Physil, Behavral, and Psychologil Tras of Gay Men Intifyg as Bears - PMC

Contents:

• THE GAY BOWEL SYNDROME: A MON PROBLEM OF HOMOSEXUAL PATIENTS THE EMERGENCY PARTMENT
• COLLECTIVE REVIEWTHE GAY BOWEL SYNDROME: A MON PROBLEM OF HOMOSEXUAL PATIENTS THE EMERGENCY PARTMENT
• THIS GAY GUY HAS DOWN SYNDROME BUT HE DON’T LET EHER LABEL FE HIM
• PHYSIL, BEHAVRAL, AND PSYCHOLOGIL TRAS OF GAY MEN INTIFYG AS BEARS
• GAY MAN WH DOWN’S SYNDROME WS ARMY OF FANS AFTER STARRG ‘HUGELY LIFE-AFFIRMG’ DOCUMENTARY – PKNEWS
• GAY SYNDROME
• GAY MENTAL HEALTH: MENTAL HEALTH ISSU FACG GAY MEN
• GAY MEN ARE TWO TIM MORE LIKELY TO HAVE FLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE, ACRDG TO NEW REARCH
• THE GAY BOWEL SYNDROME. A REVIEW OF LONIC AND RECTAL NDNS 200 MALE HOMOSEXUALS
• SGLE GAY MAN ‘OVERE WH JOY’ AFTER ADOPTG BABY WH DOWN’S SYNDROME WHO WAS REJECTED 20 TIM
• SGLE GAY MAN ADOPTS GIRL WH DOWN SYNDROME AFTER SHE WAS REJECTED BY 20 FAI

THE GAY BOWEL SYNDROME: A MON PROBLEM OF HOMOSEXUAL PATIENTS THE EMERGENCY PARTMENT

The gay bowel syndrome: a mon problem of homosexual patients the emergency partment. Sexually transmted bowel and rectal diseas are mon gay men and are ed by a wi variety of fect agents. Each of the enti implited the gay bowel syndrome is nsired separately and epimlogic nsiratns rponsible for the appearance of such a syndrome are examed.

COLLECTIVE REVIEWTHE GAY BOWEL SYNDROME: A MON PROBLEM OF HOMOSEXUAL PATIENTS THE EMERGENCY PARTMENT

Author lks open overlay panel(80)80310-6Get rights and ntentSexually transmted bowel and rectal diseas are mon gay men and are ed by a wi variety of fect agents. Retentn of ure anogenal herpetic fectnLancet(1978)KazalHL et bowel syndrome: clipathologil rrelatns 260 sAnn Cl Lab Sci(1976)SohnN et gay bowel syndrome: a review of lonic and rectal ndns 200 male homosexualsAm J Gastroenterol(1977)KseyAC et Behavr the Human Male(1948)JonS The sis story: alimentary aliensThe Gay Advote(1979)DanielCW et rat of enteric protozoal fectns selected homosexual men attendg a venereal disease clicSexually Transmted Diseas(1978)DsLM et epimlogic study of sexually transmted disease on a universy mpAm J Epiml(1974)SzmunsW et the role of sexual behavr the spread of hepatis B fectnsAnn Intern Med(1975)HenrsonRH Improvg sexually transmted disease health servic for gays: a natnal perspectiveSexually Transmted Diseas(1977)SleisengerMH et al.

Pl, a young gay guy wh Down syndrome is nfint himself and don’t let any label fe him. They discs the e of the word ‘gay’ as an sult, and slang e of the word ‘retard’, and how offensive both n be. Published fal eded form as:PMCID: PMC5442596NIHMSID: NIHMS860386AbstractThe Bear muny exists as a subculture reactn to the larger gay muny.

THIS GAY GUY HAS DOWN SYNDROME BUT HE DON’T LET EHER LABEL FE HIM

While qualative data document such self-intifiers as mascule-actg gay men who weigh more and have more body hair, there has to date been no quantative analysis of this group’s characteristics. In rponse, we nducted two large-sle studi of gay men intifyg as Bears (n = 469) to survey their self-reported physil, behavral, and psychologil tras.

PHYSIL, BEHAVRAL, AND PSYCHOLOGIL TRAS OF GAY MEN INTIFYG AS BEARS

Our studi dited that Bears were more likely to be hairier, heavier, and shorter than mastream gay men. Keywords: Bears, Gay Culture, Gay and Bisexual Men, Self-teem, Masculy, ObyINTRODUCTIONThe gay muny is ultimately a heterogeneo one wh many subgroups and subcultur—one of the monali among them beg the sire to have same-sex enunters.

They nsir “real” masculy to clu havg fort wh other men’s bodi and chew the more normative gay male body-mol (i.

GAY MAN WH DOWN’S SYNDROME WS ARMY OF FANS AFTER STARRG ‘HUGELY LIFE-AFFIRMG’ DOCUMENTARY – PKNEWS

Bee there is a arth of general rearch regardg this muny, and no studi to date that e quantative methods, we cid to explore this muny quantatively—g an Inter-nvenience sample, followed by a purposive suggted, the Bear culture exhibs and valu a greater sense of domant (but not necsarily domeerg) “thentic masculy” parison to other subcultur wh the gay muny (e.

Though ostensible siari and overlappg tras exist between Bears and other gay male subcultur (e. In rponse and ntrast wh Leathermen, Bears mata their mascule inty whout adoptg negative hypermascule tennci to acmodate all partners, spe their size or body is some theoretil support for why the Bear inty spltered om the gay male mastream culture.

