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Contents:

• 15 STEREOTYP THAT LIM OUR PERCEPTNS OF GAY MEN
• GAY STEREOTYP: ARE THEY TE?
• OP-ED: 6 GAY CLICHéS THAT ARE TOTALLY TE
• WHAT DO PEOPLE BELIEVE ABOUT GAY MAL? A STUDY OF STEREOTYPE NTENT AND STRENGTH
• GAY AND STRAIGHT MEN PREFER MASCULE-PRENTG GAY MEN FOR A HIGH-STAT ROLE: EVINCE FROM AN ELOGILLY VALID EXPERIMENT
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• AN ILLTRATED GUI TO REGNIZG YOUR GAY STEREOTYP
• STEREOTYP, EMOTNS, AND BEHAVRS TOWARD LBIANS, GAY MEN, BISEXUAL WOMEN, AND BISEXUAL MEN
• GAYSPLOATN UPENDS THE STEREOTYP THAT MAKE US WCE

15 STEREOTYP THAT LIM OUR PERCEPTNS OF GAY MEN

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Maybe you are more Ta than Cher, or more Ja than Madonna, but most likely even the most die rock of gays has one female power ballad on their if you happen to be the one gay man the ee world who don't know at least one le to Madonna's "Vogue, " you do not get a Gay Men Sleep Wh Each Other"Ugh... The stereotype ntent for sexual mory groups has been found to be partly verted pared to the ntent of stereotyp about the general genr groups women and men, such that the stereotype ntent for lbian women is more siar to that of men general, while the stereotype ntent for gay men is more siar to that of women general1 (see for stance, Blashill and Powlishta, 2009). Rearch on beliefs regardg genr versn of characteristics associated wh sexual mori have found that homosexual women and men are seen as more siar to other-genr heterosexual groups than to their rpective same genr group (Ke and Dex, 1987; Blashill and Powlishta, 2009), and that heterosexual groups are seen are more genr typil than homosexual or bisexual groups (Ghavami and Pepl, 2018).

Studi of stereotype ntent for sexual mory groups nducted different cultur show different gre of agency and munn clud cultural stereotyp regardg homosexual women and men, rangg om high on both dimensns (homosexual men Norway; Bye et al., 2014) to low on both dimensns (homosexual men Mexi; Durante et al., 2013). Fdgs om Atralia (Durante et al., 2013), Germany (Eck, 2002; Asbrock, 2010), Italy (Brambilla et al., 2011), and the Uned Stat (Fiske et al., 2002) show eher medium levels of agency and munn clud the stereotyp about homosexual women and men, or partial genr versn of stereotype ntent.

GAY STEREOTYP: ARE THEY TE?

Comparisons between homosexual and bisexual women and men dite eher that bisexual groups form a clter relatively low on both munn and agency (Mize and Manago, 2018), or that ratgs of munn follow a genred (but verted) pattern, while ratgs of agency is lower for bisexual men than for remag groups (Vghn et al., 2017).

While implic attus toward homosexual and bisexual women and men have begun to bee an object of study (for exampl, see for stance, Steffens and Wagner, 2004; Morrison et al., 2010; Breen and Karpski, 2013), there are to our knowledge no studi on implic stereotype ntent terms of munn and agency for sexual mori g the SC-IAT. This differs somewhat om prev studi that have found that stereotype ntent for homosexual women and men are more siar to genr ngent heterosexual groups, while stereotype ntent for bisexual women and men clter together to a greater gree (Vghn et al., 2017; Mize and Manago, 2018).

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This lack of ambivalent stereotype ntent nnected to homosexual groups was suggted to be a rult of ntrastg stereotype ntent for salient subgroups of homosexual women and men leadg to stereotype ntent ratgs of medium agency and munn (Clsell and Fiske, 2005; Brambilla et al., 2011). Degree of genr nformy or genr non-nformy seems to be an anizg feature perceptns of subgroups of lbian women and gay men (Geiger et al., 2006; McCutcheon and Morrison, 2021), which uld be one reason as why to subgroups of sexual mori n be associated wh ntrastg stereotype ntent. However, the current rearch tells a different story wh homosexual men beg rated signifintly lower regardg munn that heterosexual women Study 1 but not Study 2, while ratgs of homosexual women did not differ om ratgs of heterosexual men terms of munn of agency eher study.

