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Contents:

• MY FUCKG GOD! THE BCH GAY! GOOD FOR THEM!
• THIS BOOK IS GAY GOOD FOR THEM BOOKS
• WHAT’S GOOD ABOUT BEG GAY?: PERSPECTIV OM YOUTH
• ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER
• GOOD FOR THEMLUYAKITRACK 9 ON DAYDREAMG PRODUCED BYLUYAKINOV. 23, 20211 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTORGOOD FOR THEM LYRICS[INTRO]DAMN, THE BCH GAY, GOOD FOR THEM, GOOD FOR THEM, AYEGOOD FOR THEM, GOOD FOR THEM, AYEGOOD FOR THEM, GOOD FOR THEM, AYEGOOD FOR THEM, GOOD FOR[CHOS]DAMN, THE BCH GAY, GOOD FOR THEM, GOOD FOR THEM, AYEDAMN, MY GANG ALL PAYED, GOOD FOR THEM, GOOD FOR THEM, AYEIF YOU SAY SOME FUCK SH, NOT MY IEND, NOT MY IEND, AYECAME UP REALLY FAST, BBER BAND, BBER BAND, AYEDAMN, THE BCH GAY, GOOD FOR THEM, GOOD FOR THEM, AYEDAMN, MY GANG ALL PAYED, GOOD FOR THEM, GOOD FOR THEM, AYEIF YOU SAY SOME FUCK SH, NOT MY IEND, NOT MY IEND, AYECAME UP REALLY FAST, BBER BAND, BBER BAND, AYE[VERSE]I'M A MALEWIFE, YOU GOT A WHALE WIFEDON'T MAKE ME SAY TWICEFUCKG LET GUYS KISS GUYS, GUYSIF YOU DON'T LIKE , LET'S FISTFIGHTI DOUBT YO ASS IS TIGHTCHANGE OR GET OUT OF MY SIGHTCHANGE OR GET OUT OF MY SIGHTIT WON'T HARM YOU, GUARANTEE SOME YOUNG BOY MIGHT JT NEED NO AGENDA UNRNEATH Y'ALL NSPIRACY THEORISTSGET OUT THEIR PERSONAL BSIT A'T A FUCKG ILLNSIT'S NATURAL, YOU SUPERSTIT A'T 'E YOU'RE RELIGI MET OTHER RELIG PEOPLEAND THEY'RE NOT MALICTO THE FAY, A'T LETHALWHY ARE Y'ALL SO SPIC?IT'S NOT EVEN ILLEGALGO FUCKG WASH SOME DISHTEAR THE FUCKWADS TO PIECTHAT A'T WHAT J PREACHBIATCHYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[CHOS]DAMN, THE BCH GAY, GOOD FOR THEM, GOOD FOR THEM, AYEDAMN, MY GANG ALL PAYED, GOOD FOR THEM, GOOD FOR THEM, AYEIF YOU SAY SOME FUCK SH, NOT MY IEND, NOT MY IEND, AYECAME UP REALLY FAST, BBER BAND, BBER BAND, AYEDAMN, THE BCH GAY, GOOD FOR THEM, GOOD FOR THEM, AYEDAMN, MY GANG ALL PAYED, GOOD FOR THEM, GOOD FOR THEM, AYEIF YOU SAY SOME FUCK SH, NOT MY IEND, NOT MY IEND, AYECAME UP REALLY FAST, BBER BAND, BBER BAND, AYEDAMN, THE BCH GAY, GOOD FOR THEM, GOOD FOR THEM, AYEEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
• GAY IS GOOD FOR BS: LGBTQ RIGHTS AND THE ENOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF AMERI’S CI AND SUBURBS
• GAY MARRIAGE: WHY IT IS GOOD FOR GAYS, GOOD FOR STRAIGHTS, AND GOOD FOR AMERI

MY FUCKG GOD! THE BCH GAY! GOOD FOR THEM!

