Capalism and gay inty | 26 | Culture, Society and Sexualy | JO

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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
• THE EXTCTN OF GAY INTY
• WHAT IS GAY INTY?
• THE GAY INTY QUTNNAIRE: A BRIEF MEASURE OF HOMOSEXUAL INTY FORMATN
• UNRSTANDG GAY & LBIAN INTI
• DESANTIS MPAIGN TOUTS HIS 'DRANIAN' LGBTQ RERD VS. TMP; GAY NSERVATIV NOUNCE HIM
• REVIEWSOCIAL PSYCHOLOGIL ASPECTS OF GAY INTY VELOPMENT
• CAPALISM AND GAY INTY
• HOW DO I KNOW IF I AM GAY? SIGNS YOU ARE GAY
• A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
• IRS 'WHISTLEBLOWER X,' A GAY DEMOCRAT, REVEALS INTY AND TELLS CONGRS HE WAS BLOCKED OM INVTIGATG HUNTER BIN

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

Sexual orientatn refers to the endurg physil, romantic and/or emotnal attractn to members of the same and/or other genrs, cludg lbian, gay, bisexual and straight orientatns. Queer: Once nsired a meang slur for beg gay, “queer” is beg reclaimed by some as a self-affirmg umbrella term, pecially among those who nsir other labels rtrictive. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTApril 28, Center FilmsMart Crowley, the thor of the groundbreakg gay play “The Boys the Band, ” liv a Manhattan apartment buildg that he ed to vis equently, for parti, the late 1960s, when “Boys” had s theatril but.

THE EXTCTN OF GAY INTY

I’ll be fascated to see what dienc make of this mpy, tty portra of a group of gay men who talk , traffic secrecy and have rved out somethg separate that is not exactly play is a postrd om an era that we have thankfully moved past, a pot of reference for our hard-won succs over the last half-century and our arrival an fely better place. We were trib a way that we no longer are, wh ruals that we no longer have, and wh a shared ’s that story now, and what qualifi as a gay play, if such a thg still exists? Jse Green, one of The Tim’s theater crics, wrtled elegantly wh that qutn T magaze Febary, notg that for him, the gay theatril non — or, rather, the gay male theatril non — ends 1993, wh Tony Khner’s “Angels Ameri.

”“Sometim, to judge om what’s onstage, I have to nclu that Crate & Barrel is sponsorg the new gay agenda, ” Green wr, addg that he no longer hears “a gay voice, ” which he f as “quick-wted, protean, emotnal. It ptur the flair for melodrama, appete for mischief and exaggerated sense of humor — alternately self-laceratg and self-lnizg — that nstuted a gay armor, worn bee we lived a sort of exile. But there had been enough progrs toward the acceptance and tegratn of gays by 2005 that Andrew Sullivan wrote an say The New Republic tled “The End of Gay Culture, ” which he imaged would “expand to such a diverse set of subcultur that ‘gayns’ alone will cease to tell you very much about any dividual.

WHAT IS GAY INTY?

How gay, lbian, bisexual or transgenr people are treated hg on where we live, what lor we are, how much money we have and whom we work a gay whe man employed by a progrsive-md pany New York Cy, I’m ridiculoly lucky. ”I’m 53, I me out a few years later than she did, and I remember that simply tellg someone that I was gay ma me tertg at a time when most gay people weren’t forthg about that.

Of urse, a whole lot of the people who refer to themselv as “gay” or “straight” are fully aware that sexualy is a spectm and that few people are 100% one thg or the other.

Y, sometim the rejectn of the label n be rooted ternalized homophobia or biphobia – “yeah I’m to dus, but that don’t mean I’m one of those disgtg homos” – but sometim people jt feel like the words don’t scribe them accurately enough to e them to refer to themselv.

THE GAY INTY QUTNNAIRE: A BRIEF MEASURE OF HOMOSEXUAL INTY FORMATN

The tt nstctn procr clud the selectn of qutnnaire ems based upon nstcts of the Homosexual Inty Formatn Mol, tablishment of terrater and terem reliabily for those ems, and refement of the GIQ through two pilot tts. The differentiatn between the stag clus whether or not a subject had rolved a herent self-inty as gay and had a signifint relatnship to some aspect of the gay culture. Sce 1975, APA has lled on psychologists to take the lead removg the stigma of mental illns that has long been associated wh lbian, gay, and bisexual orientatns.

This page provis accurate rmatn for those who want to better unrstand sexual orientatn and the impact of prejudice and discrimatn on those who intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual.

UNRSTANDG GAY & LBIAN INTI

In the Uned Stat the most equent labels are lbians (women attracted to women), gay men (men attracted to men), and bisexual people (men or women attracted to both sex).

Prejudice and discrimatn make difficult for many people to e to terms wh their sexual orientatn inti, so claimg a lbian, gay, or bisexual inty may be a slow procs. Public opn studi over the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s routely showed that, among large segments of the public, lbian, gay, and bisexual people were the target of strongly held negative attus.

More recently, public opn has creasgly opposed sexual orientatn discrimatn, but exprsns of hostily toward lbians and gay men rema mon ntemporary Amerin society. The associatn of HIV/AIDS wh gay and bisexual men and the accurate belief that some people held that all gay and bisexual men were fected served to further stigmatize lbian, gay, and bisexual people. On an dividual level, such prejudice and discrimatn may also have negative nsequenc, pecially if lbian, gay, and bisexual people attempt to nceal or ny their sexual orientatn.

