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Contents:
- THE UNTRI WHERE GAY MEN ARE THE HAPPIT
- HOW TO BE HAPPY AS A GAY MAN
- ARE GAY MEN HAPPIER THAN STRAIGHT MEN?
- WHO ARE THE HAPPIT? STRAIGHTS AND GAYS, BUT NOT BISEXUALS
- WHO ARE THE HAPPIT? STRAIGHTS AND GAYS, BUT NOT BISEXUALS
- 5 (RATHER BLUNT) REASONS WHY GAY MEN STGGLE TO FD HAPPS
- GAY HAPPS INX AND RANK
THE UNTRI WHERE GAY MEN ARE THE HAPPIT
Maps and charts show where around the world gay men report beg happit * gay happiness *
Lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people are still officially nsired crimals roughly one-third of untri worldwi, and homosexualy is punishable by ath seven untri. But other plac, such as northern Europe, are very acceptg of homosexualy. Unsurprisgly, a new survey shows that gay men are happit those welg lotns.
Pla Romeo, an Amsterdam-based datg and muny se, llaborated wh the Johann Gutenberg Universy of Maz Germany to rry out an onle survey of 115, 000 gay men around the world.
HOW TO BE HAPPY AS A GAY MAN
* gay happiness *
They bed rankgs on public opn, public behavr and life satisfactn – how gay men feel about society’s view on homosexualy, how gay men feel they are treated by other people, and how satisfied gay men are wh their own liv, rpectively – to one worldwi rankg on gay happs.
Iceland tops their list as the untry where gay men are the happit, followed by Norway, Denmark, Swen, Uguay, Canada, Israel, Netherlands, Swzerland and Luxembourg. Fifty six percent of rponnts the 20 worst untri said this, pared wh 20 percent the 20 bt many societi are growg more acceptg of homosexualy, gay men some untri report that thgs have gotten worse the past few years. The CourseThe Gay Happs Project is a unique 8-week mdfulns-based group trag programme signed for gay men who want to crease happs and life satisfactn.
ARE GAY MEN HAPPIER THAN STRAIGHT MEN?
Participants quickly tablish meangful nnectns, buildg nfince and tst wh fellow participants by sharg experienc and learng together a supportive environment that is practil and Gay Happs Project is an 8 week group trag programme for gay men signed to improve overall happs & life satisfactn. The Gay Happs Equatn.
WHO ARE THE HAPPIT? STRAIGHTS AND GAYS, BUT NOT BISEXUALS
13%–13% of gay & bisexual men are currently experience morate to severe levels of prsn & anxiety pared to 7% of all men. 50%–50% of gay & bisexual men said they have felt life was not worth livg pared to 17% of all Stonewall.
WHO ARE THE HAPPIT? STRAIGHTS AND GAYS, BUT NOT BISEXUALS
The OuteParticipants leave the Gay Happs Project wh creased awarens of posive behavurs, thkg and self; better overall emotnal wellbeg; and a toolk of practil exercis and techniqu to sta healthy habs. ’ The Gay Happs Project is signed to troduce simple yet effective mdful wellbeg techniqu wh a posive, practil and open environment. This is supposed to be gay heaven.
We’ve left the dull, homophobic towns, but we’ve lost somethg the procs. A good illtratn of the facts is the recent spate of news stori about how gay men are happier than heterosexual men.
5 (RATHER BLUNT) REASONS WHY GAY MEN STGGLE TO FD HAPPS
"A new study has found that gay and bisexual men are ls likely to be prsed and have psychologil problems than heterosexual men.
"Of urse gays are ls strsed.
GAY HAPPS INX AND RANK
Alas, none of this good news for gays and spankg fetishists is really backed up by the data the origal study, which, while trigug, is hardly evince that is beg out and gay that mak men happier (let alone women). For one, the study reced participants Montreal, a large and fairly progrsive cy where beg openly gay do not e wh high social or enomic sts.