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Addnal primary them and sub-them were intified wh each tegory that further illtrate how gay/bisexual youth were able to velop posive nceptualizatns of their sexual orientatn spe experiencg negative societal msag about beg gay/bisexual. Keywords: Bisexual, gay, male, riliency, sexual orientatn, youthAdolcence is a velopmental perd where young people are maturg physilly, emotnally and socially as they transn to adulthood (Erikson, 1980; Hill, 1983). When the fluenc are negative, psychologil distrs among adolcents may rult, pecially for those youth who intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual (Almeida, Johnson, Corliss, Molnar & Azrael, 2009; Hershberger & D’Augelli, 1995; Ueno, 2005).

THIS BOOK IS GAY GOOD FOR THEM BOOKS

One study that addrsed this topic prented riliency strategi among lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) young people North Wt England and South Wal wh the ntext of hetero-normative environments (Surfield, Roen & McDermott, 2008). The thors assert that even though the young men were livg a hetero-normative Puerto Rin culture wh pervasive homophobia and cultural stigma, they veloped riliency strategi that helped them to overe potential obstacl.

This was one of the few studi found to prent riliency strategi veloped by gay/bisexual adolcents to bat negative social and cultural ntug rearch is need on the velopmental challeng faced by LGB adolcents, pecially those who are also members of other opprsed groups such as youth of lor, a parallel le of scientific quiry is also need to explore the strengths and rilienci monstrated by LGB youth. Such limatns do not allow for a more nuanced unrstandg of the current lived experienc of LGB youth’s inty exploratn procs, as has been seen more recent qualative studi of sexual orientatn inty (Ja, Harper, Fernanz, & the ATN, 2009)The purpose of the current study is to provi sights to the posive nceptualizatns that gay/bisexual male adolcents posss regardg their sexual orientatn inty utilizg qualative phenomenologil and nstctivist ameworks.

WHAT’S GOOD ABOUT BEG GAY?: PERSPECTIV OM YOUTH

Although we did quire about the full range of perceptns and experienc related to sexual orientatn inty the larger study om which the data were extracted, we chose to foc solely on the posive aspects of posssg a gay/bisexual sexual orientatn inty for the current vtigatn given the lack of empiril data foced specifilly on riliency-related factors among gay/bisexual male adolcents. We unrstand and acknowledge that gay/bisexual youth are also nonted wh challeng related to their sexual orientatn inty and enurage rears to exame prr lerature prented earlier for an exploratn of such factors. Sce prr rearch also has monstrated that sexual orientatn inty velopment for female adolcents and adults is different than that of male adolcents and adults (Diamond, 2005; Diamond & Sav-Williams, 2000; Schneir, 2001), we also foc this vtigatn exclively on gay/bisexual male adolcents.

In orr to take part the study, participants met the followg eligibily creria: 1) be blogilly male; 2) be between the ag of 14 and 22; 3) self-intify as Ain Amerin, Hispanic/Lato, or Whe non-Hispanic/European Amerin; 4) self-intify as gay, bisexual, or qutng; 5) have no knowledge of beg HIV posive; 6) live the Chigo or Miami metropolan area; and 7) read and unrstand English. The youth reprented the qualative subsample of adolcents who participated a larger mixed-methods rearch study foced on multiple inty velopment and sexual risk/protectn among gay/bisexual male adolcents, which was nducted wh the Adolcent Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventns. The ame was stratified by age (14–17, 18–20, and 21–22), level of gay/bisexual sexual orientatn inty (low and high), and race/ethnicy (Ain Amerin, European Amerin, and Lato) orr to produce a sample that reprents velopmental and inty-related variatns.

ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER

RESULTSThe data related to youths’ nceptualizatns of beg gay/bisexual revealed two major nceptual tegori—1) posive personal nceptualizatns of beg gay/bisexual and 2) riliency the face of gay-related opprsn. (Sean, 21 year old, Eastern European gay male)Another participant who mented on nnectedns wh femal argued that the reason for this closens is the fact that straight men typilly beiend women for sexual purpos, while gay men do not.

