Somethg is ravagg through the gay muny, leavg ath and misery s wake, yet few are willg to talk about . If I’d wrten that sentence a generatn ago, I’d have been referrg to the Aids crisis. But this time the enemy isn’t a vis, but a substance lled ‘ta’ or ‘ice’. It is
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TA: THE DG VASTATG THE GAY MUNY
"TINA, SHE'S GAY!" * tina is gay *
Styl hhed the crowd before yellg, "TINA, SHE'S GAY!
HE TOLD EVERYONE TO BE QUIET, ASKED FOR HER MOM'S NAME (TINA), AND HE SCREAMED "TINA, SHE'S GAY!
“TINA SHE’S GAY”. Somethg is ravagg through the gay muny, leavg ath and misery s wake, yet few are willg to talk about .
* tina is gay *
It’s mon for gay men to e to A&E pleadg for sleepg pills bee they haven’t slept for days. In the superficial gay world where looks are hyper-valued and the ageg body reviled, ta offers so much. Most gay men will know at least one person volved this scene.
Usg hook-up apps such as Grdr, gay men seek out dg-fuelled parti – typilly lled ‘chillouts’ – where men meet to nsume ta and other dgs, and have sex. As you read this, there will be gay men stg somewhere, naked, smokg ta and havg sex.
If you log on to any gay hook-up app, you’ll see men wh ‘hnh’ their profile.
What is the dg Ta? Fd out at Inspire Revery, a lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer addictn treatment center rehab. * tina is gay *
Dgs gay subculture are nothg new, but ta has formed a vastatg grip over the gay muny. While ’s been around sce the 1990s, has explod the past few years thanks to a number of factors, not least social media and gay hook-up apps.
Ta has taken hold the gay muny but is largely unknown outsi this group. Elsewhere around the world, ta is a huge problem both for straight and gay people.
The disncertg thg about ta’s e the gay muny is that isn’t limed to the young and imprsnable. I’ve been shocked by the number of olr gay men I’ve seen g .