If you're a bisexual man wonrg if you're more gay or more straight, try this tt! Answer the, 'Would you rather?' qutns & see which way you lean!
Contents:
- GAYS VS. STRAIGHTS: ANY DIFFERENC SEXUAL SATISFACTN?
- HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
- MORE STRAIGHT THAN GAY PEOPLE ARE BEG DIAGNOSED WH HIV FOR FIRST TIME A
- MORE GAY, OR MORE STRAIGHT? TT FOR BI MEN 18+
- MORE STRAIGHT PEOPLE THAN GAY MEN ARE BEG DIAGNOSED WH HIV
- HIV NOW FECTS MORE HETEROSEXUAL PEOPLE THAN GAY OR BISEXUAL MEN – WE NEED A NEW STRATEGY
GAYS VS. STRAIGHTS: ANY DIFFERENC SEXUAL SATISFACTN?
Many young men intify as mostly straight — a sexual orientatn that is not que straight but also, they say, ls gay than bisexualy * more straight than gay *
We hear a lot about the Big Three Sexuali — straight, bisexual and gay. If you’re a young man, you might assume that eher you’re straight or you’re not, meang you’re likely gay and maybe bisexual. Yet the evince suggts that more young men intify or scribe themselv as mostly straight than intify as eher bisexual or gay bed.
Yet when the men were forced to choose between straight, bisexual or gay, about three-quarters marked straight bee for them bisexual, even if is unrstood as “bisexual-leang straight, ” is too gay to accurately scribe their inty. Tradnally, our unrstandg has been that if you’re male and have even a slight attractn to the same sex, then you mt be gay.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
New data showg that more heterosexual people are ntractg HIV than ever before have been misterpreted onle. Users who say this means heterosexual people are at higher risk than gay or bisexual men of ntractg the vis are ignorg the number of fectns as... * more straight than gay *
He knows he’s not gay, but straight wh a dash of gayns. But how much gayns? He’s not transng toward intifyg as bisexual or gay.
He’s not a closeted gay man who fears beg gay yet wants to keep a slight, perhaps secretive, gay si by danglg his potential for guy sex.
MORE STRAIGHT THAN GAY PEOPLE ARE BEG DIAGNOSED WH HIV FOR FIRST TIME A
He may retreat om a full intifitn wh heterosexualy, but rarely do he gravate toward bisexualy, and almost never do he move toward homosexualy of any sort.
MORE GAY, OR MORE STRAIGHT? TT FOR BI MEN 18+
It is Mostly Straight: Sexual Fluidy Among Men, not Mostly Straight: Sexual Fluidy Among Gay Men.
The rollary implitn is that lbian/gay upl have ls of a "battle. It's amazg how ltle rearch has foced on this — jt two studi (1983 and 1991, and they provi only a cursory look at parative gay/straight sexual satisfactn). Dire cl long-term upl, but on average, men reta more sire than women, so we would expect men gay upl to feel the most sire, and women lbian upl the least, wh the men mixed-sex upl exprsg more libido than the women.
MORE STRAIGHT PEOPLE THAN GAY MEN ARE BEG DIAGNOSED WH HIV
But the survey, sexual sire was pretty much the same for all upl, wh gay men and lbians exprsg slightly more sire than heterosexuals. Siary breeds fort, so pared wh those heterosexual upl, we would expect people lbian and gay upl to feel more satisfied wh their sexual munitn. " The only difference was that gay men were more to anal play.
The only difference was that women, both lbian and straight, felt somewhat more satisfied wh non-genal rs than men, both gay and straight, prumably bee pared wh women, men tend to be more genal-foced. People lbian, gay male and mixed-genr upl have their differenc.
But bottom le: Contrary to nventnal wisdom, terms of sexual sire, munitn, and satisfactn, people homo- and heterosexual upl are much more siar than different. Increasg numbers of populatn-based surveys the Uned Stat and across the world clu qutns that allow for an timate of the size of the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) populatn. 5% of adults the Uned Stat intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual and an timated 0.
HIV NOW FECTS MORE HETEROSEXUAL PEOPLE THAN GAY OR BISEXUAL MEN – WE NEED A NEW STRATEGY
7% who intify as lbian or gay).
Conversely, gay men prise substantially more than half of gay and bisexual men seven of the ne surveys. Unrstandg the size of the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) populatn is a cril first step to rmg a host of public policy and rearch topics.
In measurg sexual orientatn, lbian, gay, and bisexual dividuals may be intified strictly based on their self-inty or may be possible to nsir same-sex sexual behavr or sexual attractn. How many adults are lbian, gay, or bisexual? Fdgs shown Figure 1 nsir timat of the percentage of adults who self-intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual across ne surveys nducted wh the past seven years.