The heavy burden of shame we carry around as gay men means that we feel that we deserve our loneliness.
This is a tragedy.
My friend, you are worthy of love and belonging. The way to move beyond the thoughts and feelings of loneliness you have is to know this and then, courageously, connect authentically to your self, to those most important to you and to your communities.
Yes, it’s daunting. We’re not meant to do it alone.
Join me and my guest, Matthew Todd – author of ‘Straight Jacket: Overcoming society’s legacy of gay shame’ – in this episode of ‘Connection over Coffee with The Loneliness Guy’.
About Matthew
Matthew Todd was the editor of Attitude magazine between 2008 and 2016: his final issue featured Prince William on the cover.
Matthew is a journalist, author, comedian, playwright and media commentator. In 2017, his book ‘Straight Jacket: Overcoming society’s legacy of gay shame’ has been called ‘an essential read for every gay person on the planet’ by Sir Elton John. It was also voted LGBT Book of the Year by readers of Boyz magazine and was shortlisted for the Polari Prize. In 2017, Matthew was awarded the Freedom of the City of London for services to the LGBT community. He lives in London.
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