Life of a gay

Or is there something about the lifestyle or the “community” that contributes to mental health issues? Thus, we must ask – is “discrimination” truly the root of the issue? I also think that gender is relational, so we may feel that certain aspects of our gender expression are more pronounced with some people and less with others.’ 

What’s the difference between ENM and polyamory?

ENM, or ethical non-monogamy, is a broad term for consensual, non-exclusive relationships.

LGBT individuals also suffer worse mental and physical health than their straight counterparts.

There are lessons we can learn from these trends.

What is most troubling is that some homosexuals who learned that they were infected with HIV decided to continue practicing promiscuous sex, regardless of how many other lives were endangered.

Polyamory, which means having multiple loving or romantic relationships, is one form of ENM. Other forms include open relationships or relationship anarchy (sounds fun right?).

‘Being transgender means your gender identity doesn’t align with the sex you were assigned at birth. When I was a teenager in the ’90s, the landscape was narrow and you were either gay or straight, and within that, you were handed fixed roles like butch or femme, top or bottom.

Twinks are typically young, slim, white, and hairless. Yet again, there’s no single right answer!

What’s a twink?

Within gay male culture, there’s a whole glossary of body-based identities. Some even claim that the homosexuals included in such studies were better off than homosexuals in general. The average life span of male homosexuals may eventually compare to that of the general male population.

For example, this study shows that homosexuals aged 35-39 had a median of 67 partners, whereas heterosexuals of the same age range had a median of 10.

LGBT individuals have higher rates of mental illnesses as compared to straight individuals. The 61 identified originally male “transgendered” people in this sample died at an average age of 40.7.

There is no single agreed origin for this term, some think it’s an evolution of ‘twank’, which was 1920s British slang for a client of gay male prostitutes (incidentally – what a great word!). “Gay” activists will inevitably point to this as proof that the active homosexual lifestyle is safe and healthy. Perhaps, in the case of transgenderism, being chronically unhappy with one’s body and being told that surgery is the only way to feel like oneself contributes to body image issues and depression.

This fact alone shows the vulnerability sexually active homosexuals have in regard to overall health and well-being. Out in Time demonstrates how early life challenges define and shape the life courses of gay men, demarcating both the specific time-bound challenges encountered by each generation, and the universal challenges encountered by gay men coming of age across all generations and the conditions that define their lives.” --Publisher description.