Works by
Brian McNaught
(Writer)

Books

• Are You Guys Brothers? (2008)
  Same-sex intimacy, particularly between males, can be a challenge to maintain for gay and bisexual men, and extremely threatening to heterosexual men. Are You Guys Brothers?, a question asked of male couples throughout the world, is a very personal and candid look at the topic through the lens of an immensely happy and successful 32-year relationship.
  
  Brian McNaught and Ray Struble, both Irish Catholic, Midwestern children of seven, met in Boston in their twenties as one was beginning a career as a "gay activist" and the other was entering the world of commercial banking. Their love became the envy of their families and friends, marked by open communication, good humor, patience, and spirituality. They would need all four to navigate the mine-filled waters of childhood sexual abuse, alcoholism, intense religious and political opposition, dramatically-disparate incomes, a sexually-open relationship, aging, erectile dysfunction, and an often unsupportive and frequently dysfunctional gay community.
  
  Today, they are officially married, and the "gay activist" is now educating his spouse's former Wall Street colleagues on gay issues in offices around the world. This book is funny, deeply moving, and highly instructive, of particular interest to gay men and women who seek guidance in building and maintaining their relationships, and to heterosexual men and women worldwide who want to better understand not only gay people but also how to get past the roadblocks to intimacy in their own relationships.

• "Sex Camp" (2005)
  In his book Sex Camp, Brian McNaught ventures into places where most people fear to tread. His searing honesty combines with an overt ability to pose issues about human sexuality that desperately need to be faced, lest we continue to violate those who do not fit our security boxes.

• Now That I'm Out What Do I Do?: Thoughts on Living Deliberately (1997)

• Gay Issues in the Workplace (1993)

  • What gay people want and need.

  • The cost of anti-gay behavior.

  • How to respond to people who quote the Bible.

  • Making allies of heterosexual coworkers.

• On Being Gay: Thoughts on Family, Faith, and Love (1988)
  Brian McNaught has a special knack for enabling people to understand what it means to be gay. He has done so as a writer and lecturer since 1974, explaining, encouraging, and often healing his audiences. McNaught provides a look-- sometimes humorous, always insightful-- at such concerns as whether or not to "come out," maintaining ties with one's family, building love relationships that last, developing an honest relationship with God, dealing with AIDS, and accepting oneself as decent and worthy of respect.

• Disturbed Peace: Selected Writings of an Irish Catholic (1981)

YouTube -- the following videos are available on YouTube.

• On Being Gay

• Gay issues in the Workplace

• Growing Up Gay and Lesbian

• Homophobia in the Workplace

• Gay/Straight: Can We Talk?

• Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in the Workplace