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Contents:
- CHERRY PICKG: VIRGY LOSS DEFNS AMONG GAY AND STRAIGHT CISGENR MEN
- 10 MYTHS ABOUT GAY VIRGY
- REARCH HAS REVEALED THE AVERAGE AGE GAY MEN LOSE THEIR VIRGYPL, LOTS OF STRAIGHT PEOPLE DOG GAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY ZACHARY ZANEFEBARY 6, 2018/11:51 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3802PX;WIDTH:5700PX;}GETTY IMAGYOUNG MEN FACE TO FACEBY ZACHARY ZANEFEBARY 6, 2018 / 11:51 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"REARCH HAS REVEALED THE AVERAGE AGE GAY MEN LOSE THEIR VIRGY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-02-06T16:51:43.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-02-06T16:51:43.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ZACHARY ZANE","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEW REARCH OM HAS REVEALED THE AVERAGE AGE GAY MEN LOSE THEIR VIRGY: 17.9-YEARS-OLD. STRAIGHT FOLKS, PARATIVELY, REPORTED LOSG THEIR VIRGY SLIGHTLY EARLIER, AT 17.6 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ONLE HEALTH SERVICE SURVEYED 500 AMERINS AND 500 EUROPEANS ABOUT "THE VAR SEXUAL JOURNEYS HUMANS EXPERIENCE OVER THE URSE OF A LIFETIME." THE REARCHERS AT DRED SURVEYED DIVIDUALS OF ALL AG—BABY BOOMERS TO LENNIALS—AND ALL SEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE GAY PEOPLE TOOK A LTLE LONGER LOSE THEIR VIRGY, THE SURVEY FOUND THAT GAY RPONNTS HAD THEIR "SEXUAL AWAKENG"—WHICH WAS FED AS "INTIFYG IAL FEELGS AND URG"—AT AN EARLIER AGE OF 13.8 YEARS-OLD, PARED TO 15 YEARS-OLD FOR STRAIGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S UNCLEAR EXACTLY HOW "SEX" WAS FED. DO CLU ANAL PERATN? ORAL SEX? IT SEEMS AS IF THE REARCHERS LEFT THE FN OF SEX OPEN TO THE TERPRETATN OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN ADDN TO EXPLORG QUTNS OF PHYSIL SEX, THE REARCHERS ASKED RPONNTS IF THEY BELIEVED THAT SEXUALY EXISTED ON A SPECTM. WHILE NEARLY HALF OF LENNIALS (BORN POST-1980) BELIEVED THAT SEXUALY WAS A SPECTM, A MERE 11% OF GENERATN X-ERS (BORN 1960-1980) AND 5% OF BABY BOOMERS (BORN POST-WWII) AGREED WH THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HENCE AS NO SURPRISE THAT ONLY 7% OF GEN X-ERS AND 3% OF BABY BOOMERS SAID THEY WERE OPEN TO DATG A BISEXUAL PERSON. THIS WAS SIGNIFINTLY LS THAN THE 38% OF LENNIALS WHO REPORTED THAT THEY WOULD DATE A BISEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INTERTGLY ENOUGH, HOWEVER, 25% OF BABY BOOMERS AND 20% OF GEN X-ERS REPORTED, "I WILL HAVE SEX WH SOMEONE OF THE SAME SEX BEFORE I DIE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- I LOST MY VIRGY TO MY GAY NEIGHBOR. I SORTA REGRET .
- THIS YOUNG GAY GUY IS LOSG HIS VIRGY AS PERFORMANCE ART
- WHAT IS THE “NORMAL” TIME IN A GAY MAN’S LIFE FOR HIM TO LOSE HIS VIRGY?
CHERRY PICKG: VIRGY LOSS DEFNS AMONG GAY AND STRAIGHT CISGENR MEN
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Cherry Pickg: Virgy Loss Defns Among Gay and Straight Cisgenr Men. J Homosex.
