Often the real reason gay men fd so difficult to fd love and happs is bee they are their own worst enemy. YourTango expert Rick Clemons, The Comg Out Coach, drops some rather blunt tth about how gay men need to get out of their own way.
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. 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.
HOW TO BE HAPPY AS A GAY MAN
* gay happiness *
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.
ARE GAY MEN HAPPIER THAN STRAIGHT MEN?
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. 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. 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. "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.
WHO ARE THE HAPPIT? STRAIGHTS AND GAYS, BUT NOT BISEXUALS
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. While gay men the study seemed to experience ls strs and prsn than straight men, there are a variety of alternative explanatns that might expla this fact (like whether they worked out or not; whether they had children or not; e level and stabily).
5 (RATHER BLUNT) REASONS WHY GAY MEN STGGLE TO FD HAPPS
In other words, you might be out at work and at home, but if your grandparents don't know you're gay, then you're marked as closeted. Once upon a time there was a gay man and he me out of the closet and was happy and lived happily everyafter. It seems like more than jt bad reportg to tell gay men and women that happs is up to them, not the world at large, and happs will rive om disclosure when that very disclosure n be dangero.
All the study really told is that beg gay, male, young, ted and whe a large, libreral cy like Montreal n be advantageo. ” Optns of gay/lbian; bisexual; heterosexual or straight; or don’t know.
GAY HAPPS INX AND RANK
” [only 4 optns, neglect inti such as mostly straight, pansexual, mostly gay, asexual, kk, qutng]. Only 2% intified as gay/lbian and only 2% intified as bisexual.
Counter to mon sense, over a third of those wh lifelong same-sex partners and nearly half of those wh lifelong both-sex partners intified not as gay or bisexual but as straight.