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- GAY MEN PH BACK ON BODY SHAMG AMID HIGH RAT OF BODY DYSMORPHIA, EATG DISORRS
- MEDIL PROFSNALS NOUNCE 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW DURG ORLANDO PROTT
GAY MEN PH BACK ON BODY SHAMG AMID HIGH RAT OF BODY DYSMORPHIA, EATG DISORRS
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In his closed-door posn last month, Ziegler told lawmakers that he is gay, and phed back agast the notn om some right-wg figur that his sexual orientatn fluenc his polics or his job.
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MEDIL PROFSNALS NOUNCE 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW DURG ORLANDO PROTT
A growg number of gay men are publicly phg back agast what they say is bullyg wh the gay muny over how they look, and many s g social media to do Coffie, who lls himself full-figured and posts his body wh pri on social media, said as a gay man he has seen his datg life impacted by his appearance. "Coffie said he feels gay culture the Uned Stat has an "unwrten" and "unspoken" Adonis plex. I have to almost die for this orr for me to have my moment of worth here, '" said Coffie speaks to ABC News about his experience facg body shamg the gay NewsNicko Cassidy said he has also faced body shamg as a gay man, explag that body expectatns he faced llege led him to extreme dietg.
"I thk 's fely ep rooted the shame om childhood and growg up jt to be who we are, " said Cassidy, addg that he faced tnts of beg "so gay" and "fat while llege.
"Nicko Cassidy speaks to ABC News about his experience facg body shamg the gay NewsData shows that gay men have higher rat of eatg disorrs and other body image issu. Acrdg to the Natnal Eatg Disorr Associatn (NEDA), gay mal are thought to only reprent 5% of the total male populatn but among mal who have eatg disorrs, 42% intify as addn to facg eatg disorrs, gay men had lower self-teem related to their bodi and greater ncerns for physil attractivens when pared to straight men, acrdg to a study published the Journal of Consultg and Clil wh all populatns, body dysmorphia and eatg disorrs the gay muny n often be fueled by social media, experts say, cludg datg apps and posts that showse a false notn of the perfect man. Experts say the body shamg some gay men experience wh medil risks.