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Contents:
- CHRIS DICKERSON, FIRST BLACK OPENLY GAY BODYBUILR TO W MR. AMERI TLE, DEAD AT 82
- GAS & PAS: BLACK GAY BODYBUILRS & THE COMPLEX DYNAMIC BETWEEN MCL & QUEER DIRE
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
CHRIS DICKERSON, FIRST BLACK OPENLY GAY BODYBUILR TO W MR. AMERI TLE, DEAD AT 82
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GAS & PAS: BLACK GAY BODYBUILRS & THE COMPLEX DYNAMIC BETWEEN MCL & QUEER DIRE
Gay Mculary Dired & VilifiedThroughout morn queer history—om the Castro Clon of the 1970s, the porn and ver mol athetics of the last four s, to the preferenc listed many onle datg profil—gay men have had an ambivalent relatnship wh mculary. Men wh chiseled chts and eight-pack abs have long been nsired the flt standard of homosexual sire, and as a rult, the embodiment of a fantasy that is partly blamed for higher rat of body image anxiety among gay men.
“A greater percentage of gay men than heterosexual men reported that they were unattractive, unfortable a swimsu, dissatisfied wh their physil appearance, and dissatisfied wh their mcle size and tone, ” says Dr.
“In general, both gay and heterosexual men reported poorer body image as [body mass x] creased. “A greater percentage of gay men than heterosexual men reported that they were unattractive, unfortable a swimsu, dissatisfied wh their physil appearance, and dissatisfied wh their mcle size and tone. While gay men are not alone feelg like they do not measure up to standards of bety, feelg sexually unsirable n be uniquely alienatg when one’s nnectn to a muny is somewhat predited on sex, says Dr.
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
Carl Hovey, a psychologist, and rearcher at the Gay Therapy Center New York. “Incln the muny pends on one's abily to ‘live out’ one's sexualy through certa relatnal enunters; and if one is not experienced as sirable, the feelg of beg cut-off om the muny, and even om one's inty, n be profound, ” says Hovey, who believ the bety standards of the larger society, and among gay men, also exert prsure on those who f the standard. ”And this may be why there are untls thk-piec and empowerment mpaigns that nmn the effects of gay bety standards on those who feel they fall short of them, but ltle empathy when those who seem to meet those standards are grad as beg dumb, shallow, or sexually promiscuo.
“Overall, the privileg and posive attentn [mcular gay] men receive for their figure outweighs any negative judgment they might receive, ” says Essayli, who elaborat to note that beg nsired hyper-sired do not mean someone’s life is easier or better.