Partners Task Force for Gay & Lbian Coupl: An ternatnal rource for same-sex upl, supportg the diverse muny of mted gay and lbian partners through a variety of media, sce 1986.
Contents:
- NEW TRENDS GAY MALE RELATNSHIPS: THE CHOIC STUDY
- HETEROSEXUAL AND HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAG – ARE STRAIGHT AND GAY MARRIAG INTIL?
- GAY RELATNSHIPS CAN BE MORE STABLE THAN STRAIGHT ON
- ATRALIAN SURVEY FDS THAT LS THAN A THIRD OF GAY MEN HAVE MTED RELATNSHIPS WH JT ONE PARTNER
NEW TRENDS GAY MALE RELATNSHIPS: THE CHOIC STUDY
The Choic study foc on gay men ag 18-40 and explor attus and practic about monogamy and marriage. * average length of a gay relationship *
What are the relatnships of young gay men like today? Ltle rearch is beg done on gay male upl—how they build and sta their relatnships, what they thk about monogamy and marriage, what they believe about the attus of their peers. But we’d been hearg that younger gay men had some different perspectiv.
This year, we pleted our Choic study, which foced on gay men ag 18-40 and explored attus and practic about monogamy and marriage. Younger gay men do value monogamy more than their olr unterparts.
I thk this is eful rmatn for anyone workg wh gay men, and for young gay men themselv.
HETEROSEXUAL AND HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAG – ARE STRAIGHT AND GAY MARRIAG INTIL?
Disver all facts and statistics on Homosexualy (gays and lbians) the U.S. on ! * average length of a gay relationship *
Younger Gay Men’s Perspectiv on Monogamy, Non-monogamy and Marriage. Convenience sample of 18-40 year old gay men, reced through ads on Facebook and Grdr (an app geared toward gay/bisexual men terted datg or sexual enunters).
Before we looked at our survey rults, we had some notn that monogamy had bee a sort of “flt” choice for a lot of younger gay men.
GAY RELATNSHIPS CAN BE MORE STABLE THAN STRAIGHT ON
Gays n end up havg better and longer relatnships than heterosexuals * average length of a gay relationship *
Gay lumnist Dan Savage first ed the term “monogamish” (Savage lls “mostly monogamo wh a ltle squish around the edg”). There are some persistent myths gay men hear about their relatnships.
The first is that is impossible for gay men to stay te to a monogamo mment.
ATRALIAN SURVEY FDS THAT LS THAN A THIRD OF GAY MEN HAVE MTED RELATNSHIPS WH JT ONE PARTNER
Both mps also plaed equally about the lack of support they receive the gay muny for their choic. We thk this back to the fact that gay men’s relatnships are not “discsable. There is tremendo tert this kd of rmatn about gay men’s relatnships and a good al of wisdom to be disvered om our rponnts.
Gay men’s relatnships play a role many different aspects of muny health, cludg the transmissn of HIV and other STDs.
We do thk, however, that we have opportuni to provi more meangful support to gay men’s relatnships by dog the followg:. If you’re workg wh gay men, we hope you’ll nsir referrg them to the study to learn more about the range of relatnship experienc gay men are havg and the creative approach they are brgg to their relatnships.