Um, 's, 's very easy to, to, when you do fd somebody that is, that is very siar to yourself, 's very easy to fd a nnectn wh them bee they've endured a lot of the same hardships that you have and, and you, and 's easy to talk, I feel like 's very easy to talk to somebody else who is gay, bee they've experienced a lot of the same thgs that I have g and velopg their inty. (Patrick, 20 year old, Whe gay male)Riliency the Face of Gay-Related OpprsnAlthough many of the youth foced on posive nceptualizatns of beg gay/bisexual, some intified ways which they had monstrated riliency the face of opprsn. The followg youth talks about the fun he has wh his iends who are not gay/bisexual and emphasiz that a cril aspect of his relatnship wh them is that they do not “judge” him or hold negative views of gay/bisexual people.

Emotnal self-re was discsed the ntext of acknowledgg and beg aware of the negative emotnal impact of heterosexist societal msag on them as gay/bisexual young men, and then buildg ristance strategi to such pervasive negativy. Bee there's a lot of homophobic people out there (Jose, 19 year old, Hispanic queer male)Physil self-re was typilly discsed the ntext of physil appearance and sexual health, such as rryg ndoms orr to protect one om sexually transmted fectns. This sub-theme was not directly nnected to experienc of opprsn as gay/bisexual youth, but some of the youth did note higher rat of HIV among gay/bisexual men as a motivatg factor their e of ndoms durg sexual activy.

GOOD FOR THEMLUYAKITRACK 9 ON DAYDREAMG PRODUCED BYLUYAKINOV. 23, 20211 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTORGOOD FOR THEM LYRICS[INTRO]DAMN, THE BCH GAY, GOOD FOR THEM, GOOD FOR THEM, AYEGOOD FOR THEM, GOOD FOR THEM, AYEGOOD FOR THEM, GOOD FOR THEM, AYEGOOD FOR THEM, GOOD FOR[CHOS]DAMN, THE BCH GAY, GOOD FOR THEM, GOOD FOR THEM, AYEDAMN, MY GANG ALL PAYED, GOOD FOR THEM, GOOD FOR THEM, AYEIF YOU SAY SOME FUCK SH, NOT MY IEND, NOT MY IEND, AYECAME UP REALLY FAST, BBER BAND, BBER BAND, AYEDAMN, THE BCH GAY, GOOD FOR THEM, GOOD FOR THEM, AYEDAMN, MY GANG ALL PAYED, GOOD FOR THEM, GOOD FOR THEM, AYEIF YOU SAY SOME FUCK SH, NOT MY IEND, NOT MY IEND, AYECAME UP REALLY FAST, BBER BAND, BBER BAND, AYE[VERSE]I'M A MALEWIFE, YOU GOT A WHALE WIFEDON'T MAKE ME SAY TWICEFUCKG LET GUYS KISS GUYS, GUYSIF YOU DON'T LIKE , LET'S FISTFIGHTI DOUBT YO ASS IS TIGHTCHANGE OR GET OUT OF MY SIGHTCHANGE OR GET OUT OF MY SIGHTIT WON'T HARM YOU, GUARANTEE SOME YOUNG BOY MIGHT JT NEED NO AGENDA UNRNEATH Y'ALL NSPIRACY THEORISTSGET OUT THEIR PERSONAL BSIT A'T A FUCKG ILLNSIT'S NATURAL, YOU SUPERSTIT A'T 'E YOU'RE RELIGI MET OTHER RELIG PEOPLEAND THEY'RE NOT MALICTO THE FAY, A'T LETHALWHY ARE Y'ALL SO SPIC?IT'S NOT EVEN ILLEGALGO FUCKG WASH SOME DISHTEAR THE FUCKWADS TO PIECTHAT A'T WHAT J PREACHBIATCHYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[CHOS]DAMN, THE BCH GAY, GOOD FOR THEM, GOOD FOR THEM, AYEDAMN, MY GANG ALL PAYED, GOOD FOR THEM, GOOD FOR THEM, AYEIF YOU SAY SOME FUCK SH, NOT MY IEND, NOT MY IEND, AYECAME UP REALLY FAST, BBER BAND, BBER BAND, AYEDAMN, THE BCH GAY, GOOD FOR THEM, GOOD FOR THEM, AYEDAMN, MY GANG ALL PAYED, GOOD FOR THEM, GOOD FOR THEM, AYEIF YOU SAY SOME FUCK SH, NOT MY IEND, NOT MY IEND, AYECAME UP REALLY FAST, BBER BAND, BBER BAND, AYEDAMN, THE BCH GAY, GOOD FOR THEM, GOOD FOR THEM, AYEEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

(Kev, 21 year old, Multiracial bisexual male)Gay/bisexual youth who reported the rejectn of stereotyp as another form of riliency strsed the importance of velopg a posive sense of self that is not rtricted by societal msag regardg what gay/bisexual men “should” do, thk, and feel. The followg youth emphasiz the need for youth to unrstand the shared history of the gay muny, and the sacrific that people have ma the past (cludg ath) so that the youth of today n have greater eedoms.

