Like a lot of 19-year-old virgs (gay or straight), Clayton Pettet is really ncerned about losg and has been thkg about his first time for the past three years. Unlike a lot of 19-year-old virgs, Pettet will not be able to endure this often awkward, re of passage the privacy of a backseat or a llege dorm room — he's gog to lose his virgy a gallery, bee ... art.
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
Gay virgy has s myths, and they are based on heterosexual and societal norms. You don't need to adhere to other people's thoughts on virgy. * losing gay virginity *
Cherry Pickg: Virgy Loss Defns Among Gay and Straight Cisgenr Men. J Homosex.
6%) cisgenr gay men.
10 MYTHS ABOUT GAY VIRGY
Pl, lots of straight people dog gay thgs. * losing gay virginity *
Rults dite that more gay men than straight nsired M-M receptive anal terurse (i. 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.
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 *
Versatily and HIV vulnerabily: vtigatg the proportn of Atralian gay men havg both sertive and receptive anal terurse. 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. 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. 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.
Sure, I know all about gay guys havg sex wh straight guys, but felt reassurg to see him scribe the “sat and sner role” he embodied durg those experienc, and to hear the uncertaty and melancholy weaved to the song.More than anythg though, was the repeated lyril mantra of “I won’t be ashamed.” Bee as queer people, we’re buried lifetime’s worth of shame so vivid and searg that oftentim ’s cripplg. When you’re talkg about sex, you shouldn’t foc on words like “gay, ” “queer, ” and “bisexual. How do we know that we are no longer gay virgs?
I LOST MY VIRGY TO MY GAY NEIGHBOR. I SORTA REGRET .
* losing gay virginity *
So, here are some myths about gay virgy to help you better navigate your gay sex and know how to talk about virgy.
THIS YOUNG GAY GUY IS LOSG HIS VIRGY AS PERFORMANCE ART
You mt have anal to lose your gay virgy. Losg your gay virgy, whether orally or anally, will likely be a msy, paful experience the first time. People have many ias of what means to lose your gay virgy.
The gay virgy myths we exposed here n help you have a safer sex life and have fun.
WHAT IS THE “NORMAL” TIME IN A GAY MAN’S LIFE FOR HIM TO LOSE HIS VIRGY?
New rearch om has revealed the average age gay men lose their virgy: 17. " The rearchers at DrEd surveyed dividuals of all ag—baby boomers to lennials—and all sexual 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.
My gay neighbor was two olr than me. Eher the gay neighbor knew I was horny or beg prsed beg rejected by women. Then, he asks me about havg terurse wh a gay guy.
The last gay terurse was wh a classmate om a different class at llege.