As a gay tistic man, is almost as if I have two inti.

Contents:

• THE CHALLENGE OF BEG GAY AND AUTISTIC
• I, A GAY AUTISTIC MAN, AM SHARG 5 THGS ABOUT MY INTERSECTNAL INTY
• GAY TISTICS EXIST, AND WE NEED A NAME
• "AS A GAY TISTIC MAN, IS ALMOST AS IF I HAVE TWO INTI."

THE CHALLENGE OF BEG GAY AND AUTISTIC

A higher percentage of tistic people intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or queer (LGBTQ) than the general populatn, acrdg to rearch studi. Studi vary wily on the percentage of people wh tism who are gay, lbian, or bisexual.

I, A GAY AUTISTIC MAN, AM SHARG 5 THGS ABOUT MY INTERSECTNAL INTY

Jt, who did not want his last name ed, disvered high school that he was both tistic and gay. “I knew what beg gay was, but I personally lacked the emotnal self-awarens for a while until I realized that’s what I was feelg toward other guys, ” he explas. “I wasn’t openly gay high school bee I spected very strongly I would be attacked, ” he says.

GAY TISTICS EXIST, AND WE NEED A NAME

High school stunts found that those who are gay, lbian, and bisexual are almost twice as likely to be bullied at school and onle as heterosexual stunts are.

Shortly after high school, Smh me out to her fay as a gay man.

The group wh ASD reported higher rat of homosexualy, bisexualy and asexualy, but lower rat of heterosexualy. Rearch suggts that dividuals wh Autism Spectm Disorr (ASD) report creased homosexualy, bisexualy, and asexualy, but creased heterosexualy. He said rather exasperatedly, “If you aren’t gay, nobody is!

"AS A GAY TISTIC MAN, IS ALMOST AS IF I HAVE TWO INTI."

I often wonr what would have happened if we had unrstood each other, but havg tism spectm disorr I have missed a lot of relatnship opportuni bee of my abily to rrectly terpret nonverbal social n be a problem for anybody who has tism, but ’s pecially tough when to those of who are gay, bi, lbian and trans.