The ntent of stereotyp for bisexual groups was more siar to the stereotype ntent for their rpective genr ngent homosexual unterparts than to heterosexual or general groups, ditg that there may be a higher gree of genr atypily stereotype ntent for non-heterosexual groups general and not exclively for homosexual groups. There is a mon prejudice relatn to bisexualy that bisexualy is not a valid sexual orientatn unto self, but rather an exprsn of nfn om people who are “actually” homosexual or heterosexual (Israel and Mohr, 2004; Hubbard and Visser, 2015; Burke and LaFrance, 2016b; Menroth et al., 2021).

WHAT DO PEOPLE BELIEVE ABOUT GAY MAL? A STUDY OF STEREOTYPE NTENT AND STRENGTH

Whether or not a bisexual person is seen as latently homosexual or heterosexual pends on their genr, such that bisexual women are seen as latently heterosexual and bisexual men are seen as latently homosexual (Flanrs and Hatfield, 2013; Mize and Manago, 2018; Menroth et al., 2021). Bee the stereotype ntent reported the current study for bisexual groups was closer to that of genr ngent homosexual groups for both bisexual women and men, there is some ditn that bisexual men were viewed as latently homosexual, but no ditn that bisexual women were viewed are latently heterosexual.

GAY AND STRAIGHT MEN PREFER MASCULE-PRENTG GAY MEN FOR A HIGH-STAT ROLE: EVINCE FROM AN ELOGILLY VALID EXPERIMENT

Prev rearch to stereotyp about bisexual people have found a lack of knowledge among heterosexual dividuals about tras associated wh bisexual women and men (Zivony and Lobel, 2014), while homosexual and bisexual dividuals report stereotyp closer to those about homosexual groups (Burke and LaFrance, 2016a, b). Rearch on recment for learship posns has found eher that lbian women face a higher gree of discrimatn recment than gay men do (Fasoli and Hegarty, 2019), that lbian women and gay men face equal amounts of discrimatn (Fasoli et al., 2017), or that lbian women and gay men are as equally likely to be hired as their heterosexual unterparts (Niedlich and Steffens, 2015).

However, both lbian women and gay men have been rated as rpectively higher task petence and social skills a recment suatn than heterosexual women and men, but this high petence genr non-stereotypil skills did not lead to higher hireabily judgments (Niedlich and Steffens, 2015). Furthermore, sexual mory dividuals who exhib higher gre of genr non-nformy are more likely to have experienced prejudiced events throughout their lifetime (Thoma et al., 2021), and are more likely to be met wh more negative attus om both heterosexual (Cohen et al., 2009) and homosexual dividuals (Salvati et al., 2018).

This associatn between masculy and stat endowment has plex implitns for gay men, given the prevailg stereotype that they are more feme pared to heterosexual men (Ke & Dx, 1987; Lippa, 2000; Mchell & Ellis, 2011; Sanchez et al., 2009) Men and the Feme StereotypeSuch a stereotype reflects, to some extent, average differenc genr-typily between gay and heterosexual men. Policg of masculy among gay men is not only self-directed; there is also evince of prejudice toward more feme gay men om wh the gay muny (Bailey et al., 1997; Hunt et al., 2016) Penalti for Feme Gay MenContemporary theori of effective learship have challenged the perceived virtu of masculy.

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Theoretil explanatns for the fdgs nsistently foc on the possibily that gay men elic such discrimatn bee of the stereotype that they are feme and are therefore perceived as ls equipped to occupy higher-stat posns social hierarchi, such as the workplace (Ke & Dx, 1987; Lord et al., 1984).

Th, the rearch appears to suggt that feme gay men are at particular risk of stat penalti, pecially om dividuals who posss anti-gay Sentiment Amongst Gay MenA further qutn regardg potential stat penalti for feme vers more mascule-prentg gay men is how plic gay men themselv may be perpetuatg such prejudice.

Whereas most relevant rearch has ed heterosexual sampl, both lab and field studi on romantic partner preferenc amongst gay men highlight a monplace sire for mascule over feme tras potential partners (Bailey et al., 1997; Clarkson, 2006; Laner & Kamel, 1977; Sanchez & Vila, 2012; Tayawadep, 2002). Such a nnectn suggts that the extent to which gay men ternalise societal stigma about beg gay may fluence their treatment of dividuals who posss stigmatised is a nsirable lerature monstratg that gay men discrimate agast more feme gay mal beyond the romantic ntext (Brooks et al., 2017; Ravenhill & Visser, 2019; Sánchez & Vila, 2012; Taywadep, 2002).

