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Contents:
- 10 THGS I LEARNED AS A GAY PRISONER BEHD BARS
- THE GRIM TTH OF BEG GAY PRISON
- MANY PRISON MAT ARE 'GAY FOR THE STAY'
- GAY MAT TIE THE KNOT SI CYPS PRISON
- THE GAY MARRIAG OF A NETEENTH-CENTURY PRISON SHIP
- CAN GAY PRISON INMAT GET MARRIED NOW? CAN THEY SHARE A CELL?
10 THGS I LEARNED AS A GAY PRISONER BEHD BARS
I thought as a gay man beg sent to prison my life was over. I learned that 's not like they show movi. 10 thgs I learned as a gay prisoner. * prison gay relationships *
Psychologists expla prison relatnships terms of "suatnal homosexualy" to avoid labellg them as lbian or gay. "And that didn't make them gay, as far as they were ncerned. Horley urged dispensg wh the gay-straight bary g to terms wh sexual behavur prisons, favour of a view "erned by psychosocial ndns rather than locked to place by blogy.
Homosexualy is a choice, jt look at the prisons, Republin nrosurgeon Ben Carson said on CNN. He also argued that homosexualy is a choice, rather than blogil. "Bee a lot of people who go to prison go to prison straight -- and when they e out, they're gay.
THE GRIM TTH OF BEG GAY PRISON
<p><strong>Sadhbh Walshe:</strong> The myth is that prison is a gay man's paradise. The realy is a choice of eher rape and abe or enslavement as a 'prison ho'</p> * prison gay relationships *
We’ll jump to the pot here: There is no nclive evince to support Carson’s claim that "a lot of people" make a swch om heterosexual to homosexual while prison. Further, the medil muny tends to nclu that homosexualy is not a matter of choice -- notably the Amerin Psychologil Associatn.
MANY PRISON MAT ARE 'GAY FOR THE STAY'
* prison gay relationships *
Of those 24, 18 changed om straight to bisexual, three changed om bisexual to straight, and one each changed om bisexual to gay, gay to bisexual, and gay to straight. It’s possible that people go to prison unaware of their sexualy, and then once they are exposed to homosexual behavr as an mate, they realize that they are gay or bisexual, Helen Eigenberg, who also studi prison sexualy as a profsor at the Universy of Tennsee at Chattanooga, said an terview wh PoliFact.
They might thk that jt bee they played a role a homosexual act, they are now gay, which is not necsarily te.
GAY MAT TIE THE KNOT SI CYPS PRISON
Greg Herek, a psychology profsor at the Universy of California Davis who studi sexual orientatn, poted to a natnally reprentative study that shows the vast majory of gay men and women do not perceive their sexual orientatn as a rult of choice.
People n change their behavr -- such as engagg homosexual behavr prison -- but that do not equate to a change orientatn, Bailey, the Northwtern rearcher, told PoliFact. Carson said, "A lot of people who go to prison straight, and when they e out they’re gay.
THE GAY MARRIAG OF A NETEENTH-CENTURY PRISON SHIP
Rpected scientists nsir settled that homosexualy is not a matter of choice. CNN, "Ben Carson: Prisons prove beg gay is a choice, " March 4, 2015. PoliFact, "Tim Pawlenty says scientists are " dispute" over whether beg gay is a choice, " July 13, 2011.
PoliFact, "Tim Pawlenty says there's no scientific ncln that beg gay is geic, " July 13, 2011.
CAN GAY PRISON INMAT GET MARRIED NOW? CAN THEY SHARE A CELL?
Washgton Post, "What experts say about Ben Carson’s turng-gay--prison claim, " March 4, 2015. Sexual Rearch and Social Policy, "Demographic, Psychologil, and Social Characteristics of Self-Intified Lbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults a US Probabily Sample, " September 2010.