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Despite the subtitle 'How to be Gay and Happy', this isn't very happy reading. It's more about the psychological damage being LGBT in today's society does to you. Although I really don't want to say anything bad about this book because it clearly is very necessary and has had a positive impact on some of those who read it, I did find it a bit repetitive, anecdotal and clunky in parts. I would also have loved more focus on the 'happy' bit, which Todd does do in a few chapters at the end - I found the one on how society could be better improved to help LGBT people particularly fascinating, and worthy of a book by itself! My criticism of the book is that the honest portrayal of gay life could well terrify young readers. It did paint a pretty bleak picture, it was honest and accurate but .... Sally went on to give further details and explain the theme of the event. Then, taking a deep breath, broached the subject of her chosen costume.

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A sincere and heartfelt cry to the gay community to come out of denial about the impact of childhood pains on our lives today. The knowledge that Jenny was about to leave the premises caused Amy to fight for her freedom like she’d never fought in a bondage situation before. Pulling on straps that refused to give way, she simultaneously screamed through her gag and the smothering latex, in an effort to make her tormentor comprehend that she was not at all happy with the way events had panned out. Russell believes the escapism narrative put forward to explain science fiction’s appeal to gay people is negative because it implies terror. He believes instead that it is attractive because gay people are freer, happier, more able to accept colour and campness – but I don’t agree. In our teenage years we are desperate for connection but we know that it is too dangerous. I think we are drawn to Doctor Who precisely because he is a stoic loner, emotionally detached and literally leaves before anyone gets close enough for him to have to face his emotions. It's an ambitious attempt to draw together the ills facing gay men (and lgbt people by extension) currently.

He continues this bizarre polemic when he derides fantasy as being ‘often the first way we disassociate from the world around us’. After this, he tries to explain why the fandoms of shows like Doctor Who are predominantly gay:

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Matthew Todd is one of the UK's leading gay writers. He was the editor of the UK's bestselling gay magazine, Attitude, between 2008 and 2016 where he won three British Society of Magazine Editors Editor of the Year Awards, a Stonewall Journalist of the Year Award and was given the Freedom of the City of London. Prince William made history by sitting for the cover of Matthew's final issue as editor. As somebody who has fortunately never experienced a harmful addiction, I couldn't relate to most of this book and didn't find it particularly helpful. There are a lot of very dark, grim stories which might terrify some people, even in an unhelpful way. I can't help but feel that when Todd were writing this book, further research and input from people with different experiences should have been included. If this book is targeted only at cis gay men, then other cis gay men should have been consulted (not just anecdotally) on their own experiences of growing up gay and how this has affected them in later life. But I also think this book should have been even longer, more comprehensive, and equally (and not, as is the case, just in passing) included voices from other queer people, especially women and trans people, who really barely get a mention. I think that's a mistake. This book could easily have had a broader reach discussing queer shame in its entirety.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. Calum McSwiggan, Youtuber, Calum McSwiggan, Youtuber The water was cool and refreshing on Amy’s sandpaper tongue and parched throat, and Jenny allowed her to drink her fill. Silence reigned during this period, with Jenny simply holding the bottle and scrutinising the slim, bound woman before her; that devious smile never dissipating for a second. Once her thirst was quenched, it was therefore left to Amy to initiate communication once more. 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.' How about I come round tomorrow evening, after work? I’ll bring a bottle of wine if you like, and we can get a takeaway. ”

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Sally assured her that it wasn’t. In fact, she was anxious to get the next phase of her restraint under way. Sally hadn’t really given this aspect much thought, but apologised and said that yes, if Angela wouldn’t mind, that would be great. From somewhere seemingly far away, her voice dulled by the masking rubber, Jenny explained how she envisioned the next few days unfolding.Alongside these, we should respond with care. Care is compassion put into action. Christians shouldn’t stand outside the LGBT community and look down on them in judgment. Rather, we should seek to step into that community and offer help, love, and care to those who are struggling. Sadly, Christians have often been part of the problem. Todd speaks very negatively of religion, and it is true that we have historically been among those who have told LGBT people that they are disgusting or degenerate. We have been part of the problem; now it’s time for us to be part of the solution. We have been part of the problem; now it’s time for us to be part of the solution. Despite the subtitle 'How to be Gay and Happy', This was a strange book. Not strange as in weird, but strange in that it presents itself as one thing while it is, in reality, something quite different. Billed as ‘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’. The description continues: Of course Todd doesn’t agree: it doesn’t fit the narrative he was trying to push that LGBT people latch on to things like this just to escape. They couldn’t possibly like these things for another, more positive reason, right? Again, I think he imagines his own experiences and reactions as being somehow universal.

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