It's a new year and and a new , but that don't mean the world needs a new you. GQ unpacks the body image issu pervadg the gay muny.
Contents:
- WHY BODY IMAGE ISSU PERVA THE GAY COMMUNY
- THE MEDIATG ROLE OF BODY ACCEPTANCE EXPLAG THE RELATN OF MDFULNS, SELF-COMPASSN AND MDFUL EATG TO BODY IMAGE GAY MEN AND BISEXUAL MEN
- PHYSIL, BEHAVRAL, AND PSYCHOLOGIL TRAS OF GAY MEN INTIFYG AS BEARS
- HOW TO ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE GAY
- GAY MEN AND BODY PERFECTN
WHY BODY IMAGE ISSU PERVA THE GAY COMMUNY
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The gay media reprents bety and sirabily the form of youth and gym-toned bodi, makg the gay scene a harsh place for people who do not nform to such ials.
THE MEDIATG ROLE OF BODY ACCEPTANCE EXPLAG THE RELATN OF MDFULNS, SELF-COMPASSN AND MDFUL EATG TO BODY IMAGE GAY MEN AND BISEXUAL MEN
While people who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) experience body image ncerns ways that are generally siar to people who intify as heterosexual, their experience and relatnship wh their body is likely to differ specific ways. * body acceptance gay *
Some gay men suffer om what we ll "mcle distrs." No matter how much they go to the gym, how much mcle they ga, they have a distorted perceptn that they don’t have enough, so they keep phg themselv to achieve more body perfectn.
PHYSIL, BEHAVRAL, AND PSYCHOLOGIL TRAS OF GAY MEN INTIFYG AS BEARS
Whilst the gay media perpetuat body perfectn and helps mata the distrs, the unrlyg disturbance that mak so many gay men predisposed to the stggl is homophobia.
HOW TO ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE GAY
In my practice, I see many gay men whose real stggle is the fear of rejectn, the hypervigilance of threats makg vulnerabily tolerable for them.
Gay men may not be able to intify the unrlyg pa by themselv but gay-affirmative therapy, they n have a space to unpack the var layers of their disturbanc. The 33-year-old body acceptance advote om Los Angel was diagnosed wh bge-eatg and body dysmorphic disorr 2015, before g out as gay two years later. What's more, NEDA says gay men are seven tim more likely to self-report episos of bge-eatg and 12 tim more likely to report purgg, when pared to heterosexual per NEDA, femal who intified a 2020 study as lbian, bisexual, or "mostly heterosexual, " were roughly twice as likely to report bge-eatg one or more tim per month the last year when pared wh straight a 2015 study the Journal of Adolcent Health found transgenr participants were signifintly more likely to be diagnosed wh an eatg disorr than cisgenr heterosexual women — the group most often associated wh them.
GAY MEN AND BODY PERFECTN
"Sheldon adms n be hard to unrstand feelgs of physil aquacy g om an actual mol, but many of his experienc the gay muny have been endurgly harmful. “Toxic” body image ials like the prsure to appear athletic among gay men, as reported by the Mental Health Foundatn their “Body image, sexual orientatn and genr inty” report, do not make the suatn any easier.