Adolcents experiencg same-sex attractn are creasgly fortable intifyg themselv as gay/lbian/bisexual. For at least a mory of the
Contents:
- INTY CRISIS; GAY CULTURE WEIGHS SENSE AND SEXUALY
- HOW CHRISTIAN PARENTS SHOULD RPOND TO THEIR CHILD'S GAY INTY CRISIS
- SEXUAL ORIENTATN INTY DEVELOPMENT MILTON AMONG LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND QUEER PEOPLE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS
INTY CRISIS; GAY CULTURE WEIGHS SENSE AND SEXUALY
Amerin gay telligentia openly bat role of promiscuy spread of AIDS even face of fears that such talk might fan flam of discrimatn; Larry Kramer and others urge gay muny to adopt a culture rooted as much art, lerature and relatnship as sex, but others, cludg Kendall Thomas and Michael Warner, llege profsors and founrs of Sex Panic, argue that promiscuo sex is the sence of gay liberatn and that any attempt to fight AIDS by changg that culture is doomed; photos (M) * gay identity crisis *
23, 1997See the article s origal ntext om November 23, 1997, Sectn 4, Page 1Buy ReprtsTimMache is an exclive benef for home livery and digal night last May, a handful of New York Cy's bt-known gay journalists, artists and amics lled together some iends to bemoan what they viewed as a backlash agast the sexual practic of homosexuals.
HOW CHRISTIAN PARENTS SHOULD RPOND TO THEIR CHILD'S GAY INTY CRISIS
When a child first out as eher beg gay or havg same-sex attractn their parents' ial rpons are ually the wrong on, says Chris Doyle, a psychotherapist who specializ SSA. * gay identity crisis *
The turnout surprised them: five dozen people jammed to an overheated swapped stori of police crackdowns on sex public rtrooms and closgs of gay diss and pubs.
And they plaed about new books takg aim at what remas, even the AIDS era, a central feature of gay urban life: sex clubs, bathho and weekend-long dg parti where men may have terurse wh a dozen partners a night.
SEXUAL ORIENTATN INTY DEVELOPMENT MILTON AMONG LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND QUEER PEOPLE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS
This paper is a systematic review and meta-analysis on sexual orientatn inty velopment ton among people who are lbian, gay, bisexual, or another sexual mory inty (LGB+). Common ton measured the 30 studi reviewed were beg aware of queer attractns, qutng one’s sexual orientatn, self-intifyg as LGB+, g out to others, engagg sexual activy, and iatg a romantic relatnship. Milton occurred different sequenc, although attractn was almost always first, often followed by self-intifitn and/or sexual activy; g out and iatg a romantic relatnship often followed the ton. Meta-analysis rults showed that the mean effect siz and 95% nfince tervals varied by tone: attractn [Mage=12.7 (10.1, 15.3)], qutng one’s orientatn [Mage=13.2 [12.8, 13.6]), self-intifyg [Mage=17.8 (11.6, 24.0)], sexual activy [Mage=18.1 (17.6, 18.6)], g out [Mage=19.6 (17.2, 22.0)], and romantic relatnship [Mage=20.9 (13.2, 28.6)]. Nohels, rults also showed substantial heterogeney the mean effect siz. Addnal meta-analys showed that tone timg varied by sex, sexual orientatn, race/ethnicy, and birth hort. Although patterns were found LGB+ inty velopment, there was nsirable diversy tone trajectori. * gay identity crisis *
While ath rat have been clg, studi show that men who have sex wh men still acunt for the majory of AIDS s, and that a young gay man has as much as a 50 percent chance of acquirg H. As some homosexuals prs for same-sex marriage, adoptn and other forms of societal acceptance, welg Print Clton's addrs this month to a gay and lbian civil rights group (the first by a stg Print), others prott one si are those like Mr.
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Thomas and Michael Warner, an English profsor at Rutgers Universy and a founr of Sex Panic, who argue that promiscuo sex is the sence of gay liberatn, and that any attempt to fight AIDS by changg the culture is doomed. ''We want to resert sexual liberatn back our movement, '' said Tony Valenzuela, an actor gay pornographic films who anized Sex Panic's first natnal nference, held San Diego this month.