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In a similar fashion, gay people have often been portrayed as a threat to children. Back in , when Anita Bryant campaigned successfully to repeal a Dade County (FL) ordinance prohibiting anti-gay discrimination, she named her organization "Save Our Children," and warned that "a particularly deviant-minded [gay] lecturer could sexually molest children" (Bryant, , p. ). [Bibliographic references are on a different web page]
In recent years, antigay activists have routinely asserted that lgbtq+ people are kid molesters. This argument was often made in debates about the Boy Scouts of Americ
Bisexual men more prone to eating disorders than same-sex attracted or straight men, research finds
Bisexual men are more likely to experience eating disorders than either heterosexual or gay men, according to a new describe from the University of California San Francisco.
Numerous studies have indicated that queer men are at increased risk for disordered eating — including fasting, excessive exercise and preoccupation with weight and body shape. But the findings, published this month in the journal Eating and Weight Disorders, suggest that bi-curious men are even more susceptible to some unhealthy habits.
In a sampling of over 4, LGBTQ adults, a quarter of multi-attracted men reported having fasted for more than eight hours to influence their weight or appearance, compared to 20 percent of gay men. Eighty percent of bisexual men reported that they "felt fat," and 77 percent had a strong desire to lose weight, compared to 79 percent and 75 percent of gay men, respectively.
Not everyone who diets or feels fat has an eating disorder, said a co-author of the study, Dr. Jason Nagata, a professor of pediatric me
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)&#;A new study by a group of University of Chicago researchers reveals a lofty level of promiscuity and unhealthy behavior among that city&#;s queer male population.
According to the researchers, percent of homosexual men in Chicago&#;s Shoreland area have had more than 60 sexual partners, while an additional percent hold had between 31 and 60 partners. All total, percent of the area&#;s homosexual men hold had more than 30 partners, and percent have had more than 15, the research found.
As a result, percent of lgbtq+ males in Shoreland &#; established as Chicago&#;s &#;gay center&#; &#; have at least one sexually transmitted disease, researchers said.
The three-year study on the sexual habits of Chicago&#;s citizens will arrive in the upcoming book, &#;The Sexual Organization of The City&#; (University of Chicago Press), due out this spring.
The researchers interviewed 2, people from throughout the city and its suburbs, asking them detailed questions about their sexual behavior and beliefs.
While the research dealt with the deed of all peop
Gay men and the promiscuity &#;problem&#;
When you first appear out as gay, one of the very first things you might perform is reject the notion of homosexuality entirely. This doesn&#;t define me, you may think, these are not my people. You may even joke you&#;re the only homophobic queer you know.
You&#;ll rail against the stereotypes; you&#;ll criticize the behaviour of other gay men is damaging your own experience. You won&#;t live your best animation because you simply don&#;t know how yet. This is all so shared, so expected – which must be painful to hear for everyone who thought they were the only ones to experience this way – that it could be mapped out as stages on a chart as you track your progress along the gay pathway. You may hurt yourself and hate yourself because you feel you should, before anyone else – be they straight or from the very community you&#;re so desperate not to be a part of – has the chance to hurt or dislike you first.
You want to be accepted, to reveal you&#;re not a threat, not like the others, and because being same-sex attracted is linked to sex, that&#;s the first thing you at