# Straight Jacket Overcoming Society's Legacy of Gay Shame

**'This is an essential read for every gay person on the planet' - Elton John**  
**'A** **really brilliant and moving read for everybody, especially LGBTQI+ people' - Olly Alexander, star of _It's A Sin_**  
  
**_Straight Jacket_** is a revolutionary clarion call for gay men, the wider LGBT community, their friends and family. 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 - and if not, why not?  
  
Meticulously researched, courageous and life-affirming, **_Straight Jacket_** offers invaluable practical advice on how to overcome a range of difficult issues. It also recognizes that this is a watershed moment, a piercing wake-up-call-to-arms for the gay and wider community to acknowledge the importance of supporting all young people - and helping older people to transform their experience and finally get the lives they really want.  
  
**WINNER BOYZ BEST LGBT BOOK 2017**  
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE POLARI BOOK PRIZE 2017**  
  
'Insightful, inclusive, clever and engaging' - Jeremy Langmead'Utterly brilliant' - _The Guardian_

## Details

- **Price:** 16.95 GBP
- **Vendor:** Transworld Publishers Limited
- **Type:** Matthew Todd
- **Tags:** All Books, Main Non-Fiction, Self Help

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