21 Books Every Gay Man Needs To Read Right Now | Thought Catalog

Contents:

• THE 10 BT GAY SELF-HELP BOOKS YOU SHOULD HAVE READ ALREADY BY NOW!
• 10 MT-READ BOOKS FOR GAY MEN SEEKG GROWTH, HEALG, AND AN PE OM THE STGGLE MDSET
• 5 BOOKS GAY MEN CAN READ TO IMPROVE THEIR LIV
• RECLAIMG YOUR LIFE: THE GAY MAN'S GUI TO LOVE, SELF-ACCEPTANCE AND TST PAPERBACK – JULY 1, 2000
• THE VELVET RAGE: OVERG THE PA OF GROWG UP GAY A STRAIGHT MAN'S WORLD HARDVER – MAY 24, 2005
• AUTHOR OF SELF-HELP BOOK FOR GAY MEN STUNS FRIENDS WH SUICI
• 21 BOOKS EVERY GAY MAN NEEDS TO READ RIGHT NOW

THE 10 BT GAY SELF-HELP BOOKS YOU SHOULD HAVE READ ALREADY BY NOW!

And this is somethg the bt gay self-help books help work through. You might not be able to make everythg around you your life perfect, but we have tried our bt to put together the top ten gay and queer self-help books to make your life jt that ltle b easier and more pleasant! By John Pl BrammerStraight Parents/Gay Children: Keepg Fai Together by Robert BernsteQueer Blu by Kimeron N.

Wh s full tle clockg as The Pri Gui: A Gui to Sexual and Social Health for LGBTQ Youth, this most popular work of Langford’s non-fictn ntributns to LGBT lerature is everythg that a gay, bi, trans, or otherwise queer teenager or young adult uld need makg their first steps to the world as a grown human beg. This one isn’t a book aimed so directly at self-help as the rt of those on this list of the bt gay self-help books, but the soothg effect that is flickg through even jt a few pag is sure to brg means that more than serv to be on this list. Ever been told that you ‘don’t look gay’ or that you don’t f to an archetype that people expect queer people to hold?

Brammer’s memoir slash tobgraphy slash stant self-help classic is a light-hearted yet brave take on queer life as a whole, actg as somewhat of a cheat gui to gay life. Mixed race, gay, and not at all certa where he wanted to go wh his life, while Brammer’s journey of transformg to ‘Papi’ – thor of the popular advice lumn that shar the book’s name and an in for queer youths all across the world – had humble origs, when got started, got started wh a bang.

10 MT-READ BOOKS FOR GAY MEN SEEKG GROWTH, HEALG, AND AN PE OM THE STGGLE MDSET

Straight Parents/Gay Children: Keepg Fai Together by Robert Bernste.

While this book isn’t strictly jt about self-help for queer dividuals – though n be an enlighteng, theraptic, and eeg read for those who have had to experience the difficulti of livg wh homophobic or transphobic parents – mt be said that ensurg a healthy fay relatnship is a massive step towards posive experienc later life and that some of the most proment issu of all that queer people enunter n be found right the childhood home. Wrten not by a queer dividual but rather om the perspective of a heterosexual father wh a lbian dghter, Bernste’s work Straight Parents/Gay Children is nothg short of spiratnal – showg how a thg reacted to as ‘needg gettg ed to’ or ‘gettg over’ is stead a gift and an opportuny for parents to show how much they tly love and accept their children.

Bernste se parents as irreplaceable bastns of support for gay rights. Queer Blu: The Lbian and Gay Gui to Overg Deprsn is one of the only piec of queer lerature out there that foc pecially on the effects and sourc of prsn that gay people suffer om on a day-to-day basis and the job do of verg ccial and til now unexplored topics is nothg short of legendary.

5 BOOKS GAY MEN CAN READ TO IMPROVE THEIR LIV

And now, to end this list of the bt gay self-help books, let dip once more to the que difficult realm of discsn that is the relatnships shared between queer children – grown and still growg – and their parents.

RECLAIMG YOUR LIFE: THE GAY MAN'S GUI TO LOVE, SELF-ACCEPTANCE AND TST PAPERBACK – JULY 1, 2000

As a gay man, I know that ’s precisely when life begs to slow down that I fd both the time and the mental bandwidth to seek out the personal sights necsary to said growth. Unrstandg the gay stggle – the first step towards growth and healgTransformg your life through vulnerabilyRegnizg the fluence of trmaAdoptg optimistic thkgBeg kr to yourselfAdoptg a ‘growth’ mdsetSettg clear boundariUnrstandg your relatnship needs better Learng to medateImprovg emotnal telligence. Unrstandg the gay stggle – the first step towards growth and healg.

“Somethg about growg up gay forced to learn how to hi ugly reali behd a fely crafted faça. Even as an out and proud gay man, I felt like I was still livg a life of subterfuge. Author Alan Downs charts the journey gay men mt take om self-loathg to self-acceptance before ncludg wh a raft of valuable suggtns for how we n live happier and healthier liv.

When I me out as gay, I was searchg for nnectn and a sense of belongg.

THE VELVET RAGE: OVERG THE PA OF GROWG UP GAY A STRAIGHT MAN'S WORLD HARDVER – MAY 24, 2005

Inially, I looked for at gay venu, like bars and clubs. Trma for gay children is an all too mon experience. Prevly I’ve discsed the burn of “grandsy”, a fense ed by gay men agast feelgs of ferry or vert prsn.

Those fixed their thkg, like grandse gay men, are stricken by a fear of failure and imperfectn.

Boundari are ccial for all gay men bee our right to choose how we live is one that often unr the scty and judgment of others, pecially our own fai.

AUTHOR OF SELF-HELP BOOK FOR GAY MEN STUNS FRIENDS WH SUICI

As a gay man who enjoys a close relatnship wh my mother, I n safely say that was one arrived at through ntual negotiatn, and a willgns to fend my personal boundari. While some sectns and theoretil discsns may not be relevant to all rears, Emotnal Intelligence is an sential read for all gay men on the path of self-improvement. Essy Knopf is a buddg social worker terted bt practic and explorg experienc related to beg nrodivergent and gay.

21 BOOKS EVERY GAY MAN NEEDS TO READ RIGHT NOW

I remember gog to a Chapters bookstore my late teens and lookg at the “gay and lbian books” sectn. Below I ver five books which n help gay men unrstand their current stggl better, and see the possibily for change their liv. This is a phenomenon lled the shame-rage cycle, and shows up a specific way for gay men.

Alan Downs draws on his own stggle wh shame and anger, current rearch, and stori om his clients to passnately scribe the stag of a gay man’s journey out of shame. In Straight Jacket, thor Matthew Todd shar his own journey as a gay men while lookg beneath the shy fa of morn gay culture and asks if gay people are as happy as they uld be–and if not, why not?

The book vers ntemporary rearch on gay men’s issu, as well as practil advice on how to overe a range of difficult problems. In particular, the book provis an excellent analysis of the tersectn between shame and substance e issu amongst gay men. Although not a self-help book the same way as other books on this list, this classic book has had a profound impact on gay men’s disurse.