Unrstand health ncerns for gay men and other men who have sex wh men, and learn how to promote good health.
Contents:
- HOW TO SUPPORT, EMPATHIZE WH, AND AFFIRM LGBTQ+ PEOPLE
- WHY ARE PEOPLE GAY? GAY BY CHOICE OR IS BEG GAY GEIC?
- HOW TO ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE GAY
- GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU
HOW TO SUPPORT, EMPATHIZE WH, AND AFFIRM LGBTQ+ PEOPLE
Why are people gay? Are they gay by choice or is beg gay geic? Are they born gay? Learn about the and reasons for beg gay. * how do gay people do it *
G., "gay/lbian" to scribe attractn to the same sex/genr, "bisexual" to scribe attractn to multiple sex/genrs; "asexual" to scribe a lack of attractn to anyone, etc. There is no specific way that a gay or lbian person acts, drs, or speaks—a person's sexual orientatn do not rrelate wh their genr exprsn.
WHY ARE PEOPLE GAY? GAY BY CHOICE OR IS BEG GAY GEIC?
* how do gay people do it *
There may be, for stance, some gay people that scribe themselv as more mascule, feme, or genr-fluid, while lbian dividuals may siarly exprs themselv wh varyg gre of masculy, femy, or genr-fluidy. However, you n have a better unrstandg of different sexual orientatns by learng more about gay and lbian people. Work on dismissg any stereotyp that you may have about gay and lbian people so that you n start workg on seeg them as the people that they are.
Another important part of unrstandg gay and lbian people is realizg people n't choose their sexualy, as 's an herent part of who they are. Sce 1975, APA has lled on psychologists to take the lead removg the stigma of mental illns that has long been associated wh lbian, gay, and bisexual orientatns.
The prejudice and discrimatn that people who intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual regularly experience have been shown to have negative psychologil effects.
HOW TO ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE GAY
This page provis accurate rmatn for those who want to better unrstand sexual orientatn and the impact of prejudice and discrimatn on those who intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual. In the Uned Stat the most equent labels are lbians (women attracted to women), gay men (men attracted to men), and bisexual people (men or women attracted to both sex). Different lbian, gay, and bisexual people have very different experienc regardg their sexual orientatn.
Some people know that they are lbian, gay, or bisexual for a long time before they actually pursue relatnships wh other people. Prejudice and discrimatn make difficult for many people to e to terms wh their sexual orientatn inti, so claimg a lbian, gay, or bisexual inty may be a slow procs. There is no nsens among scientists about the exact reasons that an dividual velops a heterosexual, bisexual, gay, or lbian orientatn.
GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU
Lbian, gay, and bisexual people the Uned Stat enunter extensive prejudice, discrimatn, and vlence bee of their sexual orientatn. Intense prejudice agast lbians, gay men, and bisexual people was wispread throughout much of the 20th century. Public opn studi over the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s routely showed that, among large segments of the public, lbian, gay, and bisexual people were the target of strongly held negative attus.