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When interviewing male couples who are parents they report that it is often difficult to separate issues that are related to their sexual orientation from those that arise from the fact that they are two men raising a child or children without a woman.
Gay fathers were found to be less traditional, demonstrated greater nurturance, had more investment in their parental role, and viewed their paternal role more positively than did heterosexual fathers.
Thus those gay men who have deeply felt needs to father children feel alienated from both mainstream society (which tells them that gay men aren't fit to be parents), and from gay society (that to a large degree, has not matured enough to normalize and value its members desires to have children).
www.gaypsychotherapy.com /fathers.htm   (4674 words)

  
 glbtq >> literature >> African-American Literature: Gay Male
The African-American gay male tradition in literature--though it has yet to receive adequate scholarly attention--consists of a substantial body of texts, spans a period of eight decades, and includes some of the most gifted writers of the twentieth-century.
It is a rich and vibrant tradition; its vitality emerges at least in part from the complexities of the fl gay lives that it articulates and affirms.
Begun on a modest scale by a pioneering coterie of writers in Harlem during the 1920s, the gay male tradition in African-American literature was vastly strengthened by James Baldwin during the 1950s and 1960s.
www.glbtq.com /literature/african_am_lit_gay.html   (953 words)

  
 glbtq >> arts >> Photography: Gay Male, Post-Stonewall
As a meaningful element of the fine arts and contemporary culture, gay male photography must also be recognized for its particular contributions to fine art, photo-journalism, and advertising, as well as erotica.
Although the male body has always been a crucially important image for gay male photographers and for advertising to the gay male community, the Calvin Klein ads were a marketing breakthrough that continues to influence advertising and representation.
Gay male photography was already a thriving creative and economic force for many photographers and consumers before 1969.
www.glbtq.com /arts/photography_gay_post_stonewall.html   (815 words)

  
 Lesbian and Gay male elders have been called an invisible population   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
It erases two key components of Gay life that have everything to do with how well these elders are served by aging providers in general and by adult protective services in particular: their relationships, and their social, psychological, and legal environment.
Gay men and Lesbians who were working class and/or adopted manners of dress deemed that of the "opposite" sex were particularly brutalized (Marcus, 1992).
And none of the adaptations spares Lesbian and Gay male elders from the abuse all elders are vulnerable to, or from the threat of homophobic abuse.
www.times10.org /elder.htm   (2522 words)

  
 Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender: Why An "Intimacy Group" For Gay Men?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Gay, straight, male or female, many individuals have difficulty with authentic contact and use the safety of brief, superficial contact to meet their needs.
Many gay men spent much of their childhood and adolescence worrying and wondering, "what is wrong with me?," feeling different, feeling inadequate as a man, sick, sinful and screwed-up.
Most developing gay males do not reveal these concerns to anyone and keep their same-sex longing, feelings and fantasies buried deep inside as a shameful secret.
www.selfhelpmagazine.com /articles/glb/intgayme.html   (1110 words)

  
 Gay Spiritual Development
As we have come to know gay men of diverse backgrounds and contexts, we are realizing that gay identity development takes many forms, depending on how it is affected by ethnicity and class.
Gay White men have been raised to see life as a level playing field where each individual controls his or her own life.
Gay men and lesbians, however, are raised "straight" and have to be "secondarily socialized" into our primary identity.
www.seas.upenn.edu /~linsch/gaygrow.htm   (2963 words)

  
 Gay Male Astrologers
Gay men are often linked to creative careers and seek creative outlets in esoteric fields.
For the gay man - often stuck in a world of 'drama queens' - a natural outlet would be something that taps into both left and right brain thinking.
However, the widespread study of astrology makes it about as un-alternative as you can get for alternative, and this would appeal to the ones who are not as in touch with their feminine sides, also.
www.crystalinks.com /gaymaleastrologers.html   (1362 words)

  
 Hipster Gays: Commentary: In Exile: Gauge at Metro Weekly magazine - Washington DC gay/lesbian newspaper, fashion, ...
In fact, gays everywhere, no longer content to renovate only factories, are renovating their personas into hipster personalities, guitar cases and vintage apparel included.
The hipster gay seems to be overtaking the flashy gym gay as the primary gay stereotype.
Despite this, the hipster gay, I think, is not all that different from the flashy gym gay, whose shiny Adidas pants and striped rugby shirt seem designed to emulate a heterosexual sports enthusiast.
www.metroweekly.com /gauge/?ak=1528   (1043 words)

  
 Gay Patriot » Are "Gay Abortions" Around the Corner?
Speaking as someone from the Gay Left would (or should if they had principles):  If a mother knew there were a biological increase in her baby being born gay...why not have the right to abort that baby?  Or treat the suggested "antibodies" with a pre-natal genetic therapy to "cure" the gayness before it is born?
Fraser plays the gay son whose brother-in-law is a research scientist/doctor who discovers a way to determine 'gay' in the womb.
Derek, the hypothesis of the study is not that being gay is genetic; it is that being gay is the result of biological processes in the womb.
gaypatriot.net /2006/06/27/are-gay-abortions-around-the-corner   (7824 words)

