Addictn and Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr (LGBT) Issu | SprgerLk

Contents:

• WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT HOW GRDR IS AFFECTG GAY MEN’S MENTAL HEALTH
• METH HAS VASTATED THE GAY MUNY FOR S. A NEW TREATMENT OFFERS HOPE.
• ADDICTED: THE DARK SI OF GAY SEX
• SEXUAL COMPULSIVY AND SEXUAL RISK GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• ADDICTN AND LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR (LGBT) ISSU

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT HOW GRDR IS AFFECTG GAY MEN’S MENTAL HEALTH

As a gay psychiatrist who studi genr and sexualy, I’m thrilled wh the huge stris we’ve ma over the past to brg gay relatnships to the mastream. Apps like Grdr, wh 3 ln daily active ers, and others like Scff and Jack’d, are signed to help gay men solic sex, often anonymoly, onle.

Bee gay men’s anxiety and prsn often stem om childhood rejectn for beg gay, msag of affirmatn om other gay men are particularly appealg.

” He explas that the tras are mon among men generally, but the gay muny, they bee amplified a group that “both socializ and sexualiz together.

METH HAS VASTATED THE GAY MUNY FOR S. A NEW TREATMENT OFFERS HOPE.

As we ntue to fight to brg gay relatnships to the mastream, we need to keep an eye on Grdr and how both reflects and affects gay culture. People who intify as gay or lbian are more than twice as likely as those who intify as heterosexual to have a “severe” alhol or tobac e disorr. The difficulti members of the LGBTQ+ muny face due to homophobia, discrimatn, and outdated legal, relig, and ethil practic, are unique — members of the heterosexual muny do not experience them.

Rearch published JAMA September documented a spike after the first wave of ernment shutdowns the e of meth, e, fentanyl and hero among those diagnosed wh or at risk of substance e and the gay munyMeth has st a heavy cloud over the gay muny particular for s. The Natnal Survey on Dg Use and Health timated that 2015, past-year meth e prevalence was more than four tim higher among gay men pared to straight men — at 4.

Rearch also suggts that for people who are livg wh HIV, like Roger, meth exacerbat the vis's harm to the, who said he first started takg meth at gay "circu" parti, said his e of the dg led him to stop gog to the doctor and qu takg his HIV treatment a ago. 7 Some mon SUD treatment modali have been shown to be effective for gay or bisexual men, cludg motivatnal terviewg, social support therapy, ntgency management, and gnive-behavral therapy (CBT). Addictn treatment programs offerg specialized groups for gay and bisexual men showed better out for those clients pared to gay and bisexual men non-specialized programs; but one study, only 7.

ADDICTED: THE DARK SI OF GAY SEX

11 Current rearch suggts that treatment should addrs unique factors the patients' liv that may clu homophobia/transphobia, fay problems, vlence, and social isolatn. For example, gay and bisexual men and lbian and bisexual women report greater odds of equent mental distrs and prsn than their heterosexual unterparts. HIV fectn is particularly prevalent among gay and bisexual men (men who have sex wh men, or MSM) and transgenr women who have sex wh men.

Use of electronic nite livery systems (ENDS) lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer persons: Implitns for public health nursg. Studi have shown that, when pared wh the general populatn, gay and bisexual men, lbian, and transgenr dividuals are more likely to:. Alhol and dg e among some gay and bisexual men n be a reactn to homophobia, discrimatn, or vlence they experienced due to their sexual orientatn and n ntribute to other mental health and physil problems.

SEXUAL COMPULSIVY AND SEXUAL RISK GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

For some gay and bisexual men, alhol and illegal dg e, pecially methamphetam (meth), amyl nrat (poppers), and dgs ed to treat erectile dysfunctn (when a man has a hard time keepg an erectn durg sex), also ntribute to a higher chance of gettg HIV and other STDs. The Amerin Psychiatric Associatn don't nsir sex addictn a legimate mental disorr, but for some young, gay Philalphians, 's a very real problem.

Young, Gay and UnprotectedAdam, a “happily sgle” 27-year-old who liv Bella Vista, kept quiet when he was spendg the majory of his days and nights a Gayborhood bathhoe after overg alhol addictn two years ago. But while most gay men spend an average of 90 mut g the app each day, he says ’s rare when he’s not on for at least four solid hours. Usg data om a muny-based survey of gay and bisexual men (n = 1214), this analysis sought to further evaluate the associatn between the SCS and sexual risk behavr.

The data dite that the SCS may be able to serve as an ditor to tect HIV-associated sexual risk behavr muny-based sampl of gay and bisexual men. Keywords: sexual pulsivy, gay and bisexual men, sexual risk behavr, HIV, club dgs, specialized sexual behavr, fetishIntroductnSexual pulsivy, also known as sexual addictn and pulsive sexual behavr (Coleman, 1992; Goodman, 1992), is characterized by creased levels of sexual fantasi and behavrs, both equency and tensy, that terfere wh personal, terpersonal, or votnal pursus (Bancroft, 2008; Black, 1998; Kafka, 1994). Compared wh heterosexuals, rearchers have also suggted that rat of sexual pulsivy are higher among gay and bisexual men (Bm & Fishman, 1994; Cooper, Delmoni, & Burg, 2000; Missilde, Feldste, Punzalan, & Parsons, 2005) Parsons et al.

ADDICTN AND LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR (LGBT) ISSU

(2008) proposed explanatns for this phenomenon and emphasized that gay and bisexual men report more lifetime sex partners pared to other social groups (Quadland, 1985; Saghir & Robs, 1973), and have accs to a greater variety of sexual “outlets” (e. As a rult, the factors may make easier for gay and bisexual men at risk for sexual pulsivy to actually velop the problem and/or to trigger sexually pulsive episos (Parsons, Kelly, Bimbi, Muench, & Menstern, 2007) Risk Behavr and Men who have Sex wh MenDpe recent cl HIV transmissn the U. Siarly, among gay and bisexual men, sexual risk behavr has been related to dg e, and specifilly “club dgs, ” a tegory name typilly given to ketame, MDMA/ecstasy, e, GHB, and methamphetame (Nan & Parsons, 2006).

(2007) study of 180 sexually pulsive gay and bisexual men reported that substance e, particularly methamphetame, was a major trigger for episos of pulsive sexual behavr.