Straight Jacket
Author | : Matthew Todd |
Publisher | : Black Swan |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018 |
ISBN-10 | : 0552778400 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780552778404 |
Rating | : 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Written by Matthew Todd, editor of Attitude, the UK's best-selling gay magazine, Straight Jacket is a revolutionary clarion call for gay men, the wider LGBT community, their friends and family. Part memoir, part ground-breaking polemic, it looks beneath the shiny facade of contemporary gay culture and asks if gay people are as happy as they could be - and if not, why not? In an attempt to find the answers to this and many other difficult questions, Matthew Todd explores why statistics show a disproportionate number of gay people suffer from mental health problems, including anxiety, depression, addiction, suicidal thoughts and behaviour, and why significant numbers experience difficulty in sustaining meaningful relationships.