In the absence of accurate rmatn, Amerin culture has upheld a distorted view of what means to be an olr gay man. Gay and Gray is the first and only
Contents:
- GAY AND GRAY
- WHERE DO YOU LIVE WHEN YOU’RE GAY AND GRAY?
- GRAY AND GAY: CLOSETED PSYCHIATRIST COM OUT AFTER 40 YEARS
GAY AND GRAY
In the absence of accurate rmatn, Amerin culture has upheld a distorted view of what means to be an olr gay man. Gay and Gray is the first and only scholarly full-length treatment of olr gay men Ameri today.
It breaks the stereotype that olr gay men are strange, lonely creatur and reveals that most olr gay men are well-adjted to their homosexualy and the agg send edn ntas four new chapters that prent addnal perspectiv on the realy of gay agg. Mnigero’s study shows that olr gay men do not perceive themselv as growg old faster than their heterosexual unterparts, and that forty is the age at which most gay men believe that the label “young” no longer appli--this fdg led Berger and other rearchers to fe “olr” gay men as those over forty.
WHERE DO YOU LIVE WHEN YOU’RE GAY AND GRAY?
Pope and Schulz nfirm Berger’s fdg that for most olr gay men a ntuatn of sexual activy and sexual enjoyment is the norm.
John Gbe’s paper on the teractn of olr gay men wh younger gay liberatnists explor the cultural divi between today’s olr gay man and his younger unterpart, fillg a gap left the first edn. And a ncludg chapter by Richard Friend on a theory of succsful gay agg summariz much of the current thkg about this topic.
The te suatn of the olr homosexual male prented Gay and Gray challeng prenceptns about what means to be old and gay.
GRAY AND GAY: CLOSETED PSYCHIATRIST COM OUT AFTER 40 YEARS
It asserts that most ways, olr gay men are distguishable om other olr people. Bee the book portrays olr gay men a realistic and sympathetic light, is theraptic for the many gay men who have been burned wh society’s negative and distorted views about them. Gay and Gray offers younger gay men a rare glimpse to their futur and enlightens and forts those who unt olr gay men among their fay and iends.
The nclns drawn the book will change people’s perspectiv and offer new ways of thkg for and about olr gay and Gray is filled wh rich se histori and treats s subject wh digny and passn. gay muny. beg ” the closet” and ”g out” as a gay person.
popular stereotypAs the first tensive terview and qutnnaire study of gay men aged 40 and olr Ameri, Gay and Gray exam the liv of the men light of cultural stereotyp. Author Berger asks about the social liv of the men, their volvement both the heterosexual and homosexual muni, their ”g out” experienc, their attus about younger gays, their experienc growg olr, and their strategi for adaptg to life’s challeng.