Richard De Meath

20 Shades of Pink Richard De Meath Second edition

Gay people often discover there are periods when life becomes a battlefield of different emotional conflicts. These are situations often caused by occurrences beyond most people's everyday control. Homosexual men and women are remarkably successful in finding ways of addressing life in a different way. It is equally true they are continually on the lookout for new ways of dealing with many of the baffling problems it throws up. This book sets out to reveal that life for a number of gay people is one that is occasionally overwhelmed with a variety of emotional challenges. The frustration caused by these can leave the individual overwhelmed with a variety of fragile and delicate feelings. There can also be a whole host of other emotions that encompass everyday life in the Gay world. It has not been an easy task seeking twenty Gay people who were willing to address memories they might otherwise prefer to keep buried. So it was hardly surprising that, in a considerable number of cases, there were some fraught moments. These were the times where I faced an outpouring of heartrending and excruciating emotions, and even tears! You will find that every story is different, each person reveals what it is about being gay that makes them different. We are invited to discover there are experiences of great happiness and unequalled joy. It is this joy that encourages the storytellers to hold on to the dreams and realise them.