” Bears may do somethg siar by alterg the meang of their heavier, shorter, and hairier physiqu, relative to mastream gays. G., twks, partyboys, A-listers) that are anthetil to, and even antagonistic towards Bears, men who are hairier and heavier exist and adopt an inty to afont the stereotypil “alpha” gay male.

GAY SYNDROME

Popular culture, the media, and Wtern hetero- and homosexual expectatns have normalized the ial male body as one that is lean, mcular, and v-shaped (wh broad shoulrs, a narrow waist, and a flat but well-fed stomach) (Olivardia, Pope, Borowiecki, & Cohane, 2000). G., poor self-image/self-teem) velop both heterosexual and homosexual men exhibg ls sirable physil tras (Beren, Hayn, Wilfley, & Grilo, 1996; Morrison, Morrison, & Sager, 2004; Pepl et al., 2009; Weer, 2009; Yelland & Tiggemann, 2003). However, where mastream gay men report wantg partners wh those prevly stated, admired or revered characteristics (Moskowz, Rieger, & Seal, 2009), Bears may not (Manley et al., 2007).

Whereas mastream gay men often do not engage sired or preferred sexual behavrs bee of fears of rejectn or judgment (Kamski, Chapman, Hayn, & Own, 2004), those the more acceptg Bear muny reject the fears due to their beg ultimately “feme” nature (Hennen, 2005). G., uratn, fistg, voyrism, exhibnism) (Grov, Parsons, & Bimbi, 2010) to the active existence of the Bear muny and regnn of this subculture by the larger gay/bisexual male culture, more rearch is need to explore the gree to which the prevly mentned physil, behavral, and psychologil differenc actually exist.

In explorg the smaller subcultur of the larger gay/bisexual male culture, soclogy, psychology, and even public health n better expla and addrs the needs of men wh same-sex attractns. Specifilly, our first study was more exploratory and foced on the physil tras, partner selectn, and rejectn creria of gay men (wh which we llected enough Bears for analys). Therefore, the most nservative timate of the Bear prevalence among gay and bisexual men would be the 14% llected at PriFt.

GAY MENTAL HEALTH: MENTAL HEALTH ISSU FACG GAY MEN

A total of 531 men answered the 2: IML/PriFt Study Procr For the send study, data were llected g an anonymo survey admistered at two pennt gay events May and June 2008: the Internatnal Mr.

Our rults scribe a subculture of men who were different than mastream gay men their personal looks, partner preferenc, behavrs, and psychologi. Consirg the likely prevalence of a Bear inty may be held (wh varyg tenaci) by about 14–22% of gay men, the rults provi addnal evince for the manift and latent heterogeney of gay and bisexual rults regardg body tras and partner selectn nfirm, for the first time a systematic manner, fdgs documented prev terview and ethnographic studi. To be able to take a fist or urate on another man may be how the men exemplify their form of masculy—particularly a sexual climate where most gay men do not want to, nnot, or will not enact the behavrs.

GAY MEN ARE TWO TIM MORE LIKELY TO HAVE FLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE, ACRDG TO NEW REARCH

Regardls of the potential explanatn, Bears appear to be more sexually diverse and explorative than mastream gay and bisexual rults documented lower self-teem, which ntradicted both our hypothis and others’ terview rearch (e. Simply, to the Bear culture and reactn to mastream gay men, Bears may self-prent as feelg good; however, ternally, they may wish that they had those normative ialized bety tras. Sexual partners were not valued (or valued) any more nsistently than by mastream gay men.

In this rpect, Bears may overtimate and overstate re towards partners to self-prent as beg distct om men adherg to the mastream gay culture (which are often stereotyped as treatg partners as disposable) (Isay, 2009). A portra emerg om the Bear rults that supports a theory for why the gay muny ultimately is so heterogeneo (and th produc the high gree of spoff subcultur): Cultur facilate succsful same-sex enunters.

THE GAY BOWEL SYNDROME. A REVIEW OF LONIC AND RECTAL NDNS 200 MALE HOMOSEXUALS

Yet, om a body tras perspective, they may be below average on what is tradnally attractive to other gay and bisexual men. As Bears are not vastly different towards their sexual partners than mastream gay men, the culture veloped to ensure that even the heavit, hairit, and/or shortt dividual uld partner. Intert the Bear culture by non-Bear intifyg gay men might have shown the gree of crossover and tegratn of muni.

SGLE GAY MAN ‘OVERE WH JOY’ AFTER ADOPTG BABY WH DOWN’S SYNDROME WHO WAS REJECTED 20 TIM

Whether the ems are applible to gay men, bisexuals, or men qutng their sexualy remas rpect to methods, the parabily of sampl may be somewhat uncerta, as one was llected through ter surveyg and the other, through paper survey. The men statistilly weigh more than mastream gay men (while beg no more or ls mcular).

Do this particular muny have a disproportnately higher HIV prevalence than the mastream gay muny (or other subcultur wh the muny)? A study that answers the rearch qutns would provi further evince to support the heterogeney hypothis: Not only is the mastream gay muny culturally heterogeneo, but so are the sexual health behavrs and problems wh last suggtn for future rearch would be to tt some of the theori generated by the current data.

Do Bears e their inty to pe wh the larger gay culture; do they nstct as a form of rebelln; or is their inty merely a tool ed to acce sex partners?

SGLE GAY MAN ADOPTS GIRL WH DOWN SYNDROME AFTER SHE WAS REJECTED BY 20 FAI

Future studi are need to ntribute more ncrete nclu, rearch such as ours nsistently fds creased evince that the gay muny should not be treated as one divisible block. Bears may very well prove to be reactnary figur to the normative ialized male bety that is pervasive both the straight and gay mastream cultur.