WAKE UP CALL

This hits the nail on the head and drives home the very reason why this site spawned, mental health issues hiding behind the mask of a beautiful body. Dying young and beautiful because of a hidden mental illness is unacceptable. The stigma and shame that is attached to mental illnesses overrides the education and knowledge of those knee deep in the illness themselves. “Bob Bergeron, a handsome, successful, intelligent, well-liked, physically fit gay New Yorker committed suicide recently. Ironically, and sadly, the psychotherapist was about to publish The Right Side of Forty: The Complete Guide to Happiness for Gay Men at Midlife and Beyond.”

“Colleague and associate Christopher Murray eulogizes Bob in a provocative article that touches on the complexity of why people commit suicide and why (in particular) gay men who might appear to be doing well may not be, not really. Check it out here.” (boyculture)