Life Can Be Tough for LGBT Ltle People: An Interview wh a Gay Dwarf

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• WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A GAY LTLE PERSON
• GAY LTLE PERSON TALKS ABOUT GETTG LAID AND FTG IN“SOMETIM I FET I’M A LTLE PERSON."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY ADAM SALANDRADECEMBER 1, 2015/7:23 PMBY ADAM SALANDRADECEMBER 1, 2015 / 7:23 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GAY LTLE PERSON TALKS ABOUT GETTG LAID AND FTG IN","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-12-02T00:23:11.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-12-02T00:23:11.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ADAM SALANDRA","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR THE LATT STALLMENT OF HIS NEW SERI, RARE LIV, WHICH TAK A LOOK AT THOSE "UNRREPRENTED MEDIA," GAWKER'S RICH JUZWIAK TERVIEWED A GAY LTLE PERSON NAMED JOE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JUZWIAK QUIRED ABOUT NAVEDO'S PRUMED STGGL WH TRYG TO F , NOTG THAT "GAY PEOPLE ARE A VERY, VERY LOW MORY. LTLE PEOPLE, THERE'S EVEN FEWER OF THEM. GAY LTLE PEOPLE, THERE'S EVEN FEWER OF THEM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT NAVEDO'S ANSWERS REVEAL HE WAS BLSED WH NFINCE, AND THAT HE OFTEN EVEN FETS HE'S A LTLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I DON’T SEE MYSELF AS HAVG AN ISSUE WH MY HEIGHT,” SAID THE 4’4” NAVEDO. “I’VE NEVER E TO A BLOCKAGE WHERE MY HEIGHT IS AN ISSUE A RELATNSHIP. SOMEONE TOLD ME ONE DAY, ‘YOU LERALLY WALK AROUND AND YOU E ACROSS LIKE YOU’RE 6’2”.’ IT’S TE. IT’S SAD. I’M SUPPOSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHO I AM, BUT I DON’T REALLY SEE . PEOPLE THK I MT HAVE AN ISSUE OR MT BE HARD.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NAVEDO SAYS HE GAED SOME OF HIS NFINCE THROUGH HIS G OUT PROCS, OR LACK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I NEVER HAD TO TELL ANYBODY I WAS GAY,” HE SHARED. “I JT LIVED MY LIFE OUT LOUD. I WASN’T BEG DRAMATIC, I WOULD LIVE MY LIFE. IF YOU ASKED ME, I WOULD TELL YOU, BUT I NEVER HAD TO ANNOUNCE . THAT’S WHAT GAVE ME THE SELF-TEEM I HAVE NOW.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INTERTGLY, NAVEDO ADMTED TO FEELG A STRONGER SENSE OF MUNY AMONG GAY PEOPLE THAN HE DO WH LTLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WATCH THE VIO BELOW TO HEAR NAVEDO'S FULL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H/T: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A GAY LTLE PERSON
• LIFE CAN BE TOUGH FOR LGBT LTLE PEOPLE: AN INTERVIEW WH A GAY DWARF

WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A GAY LTLE PERSON

If there are 15, 000 men wh dwarfism Ameri, and like the general populatn acrdg to Seth Stephens-Davidowz, five percent of them are predomantly attracted to men, that means there are 750 gay ltle men Ameri. The are rough, rough timat, but they do dite jt how small a mory gay ltle people hab. Both were credibly ank wh me about the experience of beg gay and ltle New York and provid among the most fascatg nversatns that I’ve had all year.

In this particular episo, st member Lila Call talked about settg up an onle datg profile but leavg blank the field that asked for her height—not bee she was embarrassed of her dwarfism, she said, but to stave off fetishists who only would want to date her bee she’s a ltle stck me, though, that the suatn is probably different for men, specifilly gay on and particularly those who are terted hookg up. In the gay world, there isn’t jt somebody for everybody; there are multiple potential partners for whatever type you hab.

”Fun knew he was gay his “entire life” but was forced to acknowledge out loud when he was 16 and his olr sister spotted some gay porn on his puter.

