Dead Boys Can't Dance: Sexual Orientation, Masculinity, and Suicide

by Michel Dorais

Overview

In this study, Dorais (social work, U. Laval, Quebec) examines how being stigmatized as homosexual affects the personality and behavior of males between the ages of 14 and 25. He demonstrates that gay youth are particularly at risk for committing suicide, and that for heterosexual youth who are incorrectly perceived as homosexual, the risk is even greater. The volume concludes with recommendations for ending the isolation these young men feel and preventing suicide. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780773526549
Publisher:	McGill-Queens University Press
Publication date:	03/10/2004
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	136
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Michel Dorais is professor of social work at the Université Laval. He spent many years as a clinical social worker and is the author of Don't Tell: The Sexual Abuse of Boys, Dead Boys Can't Dance: Sexual Orientation, Masculinity, and Suicide, and numerous