Book review of Secret Cy: The Hidn History of Gay Washgton by Jam Kirchick - The Washgton Post

Contents:

• NEWS OF THE COLUMB GAY AND LBIAN COMMUNY
• HOMOPHOB GAY? STUDY TI ANTI-GAY OUTLOOK TO HOMOSEXUALY, AUTHORARIAN PARENTG
• GLAD TO BE GAY: THE SURPRISE H THAT BEME A PRI ANTHEM
• GAYOUTLOOK
• WEB ANALYSIS FOR GAYOUTLOOK
• A HISTORY OF GAY WASHGTON THAT LETS HOMOPHOBIA STEAL THE SPOTLIGHT
• GAY RIGHTS ADVANCED SIGNIFINTLY THE LAST 25 YEARS — NO THANKS TO CONGRS
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY

NEWS OF THE COLUMB GAY AND LBIAN COMMUNY

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Over the years here Oh, we have weathered everythg om antigay legislatn, to signifintly ls-than-supportive muni/fai, to the vastatn of HIV/AIDS, to severe enomic downturns. Captured the k are the voic and stori of lbians who were not given their proper due other gay media, even as Dah provid a platform to brg the muny closer together both on and off the page. The publitn featured a mix of lol and natnal news, verage of Cleveland and surroundg area events, advertisg for gay bs, and que a few vers featurg origal works of art.

HOMOPHOB GAY? STUDY TI ANTI-GAY OUTLOOK TO HOMOSEXUALY, AUTHORARIAN PARENTG

Lnchg the late 1970s, News of the Columb Gay and Lbian Communy is wily regard as one of Oh’s olst gay and lbian publitns. Dpe s name, the newspaper (which had more the appearance of a really thick newsletter on newsprt) featured news both lol and natnal, alongsi personals ads, movie reviews, and the regular prtg of the standgs the gay bowlg league.

Unr the tagle of “Servg Gays, Lbians and Friends, ” the newspaper prented a wi swath of ntent: natnal LGBTQ+ news (ually on the ont page), updat om var LGBTQ+ anizatns Ccnati, photos om events, and a “Health Comments by Dr. Gay People’s Chronicle beme Cleveland’s send major publitn for the LGBTQ+ muny when was lnched 1985 by Charl Callenr, a profsor of anthropology at Case Wtern Rerve Universy. From their first issue, “This day marks another kd of guratn as well, that of a lol, gay news publitn…The purpos of The GayBeat are the: to report the news; to te the readg public about the issu which impact our muny; and to help foster a llective, polil agenda for the lbian and gay male muny of greater Ccnati.

” Over s 10 years prt, Gaybeat took many forms, om photopied typed sheets to a newsletter appearance to more tradnal newsprt. The ont ver did not acknowledge s lnch, stead tailg a story about the phone book allowg the words “gay and lbian” an ad, alongsi a story of a Ccnati man who was fired om his job after was reported that he was tted for AIDS. The word self means ‘new’; but this magaze offers and gay and lbian muny somethg has long valued: lol news.

GLAD TO BE GAY: THE SURPRISE H THAT BEME A PRI ANTHEM

After both Outl and Gay People’s Chronicle had closed up shop, Spotlight was lnched to fill the void of accsg LGBTQ+ ntent Northeast Oh. ” Although only lasted om January 2014 to Augt later that same year, Spotlight played a pivotal role dissematg rmatn and entertag the mass who had assembled for Gay Gam 9 om all over the world.

GAYOUTLOOK

(Our thanks to the followg who helped put this list together: Phebe Beiser, Jeff Bixby, Michael Chanak, Brian DeWt, Gay Oh History Iniative (GOHI), Staley Jophiel Munroe, Oh History Connectn, Oh Lbian Archiv, Bob Vale, and Wtern Rerve Historil Society. By: Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience Managg Edor Published: 04/09/2012 01:01 PM EDT on LiveScience Homophobics should nsir a ltle self-reflectn, suggts a new study fdg those dividuals who are most hostile toward gays and hold strong anti-gay views may themselv have same-sex sir, albe unrver on.

WEB ANALYSIS FOR GAYOUTLOOK

The prejudice of homophobia may also stem om thorarian parents, particularly those wh homophobic views as well, the rearchers add.

" The rearch, published the April 2012 issue of the Journal of Personaly and Social Psychology, reveals the nuanc of prejudic like homophobia, which n ultimately have dire nsequenc.

[The 10 Most Dtctive Human Behavrs] "Sometim people are threatened by gays and lbians bee they are fearg their own impuls, a sense they 'doth prott too much, '" Ryan told LiveScience. Hidn homosexualy In four studi, the rearchers looked at the discrepanci between what people say about their sexual orientatn and their implic sexual orientatn based on a reactn-time tt.

A HISTORY OF GAY WASHGTON THAT LETS HOMOPHOBIA STEAL THE SPOTLIGHT

For the implic measure, stunts had to tegorize words and pictur flashed onto a puter screen to "gay" or "straight" groups. Words clud "gay, " "straight, " "homosexual" and "heterosexual, " while the pictur showed straight and gay upl.

The rearchers said quicker reactn time for "me" and "gay, " and a slower associatn of "me" wh "straight" would dite said an implic gay orientatn. [Why Gay Parents May Be the Bt Parents] In another experiment, the rearchers measured implic sexual orientatn by havg participants choose to browse same-sex or oppose-sex photos on a puter screen.

" To gge homophobia a hoehold, stunts rpond to ems such as, "It would be upsettg for my mom to fd out she was alone wh a lbian" or "My dad avoids gay men whenever possible. " Participants dited their own level of homophobia, both overt and implic; word-pletn tasks, stunts wrote down the first three words that me to md when prompted wh some of the words' letters.

GAY RIGHTS ADVANCED SIGNIFINTLY THE LAST 25 YEARS — NO THANKS TO CONGRS

Stunts were primed at some pot wh the word "gay" to see how that impacted the amount of aggrsive words ed. "In a predomately heterosexual society, 'know thyself' n be a challenge for many gay dividuals, " lead thor Netta Weste, a lecturer at the Universy of Essex the Uned Kgdom, said a statement. "[5 Ways to Foster Self-Compassn Your Child] Those participants who reported their heterosexualy spe havg hidn same-sex sir were also the most likely to show hostily toward gay dividuals, cludg self-reported anti-gay attus, endorsement of anti-gay polici and discrimatn such as supportg harsher punishments for homosexuals.

The rearch may help to expla the unrpngs of anti-gay bullyg and hate crim, the rearchers note.

People nial about their own sexual orientatn, perhaps a nial fostered by thorarian and homophobic parents, may feel a threat om other gay and lbian dividuals.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY

This ner nflict n be seen some high-profile s which anti-gay public figur are ught engagg same-sex acts, the rearchers say. For stance, evangelil preacher and anti-gay-marriage advote Ted Haggard was ught a gay sex sndal 2006.