the middle-aged defence lawyer who left everything behind to embrace a new life, the experiences here explore everything from grief to survival, childhood pain to the definition of gay itself. Out of the Shadows shows us how a new way forward is possible through learning to accept ourselves and others as they are, and independently inventing our own lives.

Szczegóły: Out of the Shadows - Walt Odets

Tytuł: Out of the Shadows
Podtytuł: Reimagining Gay Men?s Lives
Autor: Walt Odets
Wydawnictwo: Penguin Books
ISBN: 9780241388068
Języki: angielski
Rok wydania: 2019
Ilość stron: 348
Format: 16.0x24.0cm
Oprawa: Twarda z obwolutą
Waga: 0.58 kg

Recenzje: Out of the Shadows - Walt Odets