Compassnate feelgs for people who are victimized bee of their perceived sexual viance (e.g., gay men) may be patible wh support for hetero
Contents:
- WHO ARE GAYS - 10 MYTHS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY
- THE GAY BERLER: ACTIVELY PASSIVE
- WHEN MIGHT HETEROSEXUAL MEN BE PASSIVE OR COMPASSNATE TOWARD GAY VICTIMS OF HATE CRIME? INTEGRATG THE BYSTANR AND SOCIAL LOAFG EXPLANATNS
WHO ARE GAYS - 10 MYTHS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY
Installment number three our week-long ren of our much loved former lumn. We dug up a vob lson for today. Mrice von Rz' helpful gui to gay male sex and s termology origally appeared issue #41, July/Augt 2006. * gay active passive *
Although many gay men and lbians are aware of their orientatn om their earlit sexual thoughts, a sizeable mory do not disver their orientatn until later life, perhaps a failg marriage and wh the rponsibili of parenthood. Perhaps as many as a third of gay men choose not to practise perative anal sex on a regular basis, 1 and the tradnal divisn of gay men to “active” and “passive” is not born out by experience—most gay men who do have anal sex will play eher role.
THE GAY BERLER: ACTIVELY PASSIVE
Counsellg gay men and womenBe hont wh yourself; if you are unfortable wh gay people refer the patient to someone elseIf an adolcent is nfed about his or her sexualy try to help the patient to adjtDo not have prenceived iasTake the opportuny to discs safe sex wh gay men A married man or woman might benef om upl unsellgSexual orientatn is not always fixed. Gay men face practil problems, such as a future applitn for life surance, which mean that some patients will not wish to disclose their sexual orientatn to their general practner, no matter how sympathetic and activiIt is unclear what proportn of men and women have same sex experienc their liv.
WHEN MIGHT HETEROSEXUAL MEN BE PASSIVE OR COMPASSNATE TOWARD GAY VICTIMS OF HATE CRIME? INTEGRATG THE BYSTANR AND SOCIAL LOAFG EXPLANATNS
It is therefore eful for a doctor to be forearmed wh a basic vobulary of gay sex, although many men and women who perform the activi will lack the words to scribe them, and few people of any orientatn are likely to have all the activi their personal behavural repertoire.
This is the mont mo of gay sexual exprsnWater sports—Uratn as a sexual pleasureThe terms “active” and “passive” are bt avoid if a doctor needs to terme the ntent of a sexual act, such as when nsirg the risks of sexually transmted disease.