Difference is Born on the Lips: Reflections on Sexuality, Stigma and Society

Written by:
Michael Handrick
Narrated by:
George Naylor

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
6
Narrator
3
Release Date
May 2023
Duration
8 hours 48 minutes
Summary
'A provocative, raw, and soulful book... An unflinching and visionary read.' - Attitude

Raw and stunningly written, Handrick takes us on a journey through his experiences as a gay working-class man, confronting the toxic narratives and myths that society has built up around masculinity, class, and sexuality.

Much more than just a personal story, Handrick's book delves deep into the heart of a crisis facing the gay community today: a mental health epidemic that shows no signs of slowing down. With shocking statistics and hard-hitting research, Handrick reveals the dark reality of what it means to be a gay man in a world that still clings to outdated and harmful stereotypes.

Yet despite the challenges, Handrick's message is one of hope. Through his personal struggles and his deep understanding of the root causes of the crisis facing the gay community, he calls on us all to come together and create a new conversation. A conversation that confronts the systemic inequalities and discrimination that should have never existed in the first place.

If you're looking for a book that will challenge you, inspire you, and leave you with a renewed sense of hope, ´Difference is Born on the Lips´ is a must-read.

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Michael Handrick's work has been shortlisted for Penguin Random House's Write Now 2020 and Kit de Waal's anthology, Common People, and longlisted for the London Writers Awards, 2019. He has had features in Attitude and PYLOT, and his fiction pieces have been published in anthologies such as Litro, and shortlisted and longlisted for various competitions including the Creative Future Literary Awards (2018, 2020).
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Eric C.

Loved the narrator. He did a great job and emphasised the important parts appropriately. However, I can’t help but think that this book is too much of a “b*tch fest” about how society has been wrong one homosexual man. Bullying, prejudice and discrimination also exist for many other kinds of people, not just homosexuals, and certainly not just within the working class. The author dedicated less than half a chapter at the end talking about how he’d change and look at things differently going forward. But I think he might need to just go through the challenges “life” presents to him, and become stronger through the experience. The message from this book is very strong, but mostly about how society has wronged the author. There are thousands of other stories about the struggles of growing up that are more tragic and concerning than this one. Read this if you’d like to learn about one gay man’s experience growing up in the UK.

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