Gay and Bisexual Men's Health | CDC

Contents:

• GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH
• IS YOUR MAN GAY, STRAIGHT, OR BISEXUAL?
• LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?

GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH

Gay and bisexual men are part of a very diverse muny. This webse provis an overview of the different health and other issu faced by gay and bisexual and bisexual men are part of a very diverse muny.

This webse provis an overview of the different health and other issu faced by gay and bisexual men.

IS YOUR MAN GAY, STRAIGHT, OR BISEXUAL?

They nfirmed that male sexual attractn and orientatn enpass a range, om straight to bisexual to gay. Those who intified as bisexual registered as 2, 3, and 4 on the Ksey total, 178 of the men had prevly scribed themselv as "exclively heterosexual" while 102 said they were "mostly" straight; 139 scribed themselv as "exclively homosexual" and 70 said they were "mostly" remag 117 intified as bisexual, though 46 of them leaned straight, 37 leaned gay, and 34 remaed were purely 's important to note that the most equal bisexual rponse om the participants were found men who rated themselv as Ksey 2s, i. A prr 2005 study, also -led by Bailey, did not fd evince of bisexual aroal men, which led to a ntroversial New York Tim article lled "Straight, Gay or Lyg?

" which basilly suated that bisexuals were really gay people who were lyg bee they were ashamed of llg themselv gay. However, some others -- cludg some scientists and lay persons -- have doubted this, " he said, clarifyg that the reason behd that is the belief that men who claim to be bisexual "are actually eher heterosexual or homosexual, and that their claim to be bisexual is based on self-misunrstandg, perhaps due to social prsure not to adm exclive homosexualy. "People who intify as bisexual -- pecially men -- are often viewed wh spicn, and this clus a perceptn that they won't m to beg gay, " she said.

""People who are purely straight or purely gay n tend to generalize their own experience and thk all other people mt be jt one or the other, " add John Sylla, one of the 13 thors of the latt study and print of the Amerin Instute of Bisexualy.

LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?

"But the Ksey Sle is valid, and there are bisexually aroed men and women, even if for different reasons they choose to pass as jt straight or gay. "The rults are not statg that bisexual men are equally attracted to both men and women, Bailey not, but rather showg that bisexual men were more aroed by men than straight men, more aroed by women than gay men, and equally attracted to both genrs to a greater extent than eher straight or gay men.

Prev postgs this blog scribed “straight men who have sex wh other men” (SMSM), a populatn of mal who avoid volvement wh the LGBT muny, who are often married or romantilly volved wh an oppose-sex partner, who engage sex wh mal or exprs the sire to do so, and, most relevant to this postg, do not intify as gay or bisexual. ”[5] The Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force remds health-re provirs that “A bisexual orientatn speaks to the potential, but not the requirement, for volvement wh more than one genr. Tradnally, sexual orientatn has been viewed as a dichotomy, wh the optns beg eher heterosexualy or homosexualy.

E., a predictn as to what one thks he or she will like the future) wh rpect to each of seven factors nsistg of sexual attractn, sexual behavr, sexual fantasi, emotnal preference, social preference, heterosexual/homosexual liftyle, and self-intifitn.