Smokg & Tobac Among Gay and Bisexual Men | CDC

Contents:

• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
• THE SPECIAL, TOXIC RELATNSHIP BETWEEN GAYS AND SMOKG
• >GAY COCAINE
• POLY-CLUB-DG USE AMONG GAY & BISEXUAL MEN: A LONGUDAL ANALYSIS
• A QUALATIVE DCRIPTIVE STUDY OF PERCEIVED SEXUAL EFFECTS OF CLUB DG USE GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• A LONGUDAL VTIGATN OF POWR E E AMONG CLUB-DG G GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY

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.

(KABC) -- The Temecula Valley school board on Friday adopted a social studi curriculum that clus sla gay rights lear Harvey Milk.

THE SPECIAL, TOXIC RELATNSHIP BETWEEN GAYS AND SMOKG

"Unr the headg 'Protts, ' one paragraph discs gay rights California and unr the headg 'Court Cas, ' there are two paragraphs that discs the urt s that allowed gay marriage California. "She said a supplemental rource lists Harvey Milk, a gay rights activist and polician who was assassated 1978, along wh San Francis Mayor Gee Mosne.

>GAY COCAINE

Milk was believed to be the first openly gay person elected to public office board voted 3-2 on May 16 to reject the curriculum, wh some board members claimg there was not enough parental volvement the creatn procs and makg ments attackg Milk.

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POLY-CLUB-DG USE AMONG GAY & BISEXUAL MEN: A LONGUDAL ANALYSIS

The Natnal Adult Tobac Survey recently unvered that tobac prevalence among LGBT people is 50 percent higher than any other many gay people like myself, cigarett nstute one of the most endurg relatnships our liv and, as Stockholm Syndrome, we've nvced ourselv we need this abive partner.

A QUALATIVE DCRIPTIVE STUDY OF PERCEIVED SEXUAL EFFECTS OF CLUB DG USE GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

The band unter-sued for $25 ln and ultimately got to keep their name, wh the su beg settled out of 2006, Lance me out as gay on the ver of People magaze, and durg the group's Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony 2018, he opened up about stgglg to accept his sexualy durg his time the band. "So many nights on stage, I'd see so many young, gay fans sgg their hearts out and I wanted so badly to let you know, I was you, " Lance said. So, I was like, 'I'm gay.

A LONGUDAL VTIGATN OF POWR E E AMONG CLUB-DG G GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

"If you me out, if anyone knew you were gay, was a disaster and people really flipped out. I felt like if anyone found out that I was gay, the rerd label would immediately drop and the fans would hate —the were all the crazy thgs that went through my head as a teenager.

"The guys would hate me, and they would leave the group and be like 'We're not gog to be a group wh a gay guy. InstagramIn 2012's New Kids on the Block: Five Brothers and a Milln Sisters, Jonathan nfirmed his ex om NKOTB was due to his anxiety, and also hidg his sexualy, publicly g out as gay after he was accintally outed by '80s pop star and his ex-girliend Tiffany 2011.