Sexually explic media exposure as a sexual tone among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men - PMC

Contents:

• SEXUALLY EXPLIC MEDIA EXPOSURE AS A SEXUAL TONE AMONG GAY, BISEXUAL, AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN
• COMO DBRIR DISCRETAMENTE SE ALGUéM QUE VOCê CONHECE É GAY
• WHY ARE PEOPLE GAY? GAY BY CHOICE OR IS BEG GAY GEIC?
• AM I GAY? QUIZ – 100% RELIABLE TT

SEXUALLY EXPLIC MEDIA EXPOSURE AS A SEXUAL TONE AMONG GAY, BISEXUAL, AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN

Keywords: Sexually explic material, Black gay men, Early sexual experienc, Sexual inty, PornIntroductnAdolcent mal engagg sex wh other mal have limed accs to sourc of rmatn about same-sex sexual activy (Bce & Harper, 2011).

Sexual health topics that foc on lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) sex are equently omted om formal sexual tn public schools (Forrt & Silverman, 1989; Telljohann, Price, Pourlami, & Eaton, 1995). When topics about sexual health are addrsed, most topics foc on fg same-sex sexual orientatn, tolerance and prejudice, health issu, and myths about homosexualy (Telljohann et al., 1995) but foc ls on sexual activy (Blake et al., 2001). As of 2012, 30 stat have no law that erns sex tn, 25 stat mandate state sex tn (abstence-based), and 6 stat mandate that sex tn eher bans the discsn of homosexualy or clus material that is biased agast lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr or qutng (LGBTQ) adolcents (Seic, 2012).

COMO DBRIR DISCRETAMENTE SE ALGUéM QUE VOCê CONHECE É GAY

Black SSA youth experience stigma and discrimatn om members of the Black muny, which, some rearchers have reported, rults higher levels of homophobia Black vers Whe muni and fai (Buttaro & Battle, 2012; Jefi, Marks, Lby, Murrill, & Millett, 2013). Addnally, young Black SSA men may experience addnal discrimatn om the Whe gay muny (Harper, Jernewall, & Zea, 2004; Warren et al., 2008; Washgton, 2001), which may further margalize and isolate Black youth om sexual velopment is unknown how young Black SSA men e SEM to learn about sexual behavr and sexual nduct wh first relatnships.

An terview gui was veloped wh feedback om experts foced on sexual velopment of SSA youth and rearchers wh experience workg wh Black gay and bisexual men and other men who have sex wh men. The first nsisted of two-member check- group validatn checks (after the first five terviews were plete and halfway through the terviews) wh five gay and bisexual Black men 19–23 years of age ( each group) to rpond to ial terview them and intify addnal areas for quiry (Guba & Lln, 1981). The send check nsisted of a foc group wh “experts” om the muny who had extensive work wh the gay, bisexual, and transgenr muny to penntly verify the them that emerged om the qualative analys (Lln & Guba, 1985).

WHY ARE PEOPLE GAY? GAY BY CHOICE OR IS BEG GAY GEIC?

Most participants (N=31, 66%) self-intified as gay or homosexual and reported not beg a current relatnship (N = 28, 60%). 2)Race/ethnicy Black/Ain-Amerin89% (42) Mixed race (at least one parent AA)11% (5)Sexual orientatn Gay or homosexual66% (31) Bisexual32% (15) Straight or heterosexual2% (1)Genr inty Male91. Type of SEM varied om gay to straight porn—wh nearly half of participants (N=16, 42%) viewg gay porn only, one-third (N=13, 34%) viewg straight porn only, 13.

2%(N=5) viewg straight porn and then transng to gay porn, and 11% (N=4) viewg both gay and straight porn prr to first experience. E., Black or biracial), but this did not fluence their partner selectn current or past sexual 3SEM ageCharacteristicMean (SD or range), % (N)Range age of first SEM e6–17 yearsUse of SEM around FSSSE Y81% (38) No19% (9)Type of SEM Gay only42% (16) Straight only34% (13) Gay and straight11% (4) Straight then gay13% (5)Source of SEM Inter79% (30) DVD10.

The day after I watched the porn wh them (s), was jt rgg my head like I wonr if there is gay porn out there that would show me what to do and how to do . So I gus sce I watched and I was like, okay, well this is what you do and that’s what you do and then I gus I jt took om thereBrian, 16 y/o gay maleBack then, the only one that was really talked about was AIDS and HIV, and we only talked about through school, but when we’re talkg about school, male-on-male sex or beg transferred like that wasn’t talked about jt bee (gay sex) wasn’t supposed to be gog, 16 y/o gay male. Youth monly scribed not gettg aroed om straight porn or payg attentn only to male actors and beg aroed by gay porn as an ditn that they were eher gay or bisexual.

AM I GAY? QUIZ – 100% RELIABLE TT

One participant vividly rells by beg turned on to gay sex he actually helped sort through his sexual attractn to other men. So then I got terted two guys and a girl and then jt went to two guys and then to more guys and that’s when I noticed, “Wow, I don’t like girls anymoreTravis, 19 y/o gay male. …you’re attracted to the build of the person the porn and what they’re dog and then what they’re dog mak you masturbate and then I gus that’s why you say you’re attracted to somebody like that personBrian, 16 y/o gay maleI n say probably fluenced what I’m attracted to bee now I know what turns me on and what turns me off and I realized that om jt browsg through vios.

I feel like porn kda seta standard for me sce now I know what I like and what I don’t likeAlex, 18 y/o gay maleReads for Sex Youth scribed watchg SEM to terme their reads to have sex. ”Lucky, 19 y/o bisexual maleI felt like om watchg porn, I didn’t feel like I did much so I was like I’m probably still not ready but at least I know what looks likeLarry, 19 y/o gay male. One day, he asked me if I wanted to try and I said, “yeah, sure” and that’s when I proceed to top himTrent, 18 y/o gay male.

Repeat ers mostly (N=14, 48%) scribed watchg gay porn only, but straight and gay porn was also fairly mon (N=13, 45%). …I was watchg gay porn to learn a uple tricks…so I was dog rearch on the sexual posns, like missnary, 69, doggie style and stuff like that.