Bisexual Aunts, Gay Cos: How LGBTQ Fay Members Help LGBTQ Youth Navigate Fay Heteronormativy — Sage Perspectiv Blog

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• BISEXUAL AUNTS, GAY COS: HOW LGBTQ FAY MEMBERS HELP LGBTQ YOUTH NAVIGATE FAY HETERONORMATIVY
• SO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO FROM CLASSIC TV WAS GAY?
• HOW GAY UNCL PASS DOWN GEN
• AMID BABI GALORE I’M A CHILDLS GAY AUNT. I ULD NOT BE HAPPIER
• ANTHONY BLUNT AND GUY BURGS, GAY SPI
• THE EVOLUTNARY PARADOX OF HOMOSEXUALYBEG GAY NO LONGER HOLDS THE STIGMA ONCE DID, BUT EVOLUTN, WHY DO A NON-REPRODUCTIVE TRA PERSIST?TOM WHIPPLEPUBLISHED: MAY 8, 2018 AT 11:00 PMTHE EVOLUTNARY PARADOX OF HOMOSEXUALY

BISEXUAL AUNTS, GAY COS: HOW LGBTQ FAY MEMBERS HELP LGBTQ YOUTH NAVIGATE FAY HETERONORMATIVY

StoneSomethg unique to beg lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or queer (LGBTQ) is a ncern that your fay will reject you for genr or sexual inty. Jon, a 21-year-old Whe bisexual genrfluid man, said a fay member once hted to him that his uncle is gay, but he uld not remember if was te.

However, he was not ma aware of his nt until after he me out, nyg him the experience of havg a trans role mol the fay as he was figurg out his genr were the lbian, gay, and bisexual relativ so important? The lbian, gay, and bisexual relativ were also supportive of the youth their fay, providg them wh relatnship advice, trips to Pri events, and role mols. The so-lled "gay uncle" hypothis poss that people who themselv do not have children may nohels crease the prevalence of their fay's gen future generatns by providg rourc (food, supervisn, fense, shelter, etc.

SO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO FROM CLASSIC TV WAS GAY?

Let's jt say that the hypothis that gays do provi extra rourc for their nephews and niec is te (I'm not sayg is, but jt pretend is). Sce people are 50% related to their children and 25% related to their nephews/niec, do this mean that to keep up wh heterosexuals, gays on average would need to provi protectn for twice the average number of children of heterosexual upl? Straight upl providg protectn for two children (50%, 50%) is equivalent to a gay uncle providg protectn for four children (25%, 25%, 25%, 25%).

HOW GAY UNCL PASS DOWN GEN

But that's jt to keep up wh heteros, so for the gay gen to actually spread (rather than jt exist), they'd need to provi for more than twice the average for heteros?

A new study by Canadian rearchers adds weight to the theory that the evolutnary role of gay men may be to serve as "super uncl" who help close fay members survive. Pl Vasey, an evolutnary psychologist at the Universy of Lethbridge, sought to addrs an entrenched scientific riddle: If homosexualy appears to be hered, how have gay men, who are ls likely to reproduce, ntued to pass on their gen whout beg extct?

Acrdg to The Gazette of Montreal, one long-nng theory argu that gay men serve the evolutnary role of actg as "super uncl" who assist close relativ and directly crease the chanc of passg on their gen.

AMID BABI GALORE I’M A CHILDLS GAY AUNT. I ULD NOT BE HAPPIER

"The ia is that homosexuals are helpg their close relativ reproduce more succsfully and at a higher rate by beg helpful: babystg more, tutorg their niec and nephews art and mic, and helpg out fancially wh thgs like medil re and tn, " reports The Gazette.

Now, if you want an example of Gay Ricky and And They Were Roommat Lethel (terrible ship name, Siri please revise) you n watch S1 Ep18 “Vatn From Marriage”. Every person who participated was eher a gay clockg on the low sgle digs of the Valid Sle, or a terrifyg heterosexual.

ANTHONY BLUNT AND GUY BURGS, GAY SPI

Queer theory emerged om a variety of studi and cultural movements, cludg femism, gay and lbian studi, sexual subcultur, and black activism, particularly around the late 1980s and early 1990s. Over time, “queer” veloped as a pejorative term to scribe someone who was “homosexual”, particularly the late 1800s and early 1900s the US.

THE EVOLUTNARY PARADOX OF HOMOSEXUALYBEG GAY NO LONGER HOLDS THE STIGMA ONCE DID, BUT EVOLUTN, WHY DO A NON-REPRODUCTIVE TRA PERSIST?TOM WHIPPLEPUBLISHED: MAY 8, 2018 AT 11:00 PMTHE EVOLUTNARY PARADOX OF HOMOSEXUALY

This, along wh “new ernmental regim” that sought to regulate sexualy om the 18th century onwards, is believed by Fouult to have a hand the nstctn of the ncept of morn homosexualy. The homosexual inty and other groups of “viant” people who were typified by the medil field “were signed to prerve and foster a productive and procreative populatn (or workforce) that met the needs of a velopg palist system”, wrote Spargo.

Sce this book was published 1990, Judh Butler beme one of the biggt nam femist theory, gay and lbian studi, and queer theory.