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

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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. Younger gay men do value monogamy more than their olr unterparts. I thk this is eful rmatn for anyone workg wh gay men, and for young gay men themselv.

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

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). 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.

HOW MANY GAY MARRIAG END IN DIVORCE?

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.

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.

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

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.

GAY RELATNSHIPS CAN BE MORE STABLE THAN STRAIGHT ON

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.

Approval of same-sex relatnships has been steadily risg sce 2009 (Pew Rearch Center, 2017), and the 2015 Supreme Court cisn endorsg same-sex marriage was a w for many lbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) dividuals. This is nsistent wh prev fdgs: Gay and bisexual men are exposed to mory strsors that n -stabilize relatnships (Meyer, 2003; L, 2012). Rearch fund by the Natnal Instut of Health on the Health of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Populatns.

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

Prejudice, social strs, and mental health lbian, gay, and bisexual populatns: Conceptual issu and rearch evince. Changg Attus on Gay Marriage.

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

Although Kerby wrote this article before same-sex marriage was legalized, his asssment of homosexual relatnships has not changed bee the trsilly disorred nature of same-sex relatnships has not changed.

Then he nsirs the difficulti troduced by homosexual marriage obtag the same benefs.