I’m a gay psychiatrist. Here’s why I went on Grdr to survey men.
Contents:
- HOOK-UP APPS ARE DTROYG GAY YOUTH CULTURE
- HOW GRDR, A POPULAR GAY DATG APP, POS EXPLOATN RISK TO MORS
- WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT HOW GRDR IS AFFECTG GAY MEN’S MENTAL HEALTH
HOOK-UP APPS ARE DTROYG GAY YOUTH CULTURE
* gay hookup culture *
Among gay men, two-thirds of hookups volved oral or anal terurse.
Young gay men were the group most likely to hook up wh strangers.
Comg out as gay my hometown of Muncie, Indiana, was not an easy thg to do, so I didn’t.
HOW GRDR, A POPULAR GAY DATG APP, POS EXPLOATN RISK TO MORS
Like many LGBT folk, I flocked to a liberal universy a liberal cy to feel accepted, but I found gay muni closed-off to LGBT youth. We all crave nnectn and timacy, but there is nowhere for hly out young gay men to nnect.
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT HOW GRDR IS AFFECTG GAY MEN’S MENTAL HEALTH
But stead of advancg the gay agenda of cln, I found the apps to perpetuate what people srn about LGBT: promiscuy, impersonal behavr, and sexually motivated nversatns.