Exampl of such munal efforts may clu the anizatn of polil ralli and public foms or participatn tnal enavors to discs issu primarily affectg LGBT discsg their sexual inti, many participants scribed exampl of societal margalizatn and discrimatn of gay/bisexual people that is nsistent wh prev rearch (c. Neverthels, spe difficulti, most participants strived to bat societal forc wh the help of social works, rercg earlier fdgs on rilienci and pg strategi employed by gay/bisexual male youth (Surfield et al., 2008; Toro-Alfonso et al., 2006).

GAY IS GOOD FOR BS: LGBTQ RIGHTS AND THE ENOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF AMERI’S CI AND SUBURBS

Addnally, unlike past rearch, fdgs monstrated participants’ emphasis on actively ristg discrimatn, which uld serve as another potential pg strategy or source of om this study n be ed to shed light on broar issu of social and cultural ponents of gay/bisexual male adolcents’ sense of self and self-acceptance, which may fluence healthy adolcent velopment. The study’s fdgs offer a clearer unrstandg of how societal msag play a role gay/bisexual male youths’ self perceptns and offer sight to ways to improve the healthy functng of gay/bisexual youth by challengg negative societal fdgs may also offer rmatn for the velopment of mental and physil health promotn programs that emphasize the posive aspects of gay/bisexual sexual orientatn inty, and the role that self acceptance n play promotg healthy thoughts and behavrs.

One example of such a program is the Mpowerment Project, which is a wily ed sexual health promotn terventn that clus a foc on enhancg gay/bisexual young men’s acceptance of their sexual orientatn utilizg muny mobilizatn and peer-based strategi orr to addrs unique munal needs and empower s members (Kegel, Hays, & Coat, 1996; Kegel, Hays, Pollack, Coat, 1999) orr for programs to be succsful, dividuals workg wh gay/bisexual dividuals mt be sensive to issu unique to LGB youth populatns. Cultural awarens and sensivy of social service and health re provirs is val for gay/bisexual adolcents to feel support and allow them accs to necsary rourc (Garofalo & Harper, 2003; Ryan & Futterman, 1998). By unrstandg the varied msag that gay/bisexual male adolcents receive about their sexual orientatn and how they tegrate this rmatn to their self perceptn, dividuals workg wh gay/bisexual male youth will be better prepared for helpg them to velop a healthy sense of self.

Furthermore, social service and health re provirs should be aware of muny nnectns that support healthy inty velopment orr to assist adolcents makg cril social support rmatn prented this study advanc our unrstandg of factors that fluence the self-perceptns of sexual orientatn inty among gay/bisexual youth.

GAY MARRIAGE: WHY IT IS GOOD FOR GAYS, GOOD FOR STRAIGHTS, AND GOOD FOR AMERI

In addn, this sample was rtricted to male youth; therefore, the life experienc of lbian and bisexual young women were not summary, the current data suggt that spe experienc of LGB-related opprsn and margalizatn, gay/bisexual male youth are able to synthize their experienc orr to nstct a more posive sexual orientatn inty.

The data speak to the need to enurage and promote more rearch that explor the liv of gay/bisexual youth utilizg a strengths-based wellns mol orr to provi a more prehensive view of gay/bisexual youth’s velopment (Marszalek & Cashwell, 1999; Rof, 2005). While ntued rearch on the challeng that gay/bisexual youth face is still need orr to rm future terventns and public policy, the studi should be ut not to view gay/bisexual youth through a fic-foced lens which prents gay/bisexual youth as ferr to heterosexual youth.