From a stunt the 60s for whom sex was illegal to a recent arrival on the gay scene, four men and a non-bary queer person on how their liv – and sex liv – have changed
Contents:
- WHY BEG GAY IS THE BT THG THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME
- HOW TO ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE GAY
- ‘GAY LIFE IS BETTER NOW. ABSOLUTELY’: FIVE GENERATNS ON G OUT AND WHAT ME NEXT
WHY BEG GAY IS THE BT THG THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME
I never thought I’d say – I ed to hate beg gay * being gay just got better *
— cludg Seth Walsh, 13, and Billy Lus, 15 — spired the gay advice lumnist Dan Savage and his now-hband, Terry Miller, to do somethg.
21, 2010, Savage and Miller talked about the bullyg and rejectn they experienced as gay teens, and how life got better for them the years after high school. The CDC’s Youth Risk Behavr Surveillance System recently found that lbian, gay and bisexual teens are more than four tim more likely to attempt suici, and that transgenr stunts are at a siarly high risk pared to their non-LGBTQ peers. S., 72 percent of Amerins said homosexualy should be accepted, pared to 49 percent 2007, acrdg to the Pew Rearch Center.
Sign up for the View om Wtmster email for expert analysis straight to your boxGet our ee View om Wtmster emailBeg gay is the bt thg that ever happened to me, and I never thought I’d say that. I ed to hate beg gay. The clu ee-thkg and sexually exprsive straight women, who cherish their gay iends as people around whom they won’t be judged.
HOW TO ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE GAY
I also have a special bond wh my gay iends, people who’ve been through siar experienc to me and travelled a siar journey towards self-acceptance. I even have a few straight male iends, men who enjoy gay pany as an opportuny to ee themselv om the prsure to nform to a toxic ia of masculy that n rtrict their dividualy and supprs their a gay man, I feel far ls rtricted by the expectatn that men should behave a certa way.
While some more tradnally-md gay men may fd this limg, I’ve found liberatg; ’s eed me up to pursue my own creative projects. Beg gay has also allowed me to accs a ep well of emotn that might not otherwise have been open to me. Straight rears often tell me that followg my gay characters as they stggle to create their own path through life – ually culmatg triumph, as I love a happy endg!
I’m not sayg that every gay person mak a better wrer than a straight one but everyone who’s experienced both the ups and downs of life certaly a journalist and broadster, my sexualy has also benefted my reer.
‘GAY LIFE IS BETTER NOW. ABSOLUTELY’: FIVE GENERATNS ON G OUT AND WHAT ME NEXT
Now that mastream dienc are open to hearg about queer experienc and media outlets are aware of the need for posive reprentatn, I’ve travelled the world to report on gay-themed stori. Prentg the terviews mak me feel privileged to be part of a queer keep up to speed wh all the latt opns and ment, sign up to our ee weekly Voic Dispatch newsletter by clickg hereY, there are still eptns of homophobia our society – and some are horrendoly ugly and terrifyg. I want to send a msage of hope to all those gay people other untri and cultur who aren’t as fortunate as me.
Most people the LGBTQ+ muny know om experience that acceptg your sexualy will lead to your beg a happier, more open this gui, the term gay has been ed to clu all forms of non-heterosexual attractn, whether that be people who are lbian, gay, bisexual, queer, pansexual, or otherwise not straight. Know if you are gay.
Consir takg an onle sexualy quiz, like this one, to see if intifyg as gay feels right for you. There isn't any need to change yourself - beg gay is jt another way of simply existg, and there is nothg wrong wh at all. Neher is there anythg wrong wh you for beg gay.