Table of contents for The velvet rage : what it really means to grow up gay in a straight man's world / Alan Downs.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION	7
THE ROOTS OF RAGE	13
CHAPTER 1: THE LITTLE BOY WITH THE BIG SECRET	14
CHAPTER 2: UGLY TRUTHS & HIGH FASHION DREAMS	23
CHAPTER 3: OUT & RAGING	34
STAGE 1: OVERWHELMED BY SHAME	43
CHAPTER 4: DROWNING	44
CHAPTER 5: BEWITCHED, BETRAYED	57
CHAPTER 6: THE REAL ME: A CRISIS OF IDENTITY	65
STAGE 2: COMPENSATING FOR SHAME	72
CHAPTER 7: PAYING THE PIPER	73
CHAPTER 8 STUCK IN SHAME: THE VICIOUS CYCLE	84
CHAPTER 9: IN THE MOOD FOR A MAN	91
CHAPTER 10: WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?: A CRISIS OF MEANING	101
STAGE 3: CULTIVATING AUTHENTICITY	105
CHAPTER 11: MIGHTY REAL	106
CHAPTER 12: HEALING RELATIONSHIP TRAUMA	116
CHAPTER 13: THE ROAD TO CONTENTMENT	150
CHAPTER 14: WHAT MOM DIDN'T KNOW & DAD COULDN'T ACCEPT-LESSONS ON BEING AN AUTHENTIC GAY MAN	161
Acknowledgements.......................................................... to come

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:

Gay men -- Psychology.
Gay men -- Social conditions.
Coming out (Sexual orientation) -- Psychological aspects.
Shame.