![]() "Does the author realize that most gay men fall into the category of "fairies" and not the muscular, straight acting and the most important word in Alan's lexicon, "successful" gay men. What shocked me is Alan's comment: " There are those involved in queer nation or the "radical fairies" that suggest that gay men are not meant to be in committed relationship. 186)" Richard sees homosexuality as a product of a shame over their inadeqate masuclinity or even "repressed masculinity" Even the lustful and vain ,did i add hard! act of working out in the gym is " is to rely shame" (p. ![]() Anything a gay man does is becuase there is something underlying movtive behind it. ![]() Alan Downs sees gay people as being inherently shame driven. The problem start when both start diagnosing gay people and interestingly, have an identical philosophy and approach to the issue. ![]() Reading the Velvet Rage when I just finished a book by an ex-gay psychotherapist Richard Cohen Coming Out Straight: Understanding and Healing Homosexuality has started making me wonder how far apart they are in their assumptions about gay people.Īlan Downs in his book gives some interesting advice for spiritual growth for a gay man and so does Richard, though with the different aim of curing people of homosexuality. ![]()
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