A hidn epimic: Eatg disorrs the gay muny |

Contents:

• EATG DISORRS LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL PEOPLE
• BULIMIA THE GAY COMMUNY
• GAY MEN MORE AT RISK OF EATG DISORRS, BUT FDG COMMUNY CAN BE HARD
• A HIDN EPIMIC: EATG DISORRS THE GAY MUNY
• BISEXUAL MEN MORE PRONE TO EATG DISORRS THAN GAY OR STRAIGHT MEN, STUDY FDS

EATG DISORRS LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL PEOPLE

This article discs how eatg disorrs affect lbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people, cludg the prevalence of the ndns and some of the risk factors volved. The groups prise anyone who do not intify as entirely heterosexual, cludg people who intify as gay, lbian, or bisexual; those who report attractns to people of the same or multiple genrs; and dividuals who report engagg sexual ntact wh people of the same or multiple genrs. Another nfoundg factor is that many studi and articl lump together genr-diverse and sexually-diverse people unr the umbrella LGBTQ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer).

BULIMIA THE GAY COMMUNY

Generalizg fdgs om a group of people who intify as gay or lbian or bisexual to all people who intify as gay or lbian or bisexual is not always valid. Some prev studi have shown that adolcent gay boys and boys wh same-sex partners had more disorred eatg behavrs and more body dissatisfactn than their heterosexual peers. Another study found that gay and bisexual sendary school boys and girls were more likely to report purgg and diet pill e than their heterosexual peers.

While the majory of men wh eatg disorrs are heterosexual, rearch has nsistently monstrated that gay and bisexual men are disproportnately affected by eatg disorrs.

GAY MEN MORE AT RISK OF EATG DISORRS, BUT FDG COMMUNY CAN BE HARD

One possible explanatn for the nflictg fdgs may be the lack of effort to distguish between the different groups of homosexual women or between queer women of different ethnic groups. In terms of eatg disorrs, people who intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual may attempt to manage strs and distrs through behavrs such as dietg or bgeg, which are turn mon symptoms of eatg disorrs.

A HIDN EPIMIC: EATG DISORRS THE GAY MUNY

One review of past rearch found that mory strs cludg stigma, discrimatn, ternalized homophobia, and havg to nceal sexual or genr inty was associated wh more disorred eatg behavrs. Other theori propose that appearance ials about how gay, lbian, and bisexual people should look n also play a role the creased risk for eatg disorrs.

Disfort wh his body started his all-boys elementary school, where he was overweight and began to experience puberty and his buddg to the London gay scene where O'Shghnsy's body dysmorphia followed him like a shadow. He stggl wh the photo-heavy, body-foced vib of the onle datg scene for gay Sciallo has never had an official diagnosis of body dysmorphia or an eatg disorr, "I would be lyg if I said that I didn't still obss over the number on the sle, " he thks the gay muny is due for a reckong about appearanc. Gay and bisexual boys are more likely to engage food rtrictive behavrs, self-duced vomg, laxative abe and diet pill e orr to ntrol their weight.

Nohels, there’s also evince that gay men who feel nnected to other gay men have a lower rate of eatg disorrs, acrdg to NEDA, which suggts that belongg to that muny has a “protective effect.

BISEXUAL MEN MORE PRONE TO EATG DISORRS THAN GAY OR STRAIGHT MEN, STUDY FDS

But the queer male muny, the disorrs are quietly at epimic levels -- gay men are up to three tim more likely than heterosexuals to have a clil or subclil eatg disorr. Statistics om the Internatnal Journal of Eatg Disorrs suggts that 15% of gay or bisexual men have stggled wh disorred eatg habs throughout their liv, cludg bge eatg, anorexia and bulimia. But Bannister argu that the ias don’t emerge a vacuum, and if we look to gay men as the source of the problem, we’re missg the bigger picture.