A dialog wh gay parents ncerned about and threatened by polyamory.
Contents:
- WHY SO FEW LBIANS AND GAYS MASTREAM POLY COMMUNY?
- POLYAMORY, THE GAY “CONSERVATIVE,” AND “THK OF THE CHILDREN"
WHY SO FEW LBIANS AND GAYS MASTREAM POLY COMMUNY?
But onle directori n also help, like those om the Gay & Lbian Medil Associatn (GLMA) or OutCare. The prefix “poly” means many, and polysexual dividuals are attracted to people of multiple who intify as polysexual often e that word bee suggts a greater variety of sexual orientatns than tradnal genr bari of male and female, or hetero- and homosexual.
“The east London summer ftival Lovebox mov gay culture centre stage wh s one-day 'polysexual' celebratn”. The ph for legal regnn of polyamory has sometim been acced of -optg the language of gay liberatn.
Polyamory is not a legally protected stat, like beg straight or gay. This blog explor five reasons why lbians and gay men might not appear the mastream US poly scene as much as their bisexual and heterosexual unterparts.
POLYAMORY, THE GAY “CONSERVATIVE,” AND “THK OF THE CHILDREN"
Homophobia. Although my rearch dit that poly muni tend to have lower levels of homophobia than nventnal society, do not mean that they are whout homophobia. Gay men ually do not enjoy alg wh homophobia their social environments, so is no surprise that they are rare mastream poly circl.
The flip si of homophobia is objectifyg sex among women for male nsumptn. Gay men vented Consensual Non-Monogamy (CNM). ” OK, so maybe they didn’t actually vent , but rearch dit that CNM is a regular feature of gay male society the US.
[ii] Wh muny norms already place and a social pool of potential dat already open to CNM, gay men don’t have to approach a different muny to fd partners or seek advice. Remag gay settgs also means they don’t have to al wh homophobia (or at least not as much).