This innovative and empowering book examines the impact of growing up and surviving as a gay man in a society that is still learning to accept all identities.

In The Velvet Rage, psychologist Alan Downs draws from his personal struggle with shame and anger, contemporary research, and stories from his patients to passionately describe the stages of a gay man's journey out of shame and suggests practical and inspiring strategies to break the cycle of avoidance and self-destructive behavior.

The Velvet Rage is an empowering book that has already changed the public conversation around gay culture and has helped shape the identity of an entire generation of gay men.

Pages: 272, Year of Publication: 0605, Dimensions: 13.4x13.4cm