GAMMA - GAMMA Home: GAMMA A support group for gay, bisexual or qutng men who are or were married, or otherwise volved wh a woman

Contents:

• LGBTQ+ SUPPORT, SUPPORT GROUPS, GAY SUPPORT ORGANIZATNS
• GAY SUPPORT: WHERE TO FD LGBT HELP AND SUPPORT GROUPS
• ABOUT US / GAY MEN'S SUPPORT GROUP
• LGBTQ+ SUPPORT GROUPS BOSTON, MA

LGBTQ+ SUPPORT, SUPPORT GROUPS, GAY SUPPORT ORGANIZATNS

You aren't the only gay, bisexual or qutng man to ever marry or be volved wh a woman! GAMMA is a peer support group for men who are gay, bisexual, qutng or don't intify themselv as any of the above, but who are attracted to men; and who are, or who were, married or otherwise volved wh a woman. 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.

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.

GAY SUPPORT: WHERE TO FD LGBT HELP AND SUPPORT GROUPS

WE ARE A GROUP OF GAY MEN, more or ls fifty-five or olr, who have assembled to support each other beg gay elrs.

ABOUT US / GAY MEN'S SUPPORT GROUP

We e om a wi range of backgrounds and are uned our primary purpose of beg eful to younger gay men and of service to the gay and larger muny. The GAY ELDER CIRCLE is signed to assist gay men and others to make the transn om adult to elr, the procs nscly assumg a new role the muny—a life of ntug efulns to to others wh the ntext of group support, enuragement, and genue brotherhood.

LGBTQ+ SUPPORT GROUPS BOSTON, MA

LGBTQ+ support groups and gay support anizatns are cril, pecially for people who, ially, fd difficult to e out as gay and n benef om the support of others. Gay support groups and anizatns work to support people of mory sexualy such as gay, lbian, queer, transgenr, and bisexual. Some gay support anizatns are specifilly dited to supportg dividuals while others foc on rights issu and gay polics as well.

(There are also groups that support parents of gay children.