Highlights of the specific mental health needs among gay and bisexual men.
Contents:
- ADHD IS SO GAY
- GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
- THE CHALLENGE OF BEG GAY AND AUTISTIC
- GAY RELATNSHIP
- BEG GAY WH ADHD: AN OPEN DISCSN
ADHD IS SO GAY
Among lbian, gay and bisexual adults, 30 percent of men and 36 percent of women also intify as havg a disabily. RpectAbily will be celebratg Pri Month by highlightg the tersectn of disabily and LGBTQ daily on s social media channels. * gay and adhd *
Among lbian, gay and bisexual adults, 30 percent of men and 36 percent of women also intify as havg a disabily. Gay and on the Autism Spectm: My Experience Growg Up the Closet. Havg a Visible Disabily While Comg Out as Gay.
Others like televisn pneer Jonathan Murray and philanthropist Darren Walker who do not have a disabily themselv but know what is like to be stigmatized as people who are openly gay have ed their fluence to ensure more cln of people wh disabili as well.
GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out. * gay and adhd *
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THE CHALLENGE OF BEG GAY AND AUTISTIC
Jonathan Post discs beg gay, tistic and missg social cu which leads to difficulty fdg relatnships. * gay and adhd *
Ever sce the Supreme Court led that gay marriage is legal the Uned Stat. Now, to be hont, I have a lot of gay, lbian, and transgenred iends. Nor is the gay muny one big happy fay, wh siar liftyl.
The very fact that homosexuals want to get married to a partner for life pretty much molish the stereotype of what the ‘gay liftyle’ is to most folks who assume ’s all about multiple partners.
Oh, right… the SF muny, and the gay muny…. In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out.
GAY RELATNSHIP
Hi, I have been havg a gay relatnship wh a younger guy (he is 22) wh ADHD for the last 2 years, we started off as the bt of iends a year before any relatnship veloped, he knew I was gay but I thought he was straight. Anyway whout gog to too much tail here we beme more than iends and was the bt relatnship I have ever had! * gay and adhd *
In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that. “The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them, ” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ntroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer. Gay Water, however, is out and proud.
The nned cktail is named after a lloquialism given to the popular mixed drk (vodka and soda) orred at bars by the gay muny. “Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self, ” which he hop reclaims the word om the negativy ’s sometim associated wh. He thought of creatg Gay Water about a year ago while on a vatn wh his iend that had got a job wh the beverage dtry.
The two chatted about the limed amount of gay people wh , and wh Hodson burnt out om his tradnal day job tech, started the nned cktail.
BEG GAY WH ADHD: AN OPEN DISCSN
What is like to be gay a heterosexual world? What is like beg ADHD a non-ADHD world? What is like beg gay wh ADHD our world? In this episo, -hosts Jeff Copper and Kirsten Milliken have an open discsn wh two dividuals who both are gay and have ADHD… one out on both, but not the other. Listen as we discs the challeng, the pros and ns of disclosure, and the personal stori of our guts as they celebrate gay pri month. Attentn Talk Rad is the leadg se for self-help Inter rad shows focg on attentn fic hyperactivy disorr (ADHD) and attentn fic disorr (ADD), cludg managg symptoms of attentn fic disorr, adults wh ADD, or adults who have children wh ADHD. Attentn Talk Rad, hosted by attentn ach Jeff Copper, is signed to help adults and children (particularly those diagnosed wh or impacted by attentn fic disorr or s symptoms) life or bs who are stuck, overwhelmed, or trated. It will help adults and children get unstuck and movg forward by helpg to open their mds and pay attentn to what works. * gay and adhd *
Hodson built up a strong social media followg on TikTok and Instagram durg Covid-19 and is g some of the money om that (as well as om iends and fay) to help fund Gay Water. “Gay is an umbrella term and the ia behd the brand is to be as clive as possible, which means we want alli, we want straight people to be part of this muny we’re buildg.
For now, Gay Water is sold largely onle (wh a few retailers) and four sugar-ee flavors — watermelon, lime, peach and grapeu — at lnch. Gay Water might not have the ep pockets pared to s petors, like Whe Claw, but “even at small sle, pani of many siz are havg succs makg spir-based seltzers and premixed cktails, ” Bryan Roth, an analyst for Feel Goods Company and edor of the alhol beverage newsletter, Sightl+, told CNN. “There’s lots of space the spir-based seltzer tegory which Gay Water n play, pecially if the brand n offer a cultural or emotnal nnectn that will feel more excg than the prospect of another peapple-flavored vodka seltzer om natnal or ternatnal rporatns, ” Roth said.
Of urse, other drks e the word “gay, ” too, cludg Gay Beer and So Gay Rosé, Hodson noted, which are also tryg to reach the queer muny and offer them an alternative the straight-domated space.