Straight Jacket

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The book everyone is talking about… This is probably the most important thing I’ll ever read as a gay man. Full of profundity and fearless honesty.

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It totally captured what it's like to be a teenager: the excitement, the confusion, the horniness. Sometimes I laughed so hard, I thought I was going to puke and die. Nobody I know works harder than me. If I'm awake I'm working on SOMETHING. Everyone is like, How do you do it? Well, it's mostly because that's when I feel most alive, is when I'm putting myself to use, and I like to do it in various different capacities, often all at once. But is part of that a niggling, "See? See what a valuable member of society I am? What worth I have? What good I do, in spite of that aspect of me that you take issue with?" Yeah, I think it's a little implied. Why should I have to prove my worth like that? That attitude doesn't assume equality. If equal, I should get to piss about as much as everyone else seems to. If we're all equal, not even a gay serial killer should be a slight against our kind, right? There are plenty of straight ones, but nobody's like, "Don't be straight!" Important story events occur off-screen, consistent with effective plot misdirection. Viewers are thus led down the garden path, but rewarded at the end. Clues are effectively subtle. She paused at this point, as Amy let out a distraught squeal of complaint. But this cut no ice with her seemingly cool, calm and collected antagonist. Not here. We need to meet up somewhere private where no one will overhear us. I’ve got a proposition for you that I think you’ll be very interested in hearing.”The clanking of a metal panel, followed by the sound of footsteps which slowly became louder, brought Amy out of her solitary reveries, as she waited with a mixture of anticipation and trepidation for the maker of this commotion to appear. Seconds later the door opened and a torch beam briefly bobbed and flitted around the walls and high ceiling, before steadying and pinpointing the trussed up woman sitting in one corner of the vast space. As the figure approached, Amy was temporarily blinded, and the first solid clue she received that this was Jenny returning and not some random intruder, came when her visitor spoke. I understand that the link between all types of addiction and other harmful effects an LGBTQ+ person may have after a less than perfect upbringing (especially as Matthew explains that connection so well in the early part of the book), he’s not a doctor or healthcare professional, and so the advice and information given about recovery is very quote -heavy and not exactly groundbreaking. And we should respond by continuing to proclaim the better story. Todd shares about some of the routes to recovery that have been helpful to him and others, highlighting especially the role that Twelve Steps groups can play. It’s a good thing that Todd and others have found significant help in these various forms of support. Each form of support is an example of God’s generosity to humanity (what theologians call ‘common grace’). But as Christians we have better and even more powerful answers to offer. Ive read "The Velvet Rage" by Alan Downs and by and large i found this book built on the ideas covered there. I found much of the stories to be impactful and at times quite troubling. Being gay in a heteronormative society is not easy, but add the macho aggression found here in Australia and it changes it to a very bleak place.

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OK, I’ll go along with your little game... for now at least. I’ll need a while to get washed and dressed first though. Where do you want to meet?” Okay, okay, I get it. You want to remain tied up like this all evening. I suppose you’re going to expect me to feed you as well, are you?” The smile, if anything, got broader and more evil in nature as she spoke these words. Amy shifted restlessly. Andrew is part of a church on the south-east coast and is Emerging Generations director at Living Out. He studied theology at Durham University and King's College London and is the author of 'People Not Pronouns' (Grove Books) and 'Finding Your Best Identity' (IVP). In the words of one of his friends: 'On paper you should be boring, but you're actually quite good fun.'This powerful book, I believe, will save lives. I’d like to see every gay man read this. Juno Dawson, The Guardian Jenny continued to stare wide-eyed at the semi-suited Amy. But after a few seconds she seemed to gather her thoughts.