GAY LTLE PERSON TALKS ABOUT GETTG LAID AND FTG IN“SOMETIM I FET I’M A LTLE PERSON."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY ADAM SALANDRADECEMBER 1, 2015/7:23 PMBY ADAM SALANDRADECEMBER 1, 2015 / 7:23 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GAY LTLE PERSON TALKS ABOUT GETTG LAID AND FTG IN","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-12-02T00:23:11.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-12-02T00:23:11.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ADAM SALANDRA","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR THE LATT STALLMENT OF HIS NEW SERI, RARE LIV, WHICH TAK A LOOK AT THOSE "UNRREPRENTED MEDIA," GAWKER'S RICH JUZWIAK TERVIEWED A GAY LTLE PERSON NAMED JOE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JUZWIAK QUIRED ABOUT NAVEDO'S PRUMED STGGL WH TRYG TO F , NOTG THAT "GAY PEOPLE ARE A VERY, VERY LOW MORY. LTLE PEOPLE, THERE'S EVEN FEWER OF THEM. GAY LTLE PEOPLE, THERE'S EVEN FEWER OF THEM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT NAVEDO'S ANSWERS REVEAL HE WAS BLSED WH NFINCE, AND THAT HE OFTEN EVEN FETS HE'S A LTLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I DON’T SEE MYSELF AS HAVG AN ISSUE WH MY HEIGHT,” SAID THE 4’4” NAVEDO. “I’VE NEVER E TO A BLOCKAGE WHERE MY HEIGHT IS AN ISSUE A RELATNSHIP. SOMEONE TOLD ME ONE DAY, ‘YOU LERALLY WALK AROUND AND YOU E ACROSS LIKE YOU’RE 6’2”.’ IT’S TE. IT’S SAD. I’M SUPPOSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHO I AM, BUT I DON’T REALLY SEE . PEOPLE THK I MT HAVE AN ISSUE OR MT BE HARD.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NAVEDO SAYS HE GAED SOME OF HIS NFINCE THROUGH HIS G OUT PROCS, OR LACK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I NEVER HAD TO TELL ANYBODY I WAS GAY,” HE SHARED. “I JT LIVED MY LIFE OUT LOUD. I WASN’T BEG DRAMATIC, I WOULD LIVE MY LIFE. IF YOU ASKED ME, I WOULD TELL YOU, BUT I NEVER HAD TO ANNOUNCE . THAT’S WHAT GAVE ME THE SELF-TEEM I HAVE NOW.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INTERTGLY, NAVEDO ADMTED TO FEELG A STRONGER SENSE OF MUNY AMONG GAY PEOPLE THAN HE DO WH LTLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WATCH THE VIO BELOW TO HEAR NAVEDO'S FULL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H/T: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

He said he don’t have many gay iends, nor many ltle people iends—he isn’t at all volved the bt-known ltle people anizatn the untry, Ltle People of Ameri. The requts for him to be jt that e om all sis—om party-throwers who want to hire the entertaer/dancer to be the ball so-lled “midget bowlg” events to the “kda cute” guy who approached him at midtown gay nightclub XL years ago and told Navedo that he wanted to fist him. Navedo was lookg forward to a summer on Fire Island, workg as the assistant to hoteliers Mati Weirpass and Ian Reisner, who set off a firtorm when they hosted a receptn for and donated to the vilently anti-gay Senator Ted Cz.

He intifi as a submissive power bottom (“It’s on my Grdr”), but like most gay men, will vers-ify as need.

He has been out as gay all of his life. “I never had to tell anybody I was gay, ” he relled.

WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A GAY LTLE PERSON

”If I closed my ey while Navedo was talkg, I would have heard the words of a nfint gay man who is very much on the scene and vted nightlife. “When someone don’t unrstand nightlife, and jt se pictur, his md gets cluttered, ” he said of potential he talked about other ltle people, though, he remd me of a different type of gay—one who adamantly do not get along wh his brothers. I sympathize wh guys who say they don’t like other gay guys—the scene n be a tty place and I wouldn’t flt anyone for takg one look at and then nng the other directn—but I also thk they jt haven’t met the right gay guys.

LIFE CAN BE TOUGH FOR LGBT LTLE PEOPLE: AN INTERVIEW WH A GAY DWARF

There jt aren’t that many ltle people around, let alone gay ltle people.