Together: A Guide to Love, Life and Lube
Patrick Gayle. Gay Times Books, London 2001
Key Elements: Easy language and an easy read complete with the very good draws that appear throughout the text. It covers just about everything related to the gay lifestyle. With the exception of the HIV medication (which has thankfully progressed since the publication of this book in 2001) information it is timeless all you need to know about being gay and gay relationships.
The chapters are:
1. Coming Out (the process)
2. Mates (how to make and keep friends, relationships)
3. Getting Older (aging as a gay man) Finding A Place to live (renting, homelessness, everything related to
4. Employment (everything from starting work to discrimination to trade union
5. Debt and Credit Problems (sorting out debts)
6. Body Stuff (hair, hearing, eyes
7. Doing It (fetishes, erogenous zones, pheromones)
8. Diet and Nutrition (what the body needs)
9. Exercise (the heart, blood pressure, injuries)
10. Sleep (Information about sleep)
11. Smoking (damage to health and quitting)
12. Alcohol (the liver, units, limits, and hangovers)
13. Recreational Drugs (safer use, types of drugs)
14. DIY Check-Up and personal hygiene (skin, tattoos, piercing, teeth, nails)
15. Sexually Transmitted Infection (STIs)
16. Sexual Health Clinics and check-ups (what to expect)
17. Stress, Anxiety, Depression (Managing with them)
18. Alternative and Complementary Therapies (aroma-therapy and other forms of alternative medicine)