Mental Health for Gay and Bisexual Men | CDC

Contents:

• GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU
• WHAT’S WRONG WH CHOOSG TO BE GAY?WHAT’S WRONG WH CHOOSG TO BE GAY?
• WHAT'S WRONG WH BEG GAY?
• "THAT'S SO GAY" IS JT SO WRONG
• WHAT’S WRONG WH BEG “GAY”? HERE’S WHAT THEY DON’T TELL YOU -- AND ’S REALLY DISTURBG.
• GAY CULTURE HAS GROWN TOXIC WH UNCHECKED PRIVILEGE. IT'S TIME FOR TO RET
• WHAT’S WRONG WH BEG GAY?HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVR VERS THE BIBLE

GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU

A 2017 review of 52 studi, for stance, found that when pared wh heterosexual people, bisexual people had higher rat of prsn and anxiety, and higher or equivalent rat of those ndns when pared wh those who intified as gay.

People unr 25, nclud somethg siar among Ameri’s youth: Bisexual high school stunts reported more feelgs of sadns and hopelsns and more thoughts of suici than those who intified as heterosexual or ’s also some evince that bisexual people fared worse than their heterosexual and gay unterparts durg the panmic, cludg greater strs, lonels, psychologil distrs and fatigue; and poorer mental and physil health than those intifyg as straight or dispary is often a rult of the prejudic bisexual people face, Dr. The study found that much of this discrimatn often om gay and lbian people, followed by fay members and straight people; and n directly impact bisexual people’s mental health, cludg ntributg to prsn, strs and exacerbated or triggered anxiety (cludg panic attacks and post-trmatic strs disorr). She said she was never ashamed of her sexualy until her 20s, when both gay and straight iends and fay started tellg her they didn’t believe she was really attracted to women, and that she was gog through a phase.

WHAT’S WRONG WH CHOOSG TO BE GAY?WHAT’S WRONG WH CHOOSG TO BE GAY?

There are a few optns for gay men and bisexual men same-sex relatnships who aspire to have children, cludg surrogacy, where sperm is ed to fertilize a donated egg, which is then rried to term by a surrogate mother. And though not as physilly threateng, anti-gay slurs and lack of acceptance of sexual mori to muni and fai n also have vastatg psychologil nsequenc on gay and bisexual people. Although there was a time which homosexualy was nsired a mental illns, is now clear through s of rearch that beg a sexual mory and of self is not a mental illns.

Rather, the experienc of homophobia, discrimatn, and stigma that LGB people are exposed to put the dividuals at a higher risk of velopg mental health issu due to chronic strs associated wh the experienc. The rults of the study monstrated that dividuals who belong to a sexual mory group wh a heteronormative society are prone to high rat of ternalized homophobia (lack of acceptance of one's own sexualy), stigma, and experienc of discrimatn and vlence. For stance, a gay man who liv a state wh no legal protectns agast discrimatn the workplace is likely to be very worried about losg his job if his inty is revealed.

However, spe changg laws and cultural norms, people still hold on to homophobic beliefs and act ways that promote willful ignorance and discrimatn that serve to put the muny at risk both physilly and psychologilly. Many health re and mental health anizatns foced on the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny also offer substance e treatment or may be able to provi rmatn about lol rourc.

WHAT'S WRONG WH BEG GAY?

Those who are sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, men who subm to homosexual acts, men who practice homosexualy, thiev, greedy people, dnkards, revilers, and extortners will not her God’s Kgdom. My parents always raised me to believe that everyone is equal and jt bee they love someone of the same sex don't make them any worse than beg gay don't impact my life at all-- so nsir this hypothetil suatn-- if you were to see someone stealg would you act out disgt and nstantly bash that person for stealg?

"THAT'S SO GAY" IS JT SO WRONG

I hope that one day we n all move towards of acceptance bee someone lovg someone of the same sex lerally do not impact MY life any the end of the day, if you don't like gay upl/marriage/etc.. However, blogists have documented homosexual behavr more than 450 speci, argug that same-sex behavr is not an unnatural choice, and may fact play a val role wh populatns.

WHAT’S WRONG WH BEG “GAY”? HERE’S WHAT THEY DON’T TELL YOU -- AND ’S REALLY DISTURBG.

So-lled genome-wi associatn studi intified a gene lled SLITRK6, which is active a bra regn lled the diencephalon that differs size between people who are homosexual or heterosexual. While there is no sgle “gay gene, ” there is overwhelmg evince of a blogil basis for sexual orientatn that is programmed to the bra before birth based on a mix of geics and prenatal ndns, none of which the fet choos.

In many untri where homosexualy has been crimalised, LGBT advocy has foced s attentns on the mand for same-sex marriage laws, legal adoptn, parenthood, and further down that road, rights to divorce and ctody. In this view, human rights n be nsired to be a regulatory and ernance enavour that produc a “tolerable homosexual” rather than a project that mov the directn of lastg eedom or brgg about a radil transformatn of the sexual orr.

It’s often gay men who are more sistent on the natens of sexualy, whereas many lbian and bisexual women have phed back at this argument, sce we’ve often (not always) had different experienc wh sexualy. Gabriel Arana, a wrer whom I rpect enormoly, tak issue wh Ambroso by sayg, “the ia that beg gay is a choice is precisely the grounds on which nservativ seek to ny gays and lbians civil rights.

GAY CULTURE HAS GROWN TOXIC WH UNCHECKED PRIVILEGE. IT'S TIME FOR TO RET

“Lbian until graduatn” is by now a well-known phenomenon, and plenty of lbians and gay men have tangled wh those who e to vis for a few nights but head back to heterosexualy once vatn is over. Which means that tim and muni where the prsure agast beg gay is harsh—durg the 1950s, say, or certa relig muni—the few who “e out” and embrace beg gay are often the on wh no leeway whatsoever, for whom nyg or ignorg that overwhelmg ternal directn would be emotnal suici. Many of the men fightg for LGBT rights spent years alg wh people who wanted to sur away the gay: dads who tnted them to “man up, ” high school athlet who beat them up between class, church group prayer circl that hound them to be cleansed by “reparative therapy.

However, ongog homophobia, stigma (negative and ually unfair beliefs), and discrimatn (unfairly treatg a person or group of people) n have negative effects on your health.

WHAT’S WRONG WH BEG GAY?HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVR VERS THE BIBLE

Keepg your sexual orientatn hidn om others (beg “ the closet”) and fear of havg your sexual orientatn disclosed (beg “outed”) n add to the strs of beg gay or bisexual. In general, rearch has shown that gay and bisexual men who are open about their sexual orientatn wh others have better health out than gay and bisexual men who do not.

However, beg “out” some settgs and to people who react negatively n add to the strs experienced by gay and bisexual men, and n lead to poorer mental health and discrimatn. Mental health unselg and support groups that are sensive to the needs of gay and bisexual men n be pecially eful if you are g to terms wh your sexual orientatn or are experiencg prsn, anxiety, or other mental health problems. While many gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men may not seek re om a mental health provir bee of a fear of discrimatn or homophobia, is important to keep this as an optn and to fd a provir that is tstworthy and patible.

The Amerin Medil Associatn is agast therapy that is “based on the assumptn that homosexualy is a mental disorr or that the person should change their ’s important to know that there is nothg wrong wh lovg people of the same genr as you. In the late 1980s, Atralian soclogist Raewyn Connell scribed the ways that whe middle-class men ed their power and posns to supprs tradnally socially margalised groups such as women, gay men and workg-class men.