TY - BOOK AU - Dorais,Michel TI - Dead Boys Can't Dance: Sexual Orientation, Masculinity, and Suicide SN - 9780773571655 AV - HV6545.4 .D67 2004 U1 - 362.282/086/64209714 PY - 2004/// CY - Montreal PB - McGill-Queen's University Press KW - Gay youth-Suicidal behavior-Québec (Province) KW - Boys-Suicidal behavior-Québec (Province) KW - Suicide-Prevention KW - Homosexuality-Psychological aspects KW - Jeunes homosexuels-Comportement suicidaire-Quebec (Province) KW - Garcons-Comportement suicidaire-Quebec (Province) KW - Homosexualite-Aspect psychologique KW - Electronic books N2 - 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 reluctant to recognize that there is a link between the social stigmatization of homosexuality and the high level of suicide attempts by adolescent boys who are homosexual or are identified as homosexual by their peers. By examining first-person accounts from teenage boys and young men, Michel Dorais and Simon Lajeunesse shed light on why some of them attempt to take their own lives UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3330520 ER -