No attu, no standg around: the anizatn of social and sexual teractn at a gay male private sex party New York cy - PubMed

Contents:

• WHAT’S GOOD ABOUT BEG GAY?: PERSPECTIV OM YOUTH
• NO ATTU, NO STANDG AROUND: THE ANIZATN OF SOCIAL AND SEXUAL TERACTN AT A GAY MALE PRIVATE SEX PARTY NEW YORK CY
• MILO YIANNOPOULOS AND THE MYTH OF THE GAY PEDOPHILE
• WOMEN WARM UP FASTER TO GAY MEN THAN STRAIGHT GUYS, STUDY SUGGTS

WHAT’S GOOD ABOUT BEG GAY?: PERSPECTIV OM YOUTH

Homosexual behavr has received attentn due to the apparent paradox agast an assumed basic law of nature, that of Darwian procreatn, whereby dividuals seek to maximize the number of offsprg they produce and the equency of their gen passed on to future generatns [8]. For example, homosexual behavr n serve as a form of social play, for the formatn of social bonds, to dimish trasexual nflict, for acquirg matg skills, to facilate k selectn, for social tensn regulatn, and for alloparental re [2, 8, 9]. Homosexual behavr fluenc the social dynamics of wild populatns some speci, and might act as a selective prsure that shap social, morphologil, and behavral evolutn [9] the prent study, I provi nfirmatn of male-male genal lickg wild, ee-livg, Bon flyg fox P.

I nsir genal lickg between mal to be a same-sex sexual (homosexual) behavr and fed as genal ntact between dividuals of the same sex [8] this study, there was sufficient observatn time to terme whether the homosexual fellat is a wispread or limed phenomenon wh the populatn. If the homosexual fellat of Pterop mal occurs the matg ntext as heterosexual cunnilg, is possible that homosexual fellat uld be performed to redirect the sexual tratns among mal the male group where pulatns were nfed. Pselaphon, the mal did not utter the loud sounds that were volized by mal durg pulatn, beg to mount the face-to-back terurse posn, nor ejaculate after genal lickg, th differentiatg homosexual fellat om the cunnilg observed a pre-pulatn ntext.

Pselaphon uld be explaed by the high socialy the roost, cludg sexual segregatn and social thermoregulatn, but not sexual functnal signifince of homosexual fellat remas a mystery; however, many explanatns for wi-spread same-sex behavr have been proposed, cludg social play, social bond formatn, trasexual nflict, practice for adult heterosexual pulatn, k selectn, social tensn regulatn, alloparental re, and that serv no functn, mistaken inty, evolutnary by-product, and maladaptatn [8, 9]. In addn, analysis of fec for the productn of a tailed list of food plants eaten on the basis of their DNA and a thermal imagg mera would be eful to timate the gree of e and expendure of heat bat speci engage homosexual behavr, which have been tegorized to six groups: mutual homosexual groomg and lickg, homosexual masturbatn, homosexual play, homosexual mountg, ercive sex, and cross-speci homosexual sex [24]. Addnal primary them and sub-them were intified wh each tegory that further illtrate how gay/bisexual youth were able to velop posive nceptualizatns of their sexual orientatn spe experiencg negative societal msag about beg gay/bisexual.

NO ATTU, NO STANDG AROUND: THE ANIZATN OF SOCIAL AND SEXUAL TERACTN AT A GAY MALE PRIVATE SEX PARTY NEW YORK CY

When the fluenc are negative, psychologil distrs among adolcents may rult, pecially for those youth who intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual (Almeida, Johnson, Corliss, Molnar & Azrael, 2009; Hershberger & D’Augelli, 1995; Ueno, 2005). One study that addrsed this topic prented riliency strategi among lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) young people North Wt England and South Wal wh the ntext of hetero-normative environments (Surfield, Roen & McDermott, 2008).

