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.
Contents:
- WHY BODY IMAGE ISSU PERVA THE GAY COMMUNY
- LIVG AUTHENTILLY THE LGBTQ COMMUNY: HOW TO MOVE PAST “GAY SHAME” [VIO]
- ON SLUT-SHAMG AND GAY MEN
- BE KD. STOP THE OPPRSIVE CYCLE OF TERNALIZED GAY SHAME.
- BE KD. STOP THE OPPRSIVE CYCLE OF TERNALIZED GAY SHAME.
- GAY MEN PH BACK ON BODY SHAMG AMID HIGH RAT OF BODY DYSMORPHIA, EATG DISORRS
- GAWKER'S OUTG OF CONDé NAST'S CFO IS GAY-SHAMG, NOT JOURNALISM
- THE INTER EPTS AT GAWKER’S ROLE IN ‘GAY-SHAMG’ ‘BLACKMAIL’ ATTEMPT
WHY BODY IMAGE ISSU PERVA THE GAY COMMUNY
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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.
LIVG AUTHENTILLY THE LGBTQ COMMUNY: HOW TO MOVE PAST “GAY SHAME” [VIO]
Stgglg wh gay shame? Watch this blog to learn how to move past shame and live thentilly the LGBTQ muny! * gay shaming *
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.
”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. "As a younger gay man, when I me out, I was told I was too fat, ” says 32-year-old Pete.
ON SLUT-SHAMG AND GAY MEN
“People shamg Andy Cohen for beg gay, a gay bar, wh other gay guys, durg gay Pri month,” one er tweeted. * gay shaming *
”Alex, a 28-year-old gay man of lor, says there’s a fetishistic element to the body image prsure he fac.
BE KD. STOP THE OPPRSIVE CYCLE OF TERNALIZED GAY SHAME.
When faced wh gay shame, we have three choic. Eher we overpensate, we llapse – or we employ self-passn. * gay shaming *
“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 . Gee, a 35-year-old gay man, says his ncerns began when a iend mocked his "skny arms" nearly 15 years ago.
BE KD. STOP THE OPPRSIVE CYCLE OF TERNALIZED GAY SHAME.
When faced wh gay shame, we have three choic. Eher we overpensate, we llapse – or we employ self-passn. * gay shaming *
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.
Livg Authentilly the LGBTQ Communy: How to Move Past “Gay Shame” [Transcript] For some people, gay shame may seem like a term for only queer, cisgenr men. However, gay shame n refer to any feelgs of ferry due to your sexualy/genr inty. Watch a ee webar on how to live thentilly by overg gay shame Breakg the cycle of gay shame the LGBTQ muny So how do we break the cycle of shame the LGBTQ muny?
For example, many are raised a relig hoeholds that hold beliefs like “gay people are unnatural or will go to hell. Read more about how gay men pensate for gay shame Developg a sense of LGBTQ empowerment Fdg the eedom and LGBTQ empowerment to be the te you may not be a lear journey. Movg past gay shame is an act of bravery and rilience.
GAY MEN PH BACK ON BODY SHAMG AMID HIGH RAT OF BODY DYSMORPHIA, EATG DISORRS
For many gay men, social media and datg apps are hotbeds of body image stggl and risg toxic masculy – the recent ‘10-year-challenge’ on Instagram shows this femmephobia. * gay shaming *
Therapy may be an optn for you if you would like support overg gay shame and havg a safe space to disver your thentic self. Most people have heard of “Gay Pri” reference to the LGBTQI muny’s month of celebratn, ftivals and paras each June.
Others may pot out where their relig texts directly ll homosexualy or beg transgenr a s. Lbian, gay and bisexual people were allowed to serve the ary but uld not reveal their sexual orientatn whout riskg dishonorable discharge. Eher a sgle event, such as gettg asslted for beg gay or beg fired by a transphobic employer, or the long-term effects of staed strs due to discrimatn, n lead to post-trmatic strs rpons or PTSD.
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GAWKER'S OUTG OF CONDé NAST'S CFO IS GAY-SHAMG, NOT JOURNALISM
This is the systematic opprsn of women, an jtice we ntribute to every time we ll women “bch” and thk ’s OK — bee we’re gay. On the eve of a polil admistratn that is cidly antiwomen, wh a print-elect who has eely bragged about sexual asslt, we n no longer s idly by and allow this behavr among gay men to ntue.
THE INTER EPTS AT GAWKER’S ROLE IN ‘GAY-SHAMG’ ‘BLACKMAIL’ ATTEMPT
Blanket refals to a certa mographic of gay men — black, Asian, HIV-posive, kky — dite that you’re the sort of person who ref to see people beyond their membership said mographic.