Gay men speak about the prsure to have the perfect body - and how far they have gone to get .
Contents:
- THE GAY MEN RISKG THEIR HEALTH FOR THE PERFECT BODY
- ALL STEREOTYP ARE TE, EXCEPT ... V: 'ALL EXTREMELY HANDSOME MEN ARE GAY'
- WHEN TO PROSTATE NCER, 'GAY MEN ARE ERASED,' PATIENTS SAY
- BT GAY DATG APPS FOR HOOKUPS, RELATNSHIPS, AND EVERYTHG BETWEEN
THE GAY MEN RISKG THEIR HEALTH FOR THE PERFECT BODY
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Manchter-based chary the LGBT Foundatn has warned that body image issu are beg more wispread gay muni.
It says gay and bisexual men are "much more likely" than heterosexual men to stggle wh them. A number of gay men have told the BBC they are gog to extreme lengths to change their bodi - cludg g steroids and havg plastic surgery - jt to bee "accepted" by others the LGBT muny. "It jt hasn't been worth at all, " he Jakeb is not alone takg drastic measur to try to appeal to Bmpton - a software engeer om Lln - found himself "tapulted to this world of self-nscns", after he hooked up wh a man at a lol gay Jam went back to the man's hoe and took off his T-shirt, his date looked at him and ma a disgted noise.
WHEN TO PROSTATE NCER, 'GAY MEN ARE ERASED,' PATIENTS SAY
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Acrdg to the most recent figur released by the Brish Associatn of Athetic Plastic Surgeons (Baaps), 179 abdomoplasti were performed on men 2018 - up 18% on the prev Afsh Mosahebi, of Baaps, says gay men are currently havg more smetic procr done than straight men, although he not that women have more procr than men overall. "People havg their profil 'no fats', or that they're only to mascule and mcular guys, so they don't want anyone that's super skny, " he on social media and leadg gay magaz have also led Jam to feel he is an "var the space". "The ia your head is that to be a gay man, is to look like a Calv Kle mol, " he of "sexy bodi" drive sal of gay magaz, acrdg to Matthew Todd, a former edor of one such publitn, Attu.
"I thk says more about what rears are g to gay publitns for. "Low self-teemMatthew, the thor of Straight Jacket: How to be gay and happy, says homophobia has fuelled gay men's body issu.
"The rult has been that gay men are unr more prsure than straight men to have the perfect body, Matthew says.
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"If you go on to some gay datg apps, you would thk that the vast majory of gay men are supermols, " he ntu. "If you're a gay man, the act of fdg another man attractive is also makg a judgement of yourself. Many gay men nfe 'Do I want to be wh him?
'"Jeff Ingold, om LGBT chary Stonewall says is "ccial" that we see more diverse reprentatns of gay and bisexual men wh different body typ the media. "Not only would this help gay and bi men see themselv reflected what they watch, would also help break down harmful stereotyp that affect gay and bi men's body image and self-teem. Another mon stereotype about physil appearance is that extremely handsome men are likely to be homosexual.