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Many gay men want a perfect body, but the effort to get one creat real misery.

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WHY BODY IMAGE ISSU PERVA THE GAY COMMUNY

It's a new year and and a new , but that don't mean the world needs a new you. GQ unpacks the body image issu pervadg the gay muny. * gay body shape *

Body image issu aren’t unique to bi or gay men, but toxic thoughts pertag to self-worth and physil re have bee dangeroly prevalent wh the MSM (men seekg men) muny.

” Over the years, we’ve all heard that tre le: “You n be straight th, but gay fat.

”When I asked if any of my gay male followers had battled body image issu, someone rpond: “That’s lerally all of , surely. ” When agenda-settg gay men’s magaze Attu nducted a body survey 2017, 84% of people said they felt unr “tense prsure” to have a so-lled “good body.

THE REAL REASON GAY MEN DON'T GET FAT

New York gay about town and Barneys creative director Simon Doonan jt sold a mancript for a diet book lled Gay Men Don't Get Fat. While this is te, the real reason why gay men don't get fat might not be the most marketable msage. * gay body shape *

Rearch published last year by Philip Joy and Matthew Numer om Dalhoie Universy found that “social mands placed upon gay men to eat healthily and achieve a perfect body are lked to anxiety and prsn and have ser mental health nsequenc.

”Borris Visokoborskis, a 33-year-old gay fns stctor, says some of his personal traer lleagu are now fully booked until the end of Febary. “Workg this dtry, I n tell you that lookg good is not enough any more for some gay guys who value their athetics and appearance, ” he says.

“A gay iend said to me that ’s hard to look fuckable the days, ” he says.

GAY MEN AND BODY PERFECTN

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”Of urse, the social media era, our phon make easier than ever before to fall to the toxic trap of parg ourselv to other, more “fuckable” gay men.

Instagram tends to get the most blame, but Lewis, a 29-year-old gay man who says his body “jt don’t feel good enough, ” argu that Twter n be even more triggerg.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major U.S.-based profsnal league to e out as gay. * gay body shape *

"As a younger gay man, when I me out, I was told I was too fat, ” says 32-year-old Pete.

”Alex, a 28-year-old gay man of lor, says there’s a fetishistic element to the body image prsure he fac. “But when I’m out, I still get ments om other gay guys about my body, so sometim I feel like I have to keep workg on .

GAY FURRY HACKERS ARE TARGETG US STAT FOR PASSG ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN

Gee, a 35-year-old gay man, says his ncerns began when a iend mocked his "skny arms" nearly 15 years ago.

Keir, a 33-year-old gay man, says he unrtook 18 months of unselg, partly to tackle body image issu, and reports that ’s been reasonably effective.

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