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Contents:
- SI GUYS: THKG BEYOND GAY MALE "TOPS" AND "BOTTOMS"
- GAY "SIS": HOW LANGUAGE FRE US TO BE OURSELV
- HOW CELIBATE GAY CHRISTIANS DEAL WH DIRE
- I’M GAY AND I’M NOT A TOP OR A BOTTOM – I’M A ‘SI’
SI GUYS: THKG BEYOND GAY MALE "TOPS" AND "BOTTOMS"
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“I ntributed a term to the gay male muny.
GAY "SIS": HOW LANGUAGE FRE US TO BE OURSELV
Wele to the "siverse," which gay men don't engage peratn. * side gay *
Gay men are always fg themselv as top and bottom or verse for terurse. What about gay men who don’t engage terurse? A third add: “Personally I’m not crazy about the term ‘si’ (sounds to me like someone lyg there, dog not much) but ’s good that Grdr acknowledg that there’s more to gay sex than anal.
Gay men who intify as a "si".
HOW CELIBATE GAY CHRISTIANS DEAL WH DIRE
Si B Christians, who are gay and celibate, often feel ught between ex-gays and ntent-to-be-gay Christians. * side gay *
When to sex, whether you’re gay, bi, or straight, we’ve all been a ltle brawashed to believg that there is this thg lled “normal. In the gay male muny, ually, you’re eher nsired to be a “top, ” the perator, or a “bottom, ” the perated, or you’re versatile (n go eher way).
I’M GAY AND I’M NOT A TOP OR A BOTTOM – I’M A ‘SI’
For stance, thk about datg apps for gay men. But what if you’re a gay man who don’t enjoy anal sex or fds anal peratn paful, don’t like the feelg or the troublome amount of preparatn and cleang up need for to be a pleasurable experience, or simply don’t experience anal sex as erotic?
That’s why a 2013 article I wrote for Huffgton Post, "Guys on the ‘Si’: Lookg Beyond Gay Tops and Bottoms, " I began workg on popularizg the term “si” orr for the gay men to have the language to exprs their sexual and erotic preference.