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The Mentor - A Memoir of Friendship and Gay Identity (Hardcover)
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The Mentor - A Memoir of Friendship and Gay Identity (Hardcover)
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Examine a moving, personal narrative about growing up gay in the
south!Students, teachers, and anyone interested in gay studies and
experiences will find that The Mentor: A Memoir of Friendship and
Gay Identity (a 2001 Lambda Literary Foundation Gay Male
Biography/Autobiography Award finalist) delivers a captivating and
honest look into the challenges of growing up gay through the
context of firsthand experiences, revelations, and realizations.
This unique book is an intelligent and personal narrative that
considers the social, religious, and emotional aspects of what it
is like to grow up as a gay male in the south and examines the
enormous social changes regarding homosexuality that have taken
place in America during the last half of the century. Written to
reveal the importance of the author's mentor in helping him form
his self-identity and educating him about being gay, this book
challenges the stereotypical idea that, unlike heterosexuals, gay
men are not able to form nurturing, fulfilling bonds between
themselves. The Mentor delivers an inspiring story about accepting
and understanding your sexuality with the help and guidance of
other men who have traveled the road to a successful gay
identity.This unique book offers the courage, strength, and support
of a mentor to help guide you through the trials that many young
gay men experience, such as: recognizing the possibilities of
exploitation by older gay men due to a lack of emotional and social
experience creating a loyal relationship with a man that does not
include sex but which satisfies emotional needs that many gay men
need and long for discovering the importance of a mentor to gay
youths, since there are few homosexual role models to learn from
Sincere and well-written, The Mentor provides insight into
everything from the author's experience with intolerance of
homosexuality by certain religions to struggles with fidelity and
infidelity, illustrating the difficult yet universal challenges of
life relationships. The Mentor contains suggestions that will help
you recognize that your feelings of desire and love and your quest
for human connection as a gay man are not the distorted reflections
of a heterosexual image, but a healthy gay identity. With this
unique book, you will discover how to make the shift from confusion
to full acceptance of your gay identity, you will understand that
you are not alone, and perhaps you will be encouraged to pass on
the legacy of a mentor to other young gay men.
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