10 MYTHS ABOUT GAY VIRGY
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REARCH HAS REVEALED THE AVERAGE AGE GAY MEN LOSE THEIR VIRGYPL, LOTS OF STRAIGHT PEOPLE DOG GAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY ZACHARY ZANEFEBARY 6, 2018/11:51 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3802PX;WIDTH:5700PX;}GETTY IMAGYOUNG MEN FACE TO FACEBY ZACHARY ZANEFEBARY 6, 2018 / 11:51 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"REARCH HAS REVEALED THE AVERAGE AGE GAY MEN LOSE THEIR VIRGY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-02-06T16:51:43.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-02-06T16:51:43.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ZACHARY ZANE","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEW REARCH OM HAS REVEALED THE AVERAGE AGE GAY MEN LOSE THEIR VIRGY: 17.9-YEARS-OLD. STRAIGHT FOLKS, PARATIVELY, REPORTED LOSG THEIR VIRGY SLIGHTLY EARLIER, AT 17.6 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ONLE HEALTH SERVICE SURVEYED 500 AMERINS AND 500 EUROPEANS ABOUT "THE VAR SEXUAL JOURNEYS HUMANS EXPERIENCE OVER THE URSE OF A LIFETIME." THE REARCHERS AT DRED SURVEYED DIVIDUALS OF ALL AG—BABY BOOMERS TO LENNIALS—AND ALL SEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE GAY PEOPLE TOOK A LTLE LONGER LOSE THEIR VIRGY, THE SURVEY FOUND THAT GAY RPONNTS HAD THEIR "SEXUAL AWAKENG"—WHICH WAS FED AS "INTIFYG IAL FEELGS AND URG"—AT AN EARLIER AGE OF 13.8 YEARS-OLD, PARED TO 15 YEARS-OLD FOR STRAIGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S UNCLEAR EXACTLY HOW "SEX" WAS FED. DO CLU ANAL PERATN? ORAL SEX? IT SEEMS AS IF THE REARCHERS LEFT THE FN OF SEX OPEN TO THE TERPRETATN OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN ADDN TO EXPLORG QUTNS OF PHYSIL SEX, THE REARCHERS ASKED RPONNTS IF THEY BELIEVED THAT SEXUALY EXISTED ON A SPECTM. WHILE NEARLY HALF OF LENNIALS (BORN POST-1980) BELIEVED THAT SEXUALY WAS A SPECTM, A MERE 11% OF GENERATN X-ERS (BORN 1960-1980) AND 5% OF BABY BOOMERS (BORN POST-WWII) AGREED WH THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HENCE AS NO SURPRISE THAT ONLY 7% OF GEN X-ERS AND 3% OF BABY BOOMERS SAID THEY WERE OPEN TO DATG A BISEXUAL PERSON. THIS WAS SIGNIFINTLY LS THAN THE 38% OF LENNIALS WHO REPORTED THAT THEY WOULD DATE A BISEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INTERTGLY ENOUGH, HOWEVER, 25% OF BABY BOOMERS AND 20% OF GEN X-ERS REPORTED, "I WILL HAVE SEX WH SOMEONE OF THE SAME SEX BEFORE I DIE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
I was a nfed, horny, and prs teenager at the time. My gay neighbor was two olr than me. Eher the gay neighbor knew I w... * losing gay virginity *
Rults also dite that both gay and straight men almost unanimoly endorsed M-F penovagal sex to be nstutive of virgy loss. Grad Stcture Sexual Defns: Categorizatns of Havg "Had Sex" and Virgy Loss Among Homosexual and Heterosexual Men and Women. Versatily and HIV vulnerabily: vtigatg the proportn of Atralian gay men havg both sertive and receptive anal terurse.
I LOST MY VIRGY TO MY GAY NEIGHBOR. I SORTA REGRET .
* losing gay virginity *
As the only out young gay kid at my school, I took the advancement of my sexual experienc to my own hands and I did what we all do: I bought a fake ID and h the gay clubs.
THIS YOUNG GAY GUY IS LOSG HIS VIRGY AS PERFORMANCE ART
While I knew wouldn’t be like a gay llege eroti I’d read on (gay non, really), I rather naively wasn’t expectg the fall out. I realize I fell to that old gay adage of placg my feelgs on a person who, for whatever reason, was never gog to vt them back me.
WHAT IS THE “NORMAL” TIME IN A GAY MAN’S LIFE FOR HIM TO LOSE HIS VIRGY?
Worst of all, though, the shame attached to the memori of those first tim marred how I would approach sex for years.It was listeng to Years & Years’ new song “Sanctify,” and seeg the band’s out gay sger Olly Alexanr talk about how the song was spired his sexual trysts wh straight men, that I realized that the feelgs are way more mon than people let on.