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Dead Boys Can't Dance

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Dead Boys Can't Dance is a ground-breaking exploration of the double taboos of homosexuality and suicide and their effect on males from fourteen to twenty-five. North American society has been relu...
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  • 10 March 2004
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Dorais and Lajeunesse analyse the adverse ways being stigmatized as homosexual affects personality and behaviour, discerning four types of reaction: the 'perfect boy,' whose perfectionism and asexuality are an attempt to minimize the difference between how he is perceived and what he is supposed to be; the 'chameleon,' who attempts to keep everyone from suspecting his secret but constantly feels like an impostor; the 'token fag,' who serves as a scapegoat to his peers, especially at school, and suffers a consequent rejection and lack of self-esteem; and the 'rebel,' who actively rejects any stigma based on his sexual orientation and non-conformity. They show that those who are heterosexual but suspected of being homosexual are most at risk of suicide and make recommendations for suicide prevention.
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Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press
Publication Date: 10 March 2004
ISBN: 9780773571655
Format: eBook
BISACs: SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / Human Sexuality (see also SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Sexuality)
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