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About the book
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.
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What readers say about ‘The Velvet Rage’
Soman Chainani on The Velvet Rage
“"Ostensibly about if you grow up a gay man, [how] to deal with it in the world. But I think it’s more about modern masculinity and about what it means to be a man in America."”
Brené Brown on The Velvet Rage
“"Such an important book."”
