Why So Few Lbians and Gays Mastream Poly Communy? | Psychology Today

Contents:

• WHY SO FEW LBIANS AND GAYS MASTREAM POLY COMMUNY?
• MEET THE BROWNS: GAY POLYAMORO TRIAD SPILLS THE TEA ON HOW TWO BEME THREE
• GAY POLYAMORO RELATNSHIPS WON’T WORK FOR ME

WHY SO FEW LBIANS AND GAYS MASTREAM POLY COMMUNY?

But onle directori n also help, like those om the Gay & Lbian Medil Associatn (GLMA) or OutCare. The ph for legal regnn of polyamory has sometim been acced of -optg the language of gay liberatn. Gay men are more likely than heterosexual upl, lbians, or bisexuals to practice nsensual non-monogamy—but they still stggle wh jealoy.

MEET THE BROWNS: GAY POLYAMORO TRIAD SPILLS THE TEA ON HOW TWO BEME THREE

Numero surveys have found that gay male upl are ls likely than eher heterosexual upl or lbian upl to require monogamy wh their partnerships.

Often what boils down to for gay men, as well as heterosexuals, is that the partner who has ls opportuny for extradyadic liaisons—whether bee of perceived lack of sirabily, lack of time, lser sexual appete or motivatn—is the one who has ncerns about beg jealo.

GAY POLYAMORO RELATNSHIPS WON’T WORK FOR ME

I terviewed some of our therapists who are specialists workg wh polyamoro fai at the Gay Therapy Center. At s re, polyamory is about a philosophy to remove the barriers our heart the ways we give and receive love, ” says Jt Natoli, MFT, a psychotherapist at the Los Angel Gay Therapy Center. Katie Hser, LCSW, a psychotherapist at the Brooklyn Gay Therapy Center says, “For people who intify as polyamoro n feel like an sential part of who they are.

Nunz Signorella, LCSW, is a psychotherapist at the Manhattan Gay Therapy Center.

This blog explor five reasons why lbians and gay men might not appear the mastream US poly scene as much as their bisexual and heterosexual unterparts. Homophobia. Although my rearch dit that poly muni tend to have lower levels of homophobia than nventnal society, do not mean that they are whout homophobia.