As a gay tistic man, is almost as if I have two inti.

Contents:

• THE CHALLENGE OF BEG GAY AND AUTISTIC
• ARE AUTISTIC PEOPLE MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY
• I, A GAY AUTISTIC MAN, AM SHARG 5 THGS ABOUT MY INTERSECTNAL INTY
• "AS A GAY TISTIC MAN, IS ALMOST AS IF I HAVE TWO INTI."

THE CHALLENGE OF BEG GAY AND AUTISTIC

A higher percentage of tistic people intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or queer (LGBTQ) than the general populatn, acrdg to rearch studi. Studi vary wily on the percentage of people wh tism who are gay, lbian, or bisexual.

ARE AUTISTIC PEOPLE MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY

Jt, who did not want his last name ed, disvered high school that he was both tistic and gay.

“I knew what beg gay was, but I personally lacked the emotnal self-awarens for a while until I realized that’s what I was feelg toward other guys, ” he explas.

I, A GAY AUTISTIC MAN, AM SHARG 5 THGS ABOUT MY INTERSECTNAL INTY

“I wasn’t openly gay high school bee I spected very strongly I would be attacked, ” he says. High school stunts found that those who are gay, lbian, and bisexual are almost twice as likely to be bullied at school and onle as heterosexual stunts are.

"AS A GAY TISTIC MAN, IS ALMOST AS IF I HAVE TWO INTI."

Shortly after high school, Smh me out to her fay as a gay man. Inial fdgs have dited that those on the tism spectm may be more likely to intify as homosexual and experience more fluid genr inty. The terms Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr (trans*), Queer or Qutng (LGBTQ) refer to the self-intifitns ed by dividuals to scribe their sexual orientatn and their genr inty.