Gay & Sober MISSION STATEMENT

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• ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER
• LGBT ADDICTN TREATMENT: GAY REHAB CENTER
• 5 SURPRISG FACTS ABOUT GAY CONVERSN THERAPY
• GAY-FRIENDLY TREATMENT CENTERS
• IAS FOR REVERY OM EX-GAY HARM
• LGBTQ+ TREATMENT CENTERS SAN DIEGO, CA
• 8 BT LGBTQ AND GAY-FRIENDLY REHAB CENTERS
• MY JOURNEY AS A GAY MAN REVERY

ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER

Natnal Survey on Dg Use and Health shows that people who are lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or queer (LGBTQ+) are at an creased risk for velopg a dg or alhol e disorr. Internalized homophobia is a term ed to refer to a form of ristance to fully acceptg one’s sexual orientatn. Homophobia is often spurred by discrimatn, social stigma, or growg up a hoehold or muny that is not acceptg of LGBTQ+ dividuals.

This phenomenon n create a feelg of beg “lser than” or “wrong”—a feelg that may be validated by others who poe homophobic beliefs. Amerin Amy of Pediatrics: Gay, Lbian, and Bisexual Teens: Factors for Teens and Their Parents.

LGBT ADDICTN TREATMENT: GAY REHAB CENTER

Helpg Fai Support Their Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr (LGBT) Children (SAMHSA).

5 SURPRISG FACTS ABOUT GAY CONVERSN THERAPY

Roughly 4% of Amerins intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, or other (LGB+), and are statistilly at higher risk for substance e disorr velopment than those who intify as heterosexual. Gay, lbian, and bisexual dividuals are roughly 18% more likely to have alhol addictn, 20% more likely to have dg e disorr, and 5. Gay, Lbian, and bisexual men and women are at higher risk for mental distrs and prsn than their heterosexual unterparts.

GAY-FRIENDLY TREATMENT CENTERS

Only 77% of dividuals that intify as gay, lbian, or bisexual have health surance, pared to a verage rate of 82% dividuals that intify as straight or heterosexual. A much higher proportn of gay and bisexual men are livg wh HIV pared to any other group the U.

Acrdg to the Center for Disease Control and Preventn (CDC), roughly 67% of HIV fectn diagnos were transmted by male to male sexual ntact, and 1 6 gay and bisexual men livg wh HIV are unaware that they have . Sexually transmted fectns (STI’s) such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis have creased rat among gay and bisexual men and women, pecially those who report both male and female sex partners.

Rearch supports that addictn treatment programs that addrs mon sensivi to the LGBTQ+ muny such as homophobia, fay problems, vlence, and social isolatn n be pecially effective for LGBTQ+ dividuals. A 2009 study parg gay, lbian, and bisexual young adults who experienced strong rejectn om their fai wh peers who had more supportive fai found that those who experienced stronger rejectn were:.

IAS FOR REVERY OM EX-GAY HARM

Bacterial sexually transmted fectns gay, lbian, and bisexual adolcents: medil and public health perspectiv.

A systematic review of parental fluenc on the health and well-beg of lbian, gay, and bisexual youth: Time for a new public health rearch and practice agenda. Substance e lbian, gay, and bisexual populatns: An update on empiril rearch and implitns for treatment. Health re dispari among lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr youth: a lerature review.

Why the Gay and Transgenr Populatn Experience Higher Rat of Substance Use. SAMHSA: A Provir’s Introductn to Substance Abe Treatment for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Individuals.

LGBTQ+ TREATMENT CENTERS SAN DIEGO, CA

Homosexual and lbian liftyl are built around tstg onelf or pendg pletely on someone else, not the kd of abandonment to God’s heart and tentns for that characterize tst. Many people who want eedom om homosexualy are also addicted to sex and/or masturbatn. Accept that you will need to separate yourself om the nnectn to the gay liftyle.

After the drama and excement often associated wh gay liftyle, makg rponsible, God-honorg choic feels black and whe parison to a technilor life. Seek out a Christian therapist who has a remptive perspective of homosexualy. The unselor mt have a biblil unrstandg that homosexualy is changeable through the power of J Christ (1 Cor.

8 BT LGBTQ AND GAY-FRIENDLY REHAB CENTERS

Third, have a support system nsistg of both people who do not stggle wh homosexual feelgs, and those who do. (The goal is not orientatn shift om homosexual to heterosexual, although that do happen some people as a rult of healg and growth, but to walk hols, pury and obedience to the lordship of J Christ.

People wh substance e disorrs who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or queer (LGBTQ) face unique challeng and stigma that make securg addictn treatment difficult. There are several reasons that gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr people may start abg dgs and alhol.

MY JOURNEY AS A GAY MAN REVERY

Natnal Instute on Dg Abe (NIDA) — Substance e and SUDs LGBTQ* PopulatnsNatnal Instute of Health (NIH) — The Relatnship Between Discrimatn and Substance e Disorrs Among Lbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults the Uned StatSubstance Abe and Mental Health Servic Admistratn (SAMHSA) — Fd treatment.