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Are you ready? : the gay man's guide to thriving at midlife / Rik Isensee.
LIBRA HQ76.2.U5 I836 1999
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Isensee, Rik, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Middle-aged gay men--United States.
- Middle-aged gay men.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 196 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles, California : Alyson Books, 1999.
- Summary:
- Many gay men enter midlife unprepared to face the challenges of living in a youth-oriented culture. In Are You Ready? author Rik Isensee expertly navigate issues such as countering stereotypes, reaching closure with a youthful identity, staying in shape, changes in long-term relationships, sex, and learning to embrace positive aspects of aging.
- Contents:
- Thriving at midlife
- Ready or not!
- Into the dark wood
- Behind the mask
- Physical and sexual changes
- Sex and the single gay guy
- Impact of midlife on gay relationships
- Loss and mortality
- Meaningful work
- Gay men as shaman/tricksters.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.
- Local Notes:
- Gift of the William Way LGBT Community Center.
- ISBN:
- 1555834590
- 9781555834593
- OCLC:
- 40521192
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