Gay Pri/Ray Pri: Ray J Calls for More Support for the Gay Communy by Straight Men - The Source

Contents:

• RAY J SAYS STRAIGHT MEN NEED TO SHOW MORE LOVE TO GAY MEN
• THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
• "THAT'S SO GAY" IS JT SO WRONG
• GAY PRI/RAY PRI: RAY J CALLS FOR MORE SUPPORT FOR THE GAY COMMUNY BY STRAIGHT MEN
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN IS FIRST AMERIN MALE PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

RAY J SAYS STRAIGHT MEN NEED TO SHOW MORE LOVE TO GAY MEN

Mexi's soccer feratn has been sanctned repeatedly by world erng body FIFA recent years for a homophobic chant ed by s fans durg Mexin natnal team gam, whether at home or away. Referee Barton took the cisn to abandon the game bee of the homophobic chant. In a practice believed to have started among fans the early 2000s — one outlet highlights a 2004 Olympic qualifier between the USA and Mexi — Mexin natnal team fans jo unison to shout a Spanish-language homophobic slur ("p***, " which roughly translat to "gay prostute") when an opposg goalkeeper puts the ball to play on a goal kick.

The argument for years was that the word has multiple cultural meangs Mexi and other Spanish-speakg untri and that is not tend as a homophobic slur when ed by fans a stadium. But there's no gettg around the fact that 's a rogatory term that's meang to the gay muny. When the match rumed, the officials add 12 mut of stoppage time, but they only got through seven of them before the referee cid to stop the match early after another loud stallment of the homophobic chant (see highlight qued up to the fal whistle).

Conf official has jt told me that the match HAS NOT been abandoned bee of homophobic chant spe fishg 4 mut before the 12 mut of stoppage time were up.

THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

Overnight, CONCACAF released a statement nfirmg is vtigatg the ntued e of homophobic chants by Mexi fans durg last night’s game. In June 2021, FIFA sanctned the Mexin feratn for homophobic chants by Mexin fans at Olympic qualifiers played Guadalajara, Mexi March 2021: a $65, 000 fe and two official home match played behd closed doors.

The FIFA Disciplary Commtee also opened separate proceedgs agast Mexi nnectn wh homophobic chants by fans at a iendly agast Iceland played Arlgton, Texas, May 2021.

"THAT'S SO GAY" IS JT SO WRONG

The anti-gay chant was ed durg 2022 World Cup qualifyg home gam agast Canada and Honduras at the Estad Azte. In my practice, I sometim enunter men who are so obssively worried they may be gay or bisexual that tak up such a signifint amount of their daily life and thoughts and them nearly cripplg anxiety. ” He may worry that he appears to be gay if cross his legs at the knee like a woman when stg down rather than havg the typil “man spread.

Like those wh Obssive-Compulsive Disorr (OCD), he may exhib the same kd of repet behavrs, such as stg and standg over and over aga to see if they may appear gay the way he do . This may sound like ’s a set-up for a joke, or an ongog lgh le a s, but is a real disorr that some have labeled as Homosexual Obssive-Compulsive Disorr (HOCD), though the Diagnostic and Statistil Manual of Mental Disorrs, the “bible” of psychiatry, has yet to regnize .

HOCD n sudnly occur for some men who, for example, fd themselv beg h on by other gay or bisexual men, mistaken for beg a gay or bisexual man, fd themselv attracted to another man or stumble onto gay porn that exc them. They will often blame the thgs as reasons for how the HOCD started, but isn’t about homosexualy nor bisexualy, is about OCD. In my own clil experience workg wh the men, those who suffer om this may fd themselv obssively lookg at porn, eher gay or straight, to see if they bee sexually exced by eher.

GAY PRI/RAY PRI: RAY J CALLS FOR MORE SUPPORT FOR THE GAY COMMUNY BY STRAIGHT MEN

They might nstantly check out others’ reactns to their gtur or nversatn to see if they get any strange looks or other signals that would imply homophobia. They sometim will go to extreme lengths, such as havg sex wh men even though they are not gay or bisexual, which typilly leav them feelg unsatisfied and unfortable. Even though they have not been able to nfirm by their pulsive experimentatn that they are, ed, gay, they may even ask me to help them e out as gay or bisexual jt to end the sufferg.

I am a specialist sexual orientatn and relatnships and not traed to al wh OCD, so I first mt set out to terme if they are simply closeted gay or bisexual men, or if there is somethg else gog on. Tly gay men jt say that they’re annoyed that women keep gettg their le of sight. Influenced by the heated atmosphere around sexual polics nowadays, and even the amount of media verage around LGBTQ issu, some gays argue that the g-out procs they went through much of the same nfn, and therefore believe that the HOCD person is simply experiencg the same thg.

Theirs is a particular kd of trouble, one that will not be rolved by “g out of the closet” bee they tly are not gay or bisexual.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN IS FIRST AMERIN MALE PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

There are some clil therapists, such as Monni Williams, thor of Homosexual Anxiety: A Misunrstood Form of OCD Leadg Health Edutn Issu, who may help brg more a ser nversatn of this disorr to the theraptic world. We are one of the few gay datg and social apps that offers live streamg!

“Sadly – this will ntue to termate the view of the gay muny who fought so hard to be accepted. In a lengthy vio post that lasts nearly 12 mut, Ray J ped for straight and gay people to une. "A lot of niggas that's straight, they don't be tryg to shout out the gay muny and all my gay niggas the right way, " Ray J started.

I told my niggas that need to be more straight niggas givg love to the gay niggas. "For me, I wanna sponsor the whole Gay Pri Month and do Ray Pri, " he ntued.