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Gay Men, It’s Second to Let Ourselves Be Slobs

You grasp that meme that’s always popping up on gay Instagram, the one about how “If his room looks prefer this”—this being a dingy, menacing cell with an uncovered mattress on the floor, dirty clothes strewn about, and an overturned lamp in the corner—“you know the dick is gonna be good”? You’d ponder it would craft having a messy living space a badge of honor, but … not for me. More than once in the past year, I’ve turned down a hookup out of embarrassment about the state of my room, and I rarely touch comfortable hosting social gatherings or inviting new acquaintances to my apartment for fear of the less-than-stellar impression it might give. As a gay male, the cleanliness of my home and tastefulness of its decor have increasingly become sources of anxiety and shame.

I can’t help but think that my anxiety around cleaning and decorating mirrors other anxieties shared in the male lover community, particularly surrounding body image. There’s a sense of failure I undergo about my inability to maintain a spotless, impeccably modern apartment decked o

  • Myth 1: Homosexuality is a choice.

    Reality: Sexual orientation is caused by factors such as genetics and the biology of brain progress.

    Parenting, peer pressure, and religious struggles are not causes of homosexuality or heterosexuality.

    Homosexuality is no more a choice or judgment than being straight. Asking a gay person, “When did you decide to be gay?” is similar to asking a heterosexual person, “When did you decide to be attracted to people of the opposite sex?”

    Scientific data show that sexual orientation (homosexuality or heterosexuality, i.e. male lover or straight) is biologically based.1 While there is more to learn, studies imply that what leads to a person being queer or straight lies within our genetics (i.e. DNA), epigenetics (i.e. how factors affect our genes), and what occurs in the developing brain before birth.2

  • Myth 2: Homosexuality can be “cured.”

    Reality: Therapy cannot convert sexual orientation, and “reparative” therapy can be harmful.

    Therapies that claim to adjust lesbian, gay, and attracted to both genders persons into heterosexuals (e.g. “conversion” and

     

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    Everyone has perceptions or preconceived ideas about what it means to be LGBTQ. Many people think they can announce if someone is gay or lesbian by the way they look, dress, or behave.

    By resting on clichés, or resorting to stereotypes or conventional formulaic generalizations, many misconceptions and mistaken identities can easily occur. Stereotypical perceptions may be acquired through interactions with parents, teachers, peers and mass media, or, more generally, through a lack of firsthand familiarity, resulting in an increased reliance on generalizations.


    Gay Stereotypes: Are They True?

    Sept. 15, &#; -- Same-sex attracted activists often criticize media coverage of gay self-acceptance parades, saying, correctly, that the media focus on the extreme, the more flamboyantly feminine men and very masculine women. But that's not us, they say. Most of us are just like everyone else.

    Are gays just prefer straights? Or is Hollywood's frequent portrayal of same-sex attracted men as feminine more accurate?

    We talked to Carson Kressley and Ted Allen, two of the stars of the hit television show "Queer Eye" about the stereotypes. What, we asked, are the stereotypes about gay men?

    "It's that you're obsessed with fashion, and that you tan a lot and that you color your hair," they said. But, says Allen, the stereotypes are not always true. "Not all gay men are superstylish. Not all unbent men are bad dressers," he said.

    There is investigate that suggests gay men do prefer certain professions, like fashion, interior blueprint and hair coloring, and that lesbians are more likely to prefer sports and the military. Researchers say it