Comg out is certaly never easy, and the rate of LGBTQIA suicis ntu to rise amid a landspe of homophobia. This advice about homosexualy is for anyone stgglg wh their inty relatn to their life, fdg love and relatnships, now and the future. Beg queer don't mean you have to be gay and alone.
Contents:
- HOW TO COPE WHEN YOU'RE GAY AND LONELY
- A GAY MAN AT MIDLIFE PONRS BEG LONELY AND ‘INVISIBLE’
- IS LONELS THE GAY MAN’S CURSE, OR A PRODUCT OF 21ST CENTURY LIFE?
- 5 REASONS IT’S GOOD TO BE GAY AND SGLE
- 20 HONT REASONS GAY MEN STAY SGLE (ON PURPOSE)
HOW TO COPE WHEN YOU'RE GAY AND LONELY
Advice on how to nont ageism the gay muny spe earlier loss and how to avoid beg alone. * gay and alone *
Part of realizg you're gay, or bi, or trans, or non-bary, or anythg other than cisgenr and heterosexual is acceptg you’re different—and somewhat separated—om the majory.
Here he shar his journey to overe the sense of isolatn he felt growg up gay a small U. At the time, there were no real gay role mols except for Graham Norton and Jack om Dawson's Creek—and I certaly didn't intify wh him bee I wasn't a football player. I felt like I was pletely on my rried on until I was 16, when I started gog out to gay bars my hometown.
A GAY MAN AT MIDLIFE PONRS BEG LONELY AND ‘INVISIBLE’
I know ’s not jt our muny, but ’s creasgly mon for gay men to feel isolated and alone. * gay and alone *
For the first time I've been able to form a good group of gay iends and create my own support work. I'd go on gay chatrooms but that was jt a facels nversatn wh someone who uld have been anyone.
I thk if I'd had iends who were gay when I was growg up, my life would have been so different.
IS LONELS THE GAY MAN’S CURSE, OR A PRODUCT OF 21ST CENTURY LIFE?
Whether you're gay or straight, some people jt choose to stay sgle. However, their choice may not be for the right reasons. Jo expert Rick Clemons as he lists 20 hilar reasons why gay men choose the sgle life over fdg love, directly om onle social media groups. * gay and alone *
I now know there were other kids at my school who were gay, but they didn't e out till much later.
5 REASONS IT’S GOOD TO BE GAY AND SGLE
In our lifetime, the gay muny has ma more progrs on legal and social acceptance than any other mographic group history.
20 HONT REASONS GAY MEN STAY SGLE (ON PURPOSE)
As recently as my own adolcence, gay marriage was a distant aspiratn, somethg newspapers still put sre quot.
Still, even as we celebrate the sle and speed of this change, the rat of prsn, lonels and substance abe the gay muny rema stuck the same place they’ve been for s. Gay people are now, pendg on the study, between 2 and 10 tim more likely than straight people to take their own liv.