Joe Kort, Ph.D., talks about his new book, "Is My Hband Gay, Straight, or Bi?"
Contents:
- WHY ARE THERE GAY MEN?
- HOW TO GET A MAN (FOR GAY MEN)
- IS MY HBAND GAY? SIGNS OF A GAY HBAND
- A HANDY GUI TO ALL GAY MEN
- IS YOUR MAN GAY, STRAIGHT, OR BISEXUAL?
- STEP-BY-STEP INSTCTNS FOR SHOOTG YOUR SHOT WH GAY GUYS
- GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH
- AS A GAY MAN, I’LL NEVER BE NORMAL
- KG LIL JAY SLAMS GAY MORS AFTER VIO OF MAT KISSG PROMPTS TROLLS’ RPONSE
WHY ARE THERE GAY MEN?
Unrstand health ncerns for gay men and other men who have sex wh men, and learn how to promote good health. * mans gay *
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HOW TO GET A MAN (FOR GAY MEN)
New rearch shows the gen that make men gay appear to make their mothers and nts more reproductively succsful. * mans gay *
However, there are some specific health ncerns that gay men and other men who have sex wh men need to be aware of. Gay men and other men who have sex wh men may be at an creased risk of prsn, bipolar disorr and anxiety. Gay men also are more likely to have body image problems and eatg disorrs, such as anorexia and bulimia, than are other men.
Many health re and mental health anizatns foced on the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny also offer substance e treatment or may be able to provi rmatn about lol rourc. And rearch has shown that gay men and other men who have sex wh men experience timate partner vlence at a higher rate than do other men.
IS MY HBAND GAY? SIGNS OF A GAY HBAND
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But gay men might be more likely to stay silent about this kd of vlence due to fear of discrimatn. A lack of shelters and other facili equipped to offer gay men a safe, supportive place to get help also may make dntg to seek re.
Concern about homophobia and the stigma sometim associated wh homosexualy may prevent some gay men om gettg route health re. Gay, bisexual and queer men's attus and unrstandgs of timate partner vlence and sexual asslt.
A spg review of timate partner vlence as relat to the experienc of gay and bisexual men. While female sexualy appears to be more fluid, rearch suggts that male gayns is an born, unalterable, strongly geilly fluenced tra. But nsirg that the tra disurag the type of sex that leads to procreatn — that is, sex wh women — and would therefore seem to thwart s own chanc of beg geilly passed on to the next generatn, why are there gay men at all?
A HANDY GUI TO ALL GAY MEN
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For several years, studi led by Andrea Camper Ciani at the Universy of Padova Italy and others have found that mothers and maternal nts of gay men tend to have signifintly more offsprg than the maternal relativ of straight men.
The rults show strong support for the "balancg selectn hypothis, " which is fast beg the accepted theory of the geic basis of male theory holds that the same geic factors that duce gayns mal also promote fecundy (high reproductive succs) those mal' female maternal relativ. Through this tra-off, the maternal relativ' "gay man gen, " though they aren't exprsed as such, tend to get passed to future generatns spe of their tenncy to make their male herors no one knows which gen, exactly, the might be, at least one of them appears to be loted on the X chromosome, acrdg to geic molg by Camper Ciani and his lleagu. Mal her only one X chromosome — the one om their mother — and if clus the gene that promot gayns mal and fecundy femal, he is likely to be gay while his mom and her female relativ are likely to have lots of kids.
IS YOUR MAN GAY, STRAIGHT, OR BISEXUAL?
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If a dghter hers that same X-lked gene, she herself may not be gay, but she n pass on to her sons. ]But how might the "gay man gene" make femal more reproductively succsful?
Prevly, the Italian rearchers suggted that the "gay man gene" might simply crease androphilia, or attractn to men, thereby makg the mal who posss the gene homosexual and the femal who posss more promiscuo.
But after vtigatg the characteristics of 161 female maternal relativ of homosexual and heterosexual men, the rearchers have adjted their hypothis.
STEP-BY-STEP INSTCTNS FOR SHOOTG YOUR SHOT WH GAY GUYS
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Rather than makg women more attracted to men, the "gay man gene" appears to make the women more attractive to men. The androphilic pattern that we found is about femal who crease their reproductive value to attract the bt mal, " Camper Ciani told Life's Ltle out, the moms and nts of gay men have an advantage over the moms and nts of straight men for several reasons: They are more fertile, displayg fewer gynelogil disorrs or plitns durg pregnancy; they are more extroverted, as well as funnier, happier and more relaxed; and they have fewer fay problems and social anxieti. "It is que possible that there are several fluenc on formg a homosexual orientatn, " said Gelf Rieger, a sexual orientatn rearcher at Cornell Universy.
GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH
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But as for why geic factors would exist that make men gay, appears that the gen make women, as well as gay men, allurg to other men. Some of the largt LGBTQ events clu Madrid Gay Pri, NYC Pri, the São Plo Gay Pri Para, and Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras. For gay men, shootg a photo outdoors or showg off toned arms will crease the chanc of someone likg your profile.
AS A GAY MAN, I’LL NEVER BE NORMAL
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Gay bars will be filled wh eligible gay men that may also be lookg for a relatnship.
KG LIL JAY SLAMS GAY MORS AFTER VIO OF MAT KISSG PROMPTS TROLLS’ RPONSE
Volunteerg for an LGBTQ anizatn will allow you to meet other gay men that hold siar beliefs and have siar passns for activism. Try to tap to different circl of iends so you n fd other eligible gay men. Jt bee you're a gay man, don't mean that you need to go to exclively gay events or tablishments to meet a mate.
Don't give up jt bee don't seem like there are many gay guys your area. If you live near a major cy, try visg the popular gay bars or attendg gay-iendly events there. It's also possible that you already know a few gay men and you jt don't know they're gay yet!
Article SummaryXAs a gay man, n be a stggle to fd someone special, but you n up your chanc by puttg yourself out there and approachg guys you're terted . Sometim a woman may have been a heterosexual relatnship for years and yet feel somethg is somehow "off;" and she may fd herself askg, "Is my hband gay?