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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
Jonathan Post discs beg gay, tistic and missg social cu which leads to difficulty fdg relatnships. * autistic and gay *
A higher percentage of tistic people intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or queer (LGBTQ) than the general populatn, acrdg to rearch studi.
I, A GAY AUTISTIC MAN, AM SHARG 5 THGS ABOUT MY INTERSECTNAL INTY
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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.
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"AS A GAY TISTIC MAN, IS ALMOST AS IF I HAVE TWO INTI."
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