Substance Use Among Gay and Bisexual Men | CDC

Contents:

• WE NEED TO PROTECT BLACK GAY MEN IF WE WANT TO STOP PEOPLE LIKE ED BUCK
• FEATURED STORI
• HIV AND AIN AMERIN GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• THE HIGH RISK OF GAY BLACK MEN GETTG HIV
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
• THE TERSECTN OF SOCCULTURAL FACTORS AND HEALTH-RELATED BEHAVR: EXPERIENC AMONG YOUNG BLACK GAY AND BISEXUAL MAL

WE NEED TO PROTECT BLACK GAY MEN IF WE WANT TO STOP PEOPLE LIKE ED BUCK

Forty-four percent of lbian women have experienced rape, physil vlence, and/or stalkg by an timate partner their lifetime, while 26% of gay men have as well (that number creas to 37% for bisexual men). Across the board, LGBTQIA+ dividuals faced more barriers to accsg aid and re — particularly for transgenr people of lor and Black men who intify as gay. In a 2014 survey, 97% of gay and bi men and 99% of lbians chose discrimatn as their greatt ncern when travellg.

Havg to see an article about a homophobia-motivated murr or see transphobic ments a popular film n be hugely triggerg and trmatizg. 31% of Black LGBTQ youth intified as gay or lbian, 35% as bisexual, 20% as pansexual, and 9% as queerOne three Black LGBTQ youth intified as transgenr or nonbaryMore than 1 4 Black LGBTQ youth e pronouns or pronoun batns that fall outsi of the bary nstctn of genr. Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and qutng (LGBTQ) youth experience poorer mental health dispari pared to their straight and cisgenr peers.

Around 1 3 Black LGBTQ youth intified as gay or lbian (31%) and another third intified as bisexual (35%). Overall, Black LGBTQ youth’s sexual and genr inti mirror those of the overall LGBTQ youth sample, 35% of whom intified as bisexual, 33% as gay or lbian, 17% as pansexual, 10% as queer, 2% as straight, and 3% also stated they were unsure of their sexual orientatn. The Trevor Project is the world’s largt suici preventn and crisis terventn anizatn for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer & qutng (LGBTQ) young people.

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LGB and qutng stunts schools: the moratg effects of homophobic bullyg and school climate on negative out. The 2017 Natnal School Climate Survey: The experienc of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer youth our natn’s schools.

Prejudice, social strs, and mental health lbian, gay, and bisexual populatns: nceptual issu and rearch evince. Table: Black LGBTQ Youth DiversySexual Orientatn ( n = 2, 576)Type of School (n = 1, 985)Bisexual35%Middle school10%Gay or lbian31%High school52%Pansexual20%Public90%Queer9%Homchool 4%I am not sure3%Private, not relig affiliated3%Straight2%Private, relig affiliated3%Genr Inty (n = 2, 566)GED. Moreover, the ways which society both hypersexualiz LGBTQ people and stigmatiz our relatnships n lead to timate partner vlence that stems om ternalized homophobia and shame.

HIV AND AIN AMERIN GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

44 percent of lbians and 61 percent of bisexual women experience rape, physil vlence, or stalkg by an timate partner, pared to 35 percent of straight women26 percent of gay men and 37 percent of bisexual men experience rape, physil vlence, or stalkg by an timate partner, pared to 29 percent of straight men46 percent of bisexual women have been raped, pared to 17 percent of straight women and 13 percent of lbians22 percent of bisexual women have been raped by an timate partner, pared to 9 percent of straight women40 percent of gay men and 47 percent of bisexual men have experienced sexual vlence other than rape, pared to 21 percent of straight men.

THE HIGH RISK OF GAY BLACK MEN GETTG HIV

Bee of negative stereotyp associated wh homosexualy wh the Black muny, some Black men “may feel like their manhood was tated bee of what happened to them, ” Davis says. Navigatg Black gay sexualy is difficult enough whout worryg about beg dgged and murred a raggedy Los Angel apartment. But that’s not the se, as evinced by the repeated alleged asslts on at-risk Black gay men by Democratic polil donor Ed Buck.

ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

Multiple Black gay men have e forward to ttify agast Buck, who has been charged wh a total of ne feloni relatg to solicatn, forced dggg, and distributn of nartics rultg ath. Whether be the over-sexualizatn of Black bodi, humanizatn through forced addictn, or simple racism at work, Black gay men are targets for the sick fetish of their wealthier whe unterparts.

THE TERSECTN OF SOCCULTURAL FACTORS AND HEALTH-RELATED BEHAVR: EXPERIENC AMONG YOUNG BLACK GAY AND BISEXUAL MAL

Sexual fetishizatn of Black gay men has tensified recent years through an ever-expandg hookup culture. As this is supported by smartphone apps and socially enuraged, many Black gay men fd themselv subjected to one-word msag of “BBC” (Big Black Cock) or pletely rejected om entire datg pools simply for their race. In orr to participate social, sexual activy, Black gay men often have to subject themselv to some level of gradatn.

This isn’t to say that there are no safe spac for Black gay men to explore their sexualy (we have Atlanta, I gus), but rather that the gay majory the U. Is whe, and everythg associated wh gay culture ters to that mographic. Chemsex, or sex wh the aid of dgs (often meth/GHB), has bee monplace wh the gay muny.

Origally ed by a whe majory, the face of this dg has shifted to Black and Brown gay men recent years. Buck was so nfint societal disregard for Black gay men that even after Timothy Dean’s body was found his apartment early January of 2019, he went on to prey on yet another Black gay man. Black gay men, pecially those who engage sex work and/or dg e, are an unprotected class wh the gay muny—and society as a whole.