There is a popular perceptn that gay men are artistic. Although art historians and others have documented the substantial ntributn to art ma by gay men, the existence of a unique gay sensibily remas ntroversial. Mental health practners who work wh gay men have addrsed athetic …
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WHY ARE SO MANY CREATIVE PEOPLE GAY?
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Why ARE so many creative people Gay? Pieter Tolsma is program ordator of Denver PIQUE, a sexual health and social support program for gay/bi men Denver.
If this qutn refers to the stereotype of the artistic gay man, I wonr sometim if that is part of genr normg. No one seems to be too shocked to hear about a gay figure skater, but our world is rocked by a football player who out as gay. Men who do not follow the prcribed rol and l are seen as viant and have attentn drawn to the fact that they might be gay.
In “The Role of Bra Domance Sexual Orientatn, ” Jam Olson propos that gay men and straight women tend to be right-braed domated whereas lbians and straight men tend to be left-braed domated. Do that mean that gay men and straight women are more creative than lbians and straight men? Are gay men artistic?
ARE GAY MEN ARTISTIC? A REVIEW OF THE LERATURE
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There is a popular perceptn that gay men are artistic. Although art historians and others have documented the substantial ntributn to art ma by gay men, the existence of a unique gay sensibily remas ntroversial.
Mental health practners who work wh gay men have addrsed athetic sensibily the childhood of gay men, but not the role of art their adult liv. A lerature search on the relatnship between homosexualy and artistic abily and/or achievement shows that there is ltle scientific data addrsg this subject. Gay fathers: a review of the lerature.