“The Epimic of Gay Lonels”. “Dpe all the talk of our “chosen fai,” gay men have fewer close iends than straight people or gay women. In a survey of….
Contents:
- “THE EPIMIC OF GAY LONELS”
- EXGAY CALLG
- THE EPIMIC OF GAY LONELS
- GAY, MIDDLE-AGED, AND LONELY AS HELL
“THE EPIMIC OF GAY LONELS”
* the epidemic of gay loneliness *
The Epimic ofGay Lonels. Only a few of the nam of the gay men this article are real.
Jeremy[1] is not my only gay iend who’s stgglg.
EXGAY CALLG
In the Huffgton Post edn of March 2nd 2017, Michael Hobb has wrten an extensive article about the abundant lonels of the current gay liftyle. He scrib the psychiatric problems to be found the gay muny, and which do not dimish spe of so-lled social progrs enforced by prsure groups. A mt-read article… * the epidemic of gay loneliness *
For years I’ve noticed the divergence between my straight iends and my gay iends.
“And told me two sentenc later that she knew I was gay.
My parents still claim that they had no ia I was gay. In our lifetime, the gay muny has ma more progrs on legal and social acceptance than any other mographic group history. As recently as my own adolcence, gay marriage was a distant aspiratn, somethg newspapers still put sre quot.
THE EPIMIC OF GAY LONELS
Public support for gay marriage has climbed om 27 percent 1996 to 61 percent 2016. ” Gay characters the days are so monplace they’re even allowed to have flaws.
Still, even as we celebrate the sle and speed of this change, the rat of prsn, lonels and substance abe the gay muny rema stuck the same place they’ve been for s. Gay people are now, pendg on the study, between 2 and 10 tim more likely than straight people to take their own liv.
In a survey of gay men who recently arrived New York Cy, three-quarters suffered om anxiety or prsn, abed dgs or alhol or were havg risky sex—or some batn of the three.
GAY, MIDDLE-AGED, AND LONELY AS HELL
Dpe all the talk of our “chosen fai, ” gay men have fewer close iends than straight people or gay women. I’m a perpetually sgle gay guy who was raised a bright blue cy by PFLAG parents.