AN ILLTRATED GUI TO REGNIZG YOUR GAY STEREOTYP

Provid important advanc offerg elogilly valid monstratns of the rctn stat btowed upon feme men by heterosexual dividuals, important unaddrsed qutns rema about whether gay dividuals also show such a bias, g d-visual stimuli, and what psychologil mechanisms might expla such bias. Demonstratg that gay men are as likely to discrimate agast feme gay men as heterosexuals would ntribute to the emergg awarens of tramory prejudice as an area of ncern for the gay Current StudyThe aim of this study is to explore whether a relatively feme-prentatn negatively impacts stat attament for gay men g a more elogilly valid methodology that allows meangful parisons of the reactns of gay and heterosexual men.

STEREOTYP, EMOTNS, AND BEHAVRS TOWARD LBIANS, GAY MEN, BISEXUAL WOMEN, AND BISEXUAL MEN

Six cis-male, Whe-Atralian profsnal actors, 25 to 35 years old (who all intify as gay real life) were filmed performg an intil vox pop script two ways; 1) once where they were directed to manipulate their voice and body language (VBL) to be more feme, and 2) once where their VBL was to be more mascule.

3Frequency of Vot for Each Actor by Heterosexual and Gay Participants (N = 256)Full size imageMeasurStat EndowmentA sgle forced-choice em askg participants to select their preferred ndidate read as follows:“Please now vote for the actor you thk should be st the Ad Campaign promotg tourism to Sydney. Usg 5-pot Likert sle where a sre of “0” dited “Totally agree” and a sre of “5” dited “Totally disagree”, gay participants were asked to rate how much they endorsed the ems, “I wish I were heterosexual”; “If were possible I’d choose to be straight”; and “I believe is unfair that I am attracted to people of the same sex”.

The average of each participant’s three rpons were lculated to create their Internalised Homonegativy Attus (Heterosexual Participants Only)To measure anti-gay attus we ployed an adapted 6-em versn of the Morn Homonegativy Sle (MHS; Morrison & Morrison, 2002), as ed by Morton (2017), to exclively asss ntemporary negative attus toward gay men. Usg 5-pot Likert sle, where a sre of “0” dited “Totally agree” and a sre of “5” dited “Totally disagree”, heterosexual participants were asked to rate statements such as, “Gay men have all the rights they need”; and “Gay men seem to foc on the ways which they differ om heterosexuals, and ignore the ways which they are siar”. 195], that we predicted higher ternalised homonegativy levels would be associated wh a lower likelihood of votg for a feme gay exploratory logistic regrsn analysis was unrtaken to exame if morn sexism predicted ls likelihood of choosg a feme gay male (over a mascule gay male) actor, and if this effect was morated by each participant’s sexual orientatn.

GAYSPLOATN UPENDS THE STEREOTYP THAT MAKE US WCE

The fdg that stronger anti-gay negativy predicted preference for the mascule-prentg actor amongst heterosexual men also replit prev studi (Morton, 2017; Pellegri et al., 2020), offerg further evince for the nnectn between feme-prentatn among gay men and the creased risk of stat-penalti om dividuals who harbour anti-gay attus, even unr circumstanc of affirmative actn (i. (2021a) found that stronger ternalised anti-gay sentiment predicted masculy-bias – le wh the proposn that the more shame one feels about their sexualy, the ls likely they will want to be reprented by a fellow group-member who perpetuat negative the current study, however, a preference for mascule-prentg actors amongst gay participants was not signifintly predicted by levels of ternalised anti-gay sentiment.

The three-em ternalised homonegativy subsle (Mohr & Kendra, 2011) clud ems, such as “I wish I was heterosexual, ” that may have suffered om a floor-effect, whereby the ems were too extreme to be endorsed by a ntemporary sample of gay men (particularly if such gay men were motivated to nceal obv -group prejudice). However, future studi uld vtigate how masculy and attractivens teract ntributg to stat attament for gay male targets, pecially to terme whether attractivens is protective agast stat-penalti for feme-prentg gay sign of the current study did not allow for direct asssments of the unrlyg reasons for a masculy bias to avoid raisg participants’ spicn, but future rearch wh a different sign may benef om tappg such reasons more directly.