Gay men's specialist psychotherapist and life/bs ach, Ken Howard, LCSW, discs gay men and tattoos, and their rual and meang therapy.
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A GAY THERAPIST DISCS GAY MEN AND TATTOOS: RUAL AND MEANG
A gay armband tattoo is a tattoo that is worn on the arm as a symbol of one’s homosexualy. The tattoo may also clu the words “gay” or ” Pri. The gay armband tattoo is a symbol of solidary and support for the LGBT muny.
The “gay armband tattoo meang” is a tattoo that has a specific meang for the LGBT muny. (This mol is not necsarily gay, but gay men n imbue their tattoos wh great meang. In my private practice as a psychotherapist who specializ workg wh gay men, was a surprise to me when several years to my practice I noticed a pattern that gay men like to talk about how the tattoos they have hold special, even profound meang for them.
I gus straight people and lbians also have meangful tattoos, but sce my practice foc on gay men’s needs, I hear about tattoos that ntext. When we talk about gay men therapy, has to be a certa culturally-affirmative ntext.