This was one of the few studi found to prent riliency strategi veloped by gay/bisexual adolcents to bat negative social and cultural ntug rearch is need on the velopmental challeng faced by LGB adolcents, pecially those who are also members of other opprsed groups such as youth of lor, a parallel le of scientific quiry is also need to explore the strengths and rilienci monstrated by LGB youth. Such limatns do not allow for a more nuanced unrstandg of the current lived experienc of LGB youth’s inty exploratn procs, as has been seen more recent qualative studi of sexual orientatn inty (Ja, Harper, Fernanz, & the ATN, 2009)The purpose of the current study is to provi sights to the posive nceptualizatns that gay/bisexual male adolcents posss regardg their sexual orientatn inty utilizg qualative phenomenologil and nstctivist ameworks. Although we did quire about the full range of perceptns and experienc related to sexual orientatn inty the larger study om which the data were extracted, we chose to foc solely on the posive aspects of posssg a gay/bisexual sexual orientatn inty for the current vtigatn given the lack of empiril data foced specifilly on riliency-related factors among gay/bisexual male adolcents.

Sce prr rearch also has monstrated that sexual orientatn inty velopment for female adolcents and adults is different than that of male adolcents and adults (Diamond, 2005; Diamond & Sav-Williams, 2000; Schneir, 2001), we also foc this vtigatn exclively on gay/bisexual male adolcents.

MILO YIANNOPOULOS AND THE MYTH OF THE GAY PEDOPHILE

In orr to take part the study, participants met the followg eligibily creria: 1) be blogilly male; 2) be between the ag of 14 and 22; 3) self-intify as Ain Amerin, Hispanic/Lato, or Whe non-Hispanic/European Amerin; 4) self-intify as gay, bisexual, or qutng; 5) have no knowledge of beg HIV posive; 6) live the Chigo or Miami metropolan area; and 7) read and unrstand English.

The youth reprented the qualative subsample of adolcents who participated a larger mixed-methods rearch study foced on multiple inty velopment and sexual risk/protectn among gay/bisexual male adolcents, which was nducted wh the Adolcent Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventns. The ame was stratified by age (14–17, 18–20, and 21–22), level of gay/bisexual sexual orientatn inty (low and high), and race/ethnicy (Ain Amerin, European Amerin, and Lato) orr to produce a sample that reprents velopmental and inty-related variatns. (Sean, 21 year old, Eastern European gay male)Another participant who mented on nnectedns wh femal argued that the reason for this closens is the fact that straight men typilly beiend women for sexual purpos, while gay men do not.

Um, 's, 's very easy to, to, when you do fd somebody that is, that is very siar to yourself, 's very easy to fd a nnectn wh them bee they've endured a lot of the same hardships that you have and, and you, and 's easy to talk, I feel like 's very easy to talk to somebody else who is gay, bee they've experienced a lot of the same thgs that I have g and velopg their inty. (Patrick, 20 year old, Whe gay male)Riliency the Face of Gay-Related OpprsnAlthough many of the youth foced on posive nceptualizatns of beg gay/bisexual, some intified ways which they had monstrated riliency the face of opprsn. Emotnal self-re was discsed the ntext of acknowledgg and beg aware of the negative emotnal impact of heterosexist societal msag on them as gay/bisexual young men, and then buildg ristance strategi to such pervasive negativy.

WOMEN WARM UP FASTER TO GAY MEN THAN STRAIGHT GUYS, STUDY SUGGTS

Bee there's a lot of homophobic people out there (Jose, 19 year old, Hispanic queer male)Physil self-re was typilly discsed the ntext of physil appearance and sexual health, such as rryg ndoms orr to protect one om sexually transmted fectns.

(Kev, 21 year old, Multiracial bisexual male)Gay/bisexual youth who reported the rejectn of stereotyp as another form of riliency strsed the importance of velopg a posive sense of self that is not rtricted by societal msag regardg what gay/bisexual men “should” do, thk, and feel.