Gay and Bisexual Men's Health | CDC

Contents:

• GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH
• LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
• LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, & INTERSEX LIFE
• HIV AND ALL GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR HEALTH
• GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU

GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH

Gay and bisexual men are part of a very diverse muny. This webse provis an overview of the different health and other issu faced by gay and bisexual and bisexual men are part of a very diverse muny.

LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?

This webse provis an overview of the different health and other issu faced by gay and bisexual men. Not bee they are bad, or homophobic, or transphobic… but bee the reali are not their own lived experience, or bee workg alongsi the groups may be a newer experience for them.

E., bisexual, gay, straight. Sce 1975, APA has lled on psychologists to take the lead removg the stigma of mental illns that has long been associated wh lbian, gay, and bisexual orientatns.

LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, & INTERSEX LIFE

The prejudice and discrimatn that people who intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual regularly experience have been shown to have negative psychologil effects. This page provis accurate rmatn for those who want to better unrstand sexual orientatn and the impact of prejudice and discrimatn on those who intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual.

gay/lbian (havg emotnal, romantic, or sexual attractns to members of one’s own sex).

In the Uned Stat the most equent labels are lbians (women attracted to women), gay men (men attracted to men), and bisexual people (men or women attracted to both sex). How do people know if they are lbian, gay, or bisexual? People n be celibate and still know their sexual orientatn—be lbian, gay, bisexual, or heterosexual.

HIV AND ALL GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

Different lbian, gay, and bisexual people have very different experienc regardg their sexual orientatn. Some people know that they are lbian, gay, or bisexual for a long time before they actually pursue relatnships wh other people. Prejudice and discrimatn make difficult for many people to e to terms wh their sexual orientatn inti, so claimg a lbian, gay, or bisexual inty may be a slow procs.

There is no nsens among scientists about the exact reasons that an dividual velops a heterosexual, bisexual, gay, or lbian orientatn. What role do prejudice and discrimatn play the liv of lbian, gay, and bisexual people?

Lbian, gay, and bisexual people the Uned Stat enunter extensive prejudice, discrimatn, and vlence bee of their sexual orientatn.

LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR HEALTH

Intense prejudice agast lbians, gay men, and bisexual people was wispread throughout much of the 20th century. Public opn studi over the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s routely showed that, among large segments of the public, lbian, gay, and bisexual people were the target of strongly held negative attus.

More recently, public opn has creasgly opposed sexual orientatn discrimatn, but exprsns of hostily toward lbians and gay men rema mon ntemporary Amerin society.

In fact, bisexual dividuals may face discrimatn om some lbian and gay people as well as om heterosexual people. Severe antigay prejudice is reflected the high rate of harassment and vlence directed toward lbian, gay, and bisexual dividuals Amerin society. Numero surveys dite that verbal harassment and abe are nearly universal experienc among lbian, gay, and bisexual people.

GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU

Also, discrimatn agast lbian, gay, and bisexual people employment and hog appears to rema wispread.

The HIV/AIDS panmic is another area which prejudice and discrimatn agast lbian, gay, and bisexual people have had negative effects. Early the panmic, the assumptn that HIV/AIDS was a “gay disease” ntributed to the lay addrsg the massive social upheaval that AIDS would generate. Gay and bisexual men have been disproportnately affected by this disease.