Gay Relatnships Can Be More Stable Than Straight On | Psychology Today

Contents:

• NEW TRENDS GAY MALE RELATNSHIPS: THE CHOIC STUDY
• HETEROSEXUAL AND HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAG – ARE STRAIGHT AND GAY MARRIAG INTIL?
• HOW MANY GAY MARRIAG END IN DIVORCE?
• WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY [UPDATED MAY 2023]
• GAY RELATNSHIPS CAN BE MORE STABLE THAN STRAIGHT ON
• SELF-REPORTED PENIS SIZE AND EXPERIENC WH CONDOMS AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• ATRALIAN SURVEY FDS THAT LS THAN A THIRD OF GAY MEN HAVE MTED RELATNSHIPS WH JT ONE PARTNER

NEW TRENDS GAY MALE RELATNSHIPS: THE CHOIC STUDY

Durg the survey perd, was found that 34 percent of rpondg homosexual dividuals stated that they had been sgle or married for ten years and longer. CharacteristicHeterosexualHomosexualBisexual----------------------------You need a Statista Acunt for unlimed accsImmediate accs to 1m+ statisticsIncl. What are the relatnships of young gay men like today?

Ltle rearch is beg done on gay male upl—how they build and sta their relatnships, what they thk about monogamy and marriage, what they believe about the attus of their peers.

But we’d been hearg that younger gay men had some different perspectiv. This year, we pleted our Choic study, which foced on gay men ag 18-40 and explored attus and practic about monogamy and marriage.

HETEROSEXUAL AND HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAG – ARE STRAIGHT AND GAY MARRIAG INTIL?

Younger gay men do value monogamy more than their olr unterparts.

HOW MANY GAY MARRIAG END IN DIVORCE?

I thk this is eful rmatn for anyone workg wh gay men, and for young gay men themselv.

Younger Gay Men’s Perspectiv on Monogamy, Non-monogamy and Marriage.

Convenience sample of 18-40 year old gay men, reced through ads on Facebook and Grdr (an app geared toward gay/bisexual men terted datg or sexual enunters).

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATN IS GAY [UPDATED MAY 2023]

Before we looked at our survey rults, we had some notn that monogamy had bee a sort of “flt” choice for a lot of younger gay men. Gay lumnist Dan Savage first ed the term “monogamish” (Savage lls “mostly monogamo wh a ltle squish around the edg”).

There are some persistent myths gay men hear about their relatnships. The first is that is impossible for gay men to stay te to a monogamo mment. Both mps also plaed equally about the lack of support they receive the gay muny for their choic.

GAY RELATNSHIPS CAN BE MORE STABLE THAN STRAIGHT ON

We thk this back to the fact that gay men’s relatnships are not “discsable. There is tremendo tert this kd of rmatn about gay men’s relatnships and a good al of wisdom to be disvered om our rponnts. Gay men’s relatnships play a role many different aspects of muny health, cludg the transmissn of HIV and other STDs.

SELF-REPORTED PENIS SIZE AND EXPERIENC WH CONDOMS AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

We do thk, however, that we have opportuni to provi more meangful support to gay men’s relatnships by dog the followg:. If you’re workg wh gay men, we hope you’ll nsir referrg them to the study to learn more about the range of relatnship experienc gay men are havg and the creative approach they are brgg to their relatnships. He has provid servic the HIV/AIDS muny and has a long-standg tert supportg healthy relatnships the gay muny.

ATRALIAN SURVEY FDS THAT LS THAN A THIRD OF GAY MEN HAVE MTED RELATNSHIPS WH JT ONE PARTNER

Jt like straight upl, gay unmarried partners were more likely to break up at the start than later on the relatnship. After passg the 10-year mark, ls than 10% of gay upl choose to break up.