Psychotherapist Matthew Dempsey talks about gay ghostg a new vio that begs wh his own experience of havg a love tert vanish to th air.
Contents:
- GAY GHOSTG IS AN EPIMIC
- FELLOW GAYS, LET’S STOP GHOSTG EACH OTHER
- THE CARDAL S OF GAY GHOSTG
- IF YOU’RE A GAY MAN WHO’S BEEN GHOSTED, MATTHEW DEMPSEY HAS SOME ADVICE FOR YOU: WATCH
- GAY BROS HELP ADMTED GHOSTER BEE MORE ACUNTABLE
- GAY GHOSTG
GAY GHOSTG IS AN EPIMIC
Ever met a guy onle jt to have him disappear whout a trace? This wrer says too many gay and bi men take the easy way out and simply "ghost." * ghosting gay *
Blum, MFT is a licensed psychotherapist and the founr of the Gay Therapy Center, the largt private therapy provir for the LGBTQ muny the US, wh offic San Francis, Los Angel, New York, Washgton D.
FELLOW GAYS, LET’S STOP GHOSTG EACH OTHER
* ghosting gay *
Milo throws $150K engagement “sodomy stone” to the ocean to prove he’s now ex-gay. There's a bter irony that as gays we mand a level of rpect om the straight world, but we often don't give each other that same rpect.
THE CARDAL S OF GAY GHOSTG
It’s mon knowledge that ghostg is mon, pecially the gay datg world. I matched wh a guy on Tr (bee where else are gay men gog to meet durg a panmic?
That wasn’t my first time beg ghosted and I’m certaly not the only gay man who has been. I may have been extreme my emotns, but I’m not the only gay man who has lapsed to a prsn due to datg. I have many gay iends that have exprsed siar emotns.
IF YOU’RE A GAY MAN WHO’S BEEN GHOSTED, MATTHEW DEMPSEY HAS SOME ADVICE FOR YOU: WATCH
Not only are racism, body shamg, impossible standards and unrealistic expectatns prevalent the gay muny, but some gay men don’t nsir each other’s feelgs eher.
In fact, a Pew Rearch Study found that adults who intify as lbian, gay or bisexual are more likely than straight people to experience harassment, such as prsurg for sex, unwanted touchg and unsolicted pictur when g datg s and apps. 4% of the populatn intifi as gay.
GAY BROS HELP ADMTED GHOSTER BEE MORE ACUNTABLE
Sce we’re a small mory wh a limed datg pool, gay people are even more likely to e datg apps. A 2019 survey found that gay and bisexual people were more likely than straight people to experience ghostg — nearly 43% — and ghost someone themselv — around 28%.
The fact that ghostg has been normalized gay culture is ridiculo. Fellow gays, we have to be hont wh each other, know what we’re lookg for, and stop beg overly picky. You n hi wh exceptnal ease a society that mak every sgle space one for gay muny is far more clstrophobic.
GAY GHOSTG
Gay meetg spac are almost exclively nightlife venu. Another outlet noted 151 gay clubs had shut sce the lennium.
Psychotherapist Matthew Dempsey talks about gay ghostg a new vio that begs wh his own experience of havg a love tert vanish to th air.
A self-scribed “serial ghoster, ” whom we’ll nickname Casper, recently beme aware of his bad hab and asked fellow members of Redd’s r/askgaybros muny for help changg his ways. Related: Gay ghostg: How to navigate that special feelg when someone vanish whout a trace.