DESANTIS MPAIGN TOUTS HIS 'DRANIAN' LGBTQ RERD VS. TMP; GAY NSERVATIV NOUNCE HIM

Although many lbians and gay men learn to pe wh the social stigma agast homosexualy, this pattern of prejudice n have ser negative effects on health and well-beg. Dpe the persistence of stereotyp that portray lbian, gay, and bisexual people as disturbed, several s of rearch and clil experience have led all mastream medil and mental health anizatns this untry to nclu that the orientatns reprent normal forms of human experience.

REVIEWSOCIAL PSYCHOLOGIL ASPECTS OF GAY INTY VELOPMENT

Helpful rpons of a therapist treatg an dividual who is troubled about her or his same sex attractns clu helpg that person actively pe wh social prejudic agast homosexualy, succsfully rolve issu associated wh and rultg om ternal nflicts, and actively lead a happy and satisfyg life.

CAPALISM AND GAY INTY

The phrase “g out” is ed to refer to several aspects of lbian, gay, and bisexual persons’ experienc: self-awarens of same-sex attractns; the tellg of one or a few people about the attractns; wispread disclosure of same-sex attractns; and intifitn wh the lbian, gay, and bisexual muny. Th, is not surprisg that lbians and gay men who feel they mt nceal their sexual orientatn report more equent mental health ncerns than do lbians and gay men who are more open; they may even have more physil health problems.

Some adolcents sire and engage same-sex behavr but do not intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual, sometim bee of the stigma associated wh a nonheterosexual orientatn. Lbian, gay, and bisexual youth who do well spe strs—like all adolcents who do well spe strs—tend to be those who are socially petent, who have good problem-solvg skills, who have a sense of tonomy and purpose, and who look forward to the future.

Whether the youths intify as heterosexual or as lbian, gay, or bisexual, they enunter prejudice and discrimatn based on the prumptn that they are lbian, gay, or bisexual.

HOW DO I KNOW IF I AM GAY? SIGNS YOU ARE GAY

If they are a heterosexual relatnship, their experienc may be que siar to those of people who intify as heterosexual unls they choose to e out as bisexual; that se, they will likely face some of the same prejudice and discrimatn that lbian and gay dividuals enunter. Although parable data are not available, many sgle lbians and gay men are also parents, and many same-sex upl are part-time parents to children whose primary rince is elsewhere.

The majory of rearch on this topic asks whether children raised by lbian and gay parents are at a disadvantage when pared to children raised by heterosexual parents. For example, are the children of lbian or gay parents more vulnerable to mental breakdown, do they have more behavr problems, or are they ls psychologilly healthy than other children? The picture that emerg om this rearch shows that children of gay and lbian parents enjoy a social life that is typil of their age group terms of volvement wh peers, parents, fay members, and iends.

There is no scientific support for fears about children of lbian or gay parents beg sexually abed by their parents or their parents’ gay, lbian, or bisexual iends or acquatanc. In summary, social science has shown that the ncerns often raised about children of lbian and gay parents, ncerns that are generally ground prejudice agast and stereotyp about gay people, are unfound.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

Overall, the rearch dit that the children of lbian and gay parents do not differ markedly om the children of heterosexual parents their velopment, adjtment, or overall well-beg.

Lbian, gay, and bisexual people who want to help rce prejudice and discrimatn n be open about their sexual orientatn, even as they take necsary preutns to be as safe as possible. They n make a pot of g to know lbian, gay, and bisexual people, and they n work wh lbian, gay, and bisexual dividuals and muni to bat prejudice and discrimatn.

When lbians, gay men, and bisexual people feel ee to make public their sexual orientatn, heterosexuals are given an opportuny to have personal ntact wh openly gay people and to perceive them as dividuals. In keepg wh this general pattern, one of the most powerful fluenc on heterosexuals’ acceptance of gay people is havg personal ntact wh an openly gay person. Antigay attus are far ls mon among members of the populatn who have a close iend or fay member who is lbian or gay, pecially if the gay person has directly e out to the heterosexual person.

IRS 'WHISTLEBLOWER X,' A GAY DEMOCRAT, REVEALS INTY AND TELLS CONGRS HE WAS BLOCKED OM INVTIGATG HUNTER BIN

”The Twter acunt Gays Agast Groomers alerted s 343, 000 followers July 5 to a notable figure: “New data fds that there has been a 4000% spike stunts that intify as non-bary New Jersey.

Although n sometim seem like one type of gay person is shown over and over aga the media or on TV, gay people aren’t tomatilly effemate, and lbian women aren’t tomatilly mascule – fact, those stereotyp leave out a lot of other personali and characteristics. While there may be some jobs that tend to have more gay or lbian people them than others, often has to do wh the cultural acceptance they might fd that particular field. Someone who is celibate may also have strong sexual sir or even a particular sexual inty; someone may intify as heterosexual but have homosexual experienc; most people will have sexual sir that are not necsarily acted out practice.

Yet some crics plaed at the absence of inty polics – one even plaed that openly gay men had not played the leadg rol – ignorg the basic premise that sire do not equal inty. "As the world go mad, Florida reprents a refuge of sany and a cal of normalcy, " he said earlier this new DeSantis vio quickly drew bipartisan cricism om the LGBTQ Tmp adviser and ambassador Richard Grenell, who is gay, wrote on Twter that the vio was "unniably homophobic. ""Conservativ unrstand that we need to protect our kids, prerve women's sports, safeguard women's spac and strengthen parental rights, but Ron DeSantis' extreme rhetoric go has jt ventured to homophobic terrory, " the group wrote on Twter.