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• PEOPLE N INTIFY WHETHER A MAN IS GAY OR STRAIGHT BY THEIR VOICE. BISEXUALS? NOT SO MUCH
• SPREAD OF MULTIDG-RISTANT SHIGELLA EU/EEA AMONG GAY, BISEXUAL AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN
• GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU
• HIV AND ALL GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• GAY MEN, BISEXUAL MEN AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN
• HIV AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN THE U.S.
• GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH
• HIV AND GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• CANCER FACTS FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• IN CHIGO, A NEW APPROACH TO GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN WH PROSTATE CANCER

PEOPLE N INTIFY WHETHER A MAN IS GAY OR STRAIGHT BY THEIR VOICE. BISEXUALS? NOT SO MUCH

A higher pch, wir pch range, longer vowels, expand vowel space, and more precise pronunciatn are voice characteristics associated wh gay men.

SPREAD OF MULTIDG-RISTANT SHIGELLA EU/EEA AMONG GAY, BISEXUAL AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN

Scientists hypothized that bisexual men’s voic might be nsired more feme-soundg than straight men’s and more mascule-soundg than gay men’s when me to self-reported and observer-reported masculy and femy.

GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU

One hundred sixty participants, divid evenly between men and women, were asked to listen to voice sampl om 60 men (divid evenly between gay, bisexual, and straight men). Rearch to bisexualy has lagged due to “bisexual erasure, ” the tenncy to overlook the largt segment of the LGBTQ+ muny favor of gay or straight men.

HIV AND ALL GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

Bisexual men are perceived to sound more mascule than men who are straight, acrdg to a study of Atralian subjects.Amics at the Universy of Sydney pared the voic of gay, straight and bisexual men a study volvg 160 people.In the rearch led by clil psychologist Jam Morandi, people were reced to analyse the voic of 60 men, 20 of whom were gay, 20 straight and 20 bisexual.

GAY MEN, BISEXUAL MEN AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN

They were then asked to rate the men on their sexual orientatn g a sle om zero (exclively heterosexual) to 10 (exclively homosexual).Listeners were also asked to rate each man’s perceived level of femy or masculy the voic on a siar sle.The men volved the study were asked to rerd themselv on a smartphone recg the first two l of the Atralian natnal anthem.Voice sampl were then modified to remove any background noise while volume levels were ma the same to ensure nsistency.Rults om the study showed listeners uld distguish between gay and straight men’s voic wh an accuracy of 62 per cent, apparently nsistent wh prev rearch.However, the study participants uld not terme any differenc between bisexual and straight men’s voic wh any gree of accuracy.

The thors said their rearch showed bisexual men’s voic were perceived as beg more exclively attracted to women pared wh both gay and straight men’s voic.Bisexual men’s voic were rated as more mascule than both gay and straight men’s voic.Rearchers claimed the abily to intify a man’s bisexual inty om his voice alone uld have cril social implitns such as helpg to rce feelgs of alienatn.‘Voice may unter visibily many bisexuals feel’An abstract of the study, tled Can listeners tect if a man is bisexual om his voice alone, reads: “The prent study examed whether bisexual men n be intified om their voic ak to how gay men n be intified on their voice alone.“If this is the se, voice may be an important target of discrimatn on the one hand but may also unter the visibily many bisexuals feel (if their bisexual inti n be apprehend by their voice alone, whout explic disclosure required).“The fdgs may also she light on whether bisexual male voic, like gay male voic, differ om straight voic terms of their genr non-nformy – a qutn that to date has not been examed.”But amics noted the rearch was limed on the grounds all men who participated the study are Atralian, which may not be reflected among wir cultur.And the thors nced the study did not ntrol for the rerdg environment or microphone-to-mouth distance, which uld have affected the qualy of the voice sampl.The thors said the fdgs suggted that while the voic of bisexual men the sample were perceived as more mascule and attracted to femal, listeners did not associate this imprsn wh bisexualy.As a rult, while bisexual men may appear to be at lower risk of facg voice-based intifitn and discrimatn than gay men, they may often be mistaken as beg straight.The study was published the Journal of Sex Rearch.

HIV AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN THE U.S.

-- Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer and to possibly spire others siar suatns.It's a cisn and move that drew praise and support om owner Shad Khan, who was a vol and emphatic supporter of a cy ordance that expand protectns on the grounds of sexual orientatn, genr inty and genr exprsn."I don't want to feel like I have to thk about anymore," Maxen said the piece published Thursday afternoon. Outsi lebacker Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay and to play a game 2021.The Associated Prs ntributed to this report.

GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH

Durg a prs nference Wednday afternoon, ARUP Blood Servic ma the announcement, makg the first donor center the state to accept donatns om the gay muny.

HIV AND GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

Those who intified as bisexual registered as 2, 3, and 4 on the Ksey total, 178 of the men had prevly scribed themselv as "exclively heterosexual" while 102 said they were "mostly" straight; 139 scribed themselv as "exclively homosexual" and 70 said they were "mostly" remag 117 intified as bisexual, though 46 of them leaned straight, 37 leaned gay, and 34 remaed were purely 's important to note that the most equal bisexual rponse om the participants were found men who rated themselv as Ksey 2s, i.

CANCER FACTS FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

A prr 2005 study, also -led by Bailey, did not fd evince of bisexual aroal men, which led to a ntroversial New York Tim article lled "Straight, Gay or Lyg? " which basilly suated that bisexuals were really gay people who were lyg bee they were ashamed of llg themselv gay.

IN CHIGO, A NEW APPROACH TO GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN WH PROSTATE CANCER

However, some others -- cludg some scientists and lay persons -- have doubted this, " he said, clarifyg that the reason behd that is the belief that men who claim to be bisexual "are actually eher heterosexual or homosexual, and that their claim to be bisexual is based on self-misunrstandg, perhaps due to social prsure not to adm exclive homosexualy. "People who intify as bisexual -- pecially men -- are often viewed wh spicn, and this clus a perceptn that they won't m to beg gay, " she said. ""People who are purely straight or purely gay n tend to generalize their own experience and thk all other people mt be jt one or the other, " add John Sylla, one of the 13 thors of the latt study and print of the Amerin Instute of Bisexualy.

"But the Ksey Sle is valid, and there are bisexually aroed men and women, even if for different reasons they choose to pass as jt straight or gay.