  
 Gay Male Relationships   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
When talking about gay male lifestyles, one must not ignore what is for many gay men a very crucial part of their social life, the search for a lover.
The gay male culture sends some mixed messages regarding the desirability of being coupled, and these messages reflect the mix of signals sent out by the mainstream culture.
The clue to what most gay men do want in their lives is embedded in the lament that is heard from barstools to therapists' offices to the quiet corners of gay male conversation everywhere, "Why can't I find a lover?"
www.bsu.edu /students/cpsc/article/0,1384,24528-4107-8516,00.html   (219 words)

  
 InfoSource: Gay/Bisexual Male Suicide Problems: Part 3 - Bibliography
Suicidal behaviour in gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth.
Gay and lesbian youth: contributing factors to serious attempts or consideration of suicide.
The stigmatization of the gay and lesbian adolescent.
www.youth-suicide.com /gay-bisexual/gbsuicide0.htm   (3801 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: A History of Gay Literature: The Male Tradition: Books: Gregory Woods   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
While many books have been written about gay writing, this is an account of male gay literature, across cultures, languages, and from ancient times to the present.
In the breadth of its scope, the book confronts trends in Anglo-American gay studies, both by insisting on the internationalism of homosexual culture and by reasserting a continuity of homo-erotic traditions between the ancient world and the present.
What emerges is a gay male literature that is far from peripheral to the world's major cultural traditions.
www.amazon.co.uk /History-Gay-Literature-Male-Tradition/dp/0300072015   (387 words)

  
 Bisexual / Gay / Queer Male Suicidality   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Many other male adolescents are harassed and/or abused in schools and elsewhere (includes being threatened and/or hurt) because they are "presumed to be homosexual." These males, as a group, are not only "at risk" for suicide problems, but their relative risk increases for the more serious suicide behaviors (Oregon 1999 Youth Risk Behavior Survey results).
Gay and Orthodox Jews (Alternate Link): "While there are no statistics available on the community's suicide rate, every gay Orthodox person interviewed for this article told me she or he knew of at least one Orthodox homosexual who had attempted or committed suicide.
These ethnic minority gay youth who are rejected by families are at risk of suicide because of the tremendous pressures they face being gay and a person of color in a white homophobic society.
fsw.ucalgary.ca /ramsay/homosexuality-suicide   (10193 words)

  
 Youth Suicide Problems: Gay/Bisexual Male Focus!
Gay youths (gay refers here to both male and female) growing up in such a homophobic community might find suicide or substance abuse as an escape.
The gay / bisexual boys who have sex with men, their problems (including suicidality, high risk for contracting HIV, etc.) and the related scandalous "silence" about this reality by most researchers and gay community leaders.
Gay Men’s Health and Stonewall Youth received funding from the Health Education Board for Scotland to conduct a small piece of research into suicidal thought, feelings and behaviours amongst young gay and bisexual men in Edinburgh.
www.youth-suicide.com /gay-bisexual   (6697 words)

  
 Gay Today.com  (Home)
As part of America’s largest minority group, gay Latinos have made major contributions to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and heterosexual communities.
The gay Latin men who were captured by Mitchell’s camera are as diverse as the Latin community itself.
In Mitchell’s words, “so far every man has been different, but all have been attractive and masculine.” When all is done, Castillo tells me, “at least 40 men will be published in the book with multiple poses for each individual in the dress of their choice: leather, jeans, gym gear, casual wear, nudes, and more.
www.gaytoday.com /jjournal/latinmale.asp   (754 words)

  
 Find A Masseur - Gay Massage: The Most Respected Gay Massage - Male Massage Directory
Gay massage - Gay massage not only provides massage relief to the gay community but to everyone who enjoys a gay massage by a male massage therapist.
Male to male massage, massage given by a male massage therapist for a man, is considered to be in the main stream of society to be a homosexual act.
In the homosexual community, if sensual male massage is part of the session, being touched and caressed by another male is part of his inherent growth.
www.findamasseur.com /index.cfm   (539 words)

  
 Amazon: Listmania! - View List "Gay Latino Male Chapters in Anthologies"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
This anthology has two chapters on gay Latinos: one from a straight guy and one from a gay guy.
Gay Roots: An Anthology of Gay History, Sex, Politics and Culture, Vol.
Gay Studies from the French Cultures: Voices from France, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, and the Netherlands (The Research on Homosexuality Series) by Rommel, Ph.D. Mendes-Leite
www.amazon.com /Gay-Latino-Male-Chapters-Anthologies/lm/850A63KEG4QU   (756 words)

  
 Male Wet Nurses Wanted Part 1
Why should gay fathers or babies of gay male families be denied this important process just because it is not socially acceptable?
Male gays adopting a child are in the minority of family types.
am male interested to be breastfeeding father, so anybody require my help please contact me, but at present am not fully transformed, so plz contact me who r interested in transforming me and acceptin...
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/gay_parenting_families/77524   (569 words)

  
 GayToday.com - Reviews
There's a critical tension underlying this potpourri of gay male short fiction and poetry: the constant tug of war between rampant male-male sexual desire and the deafening silence surrounding same-sex love in contemporary India.
Thus, a Western gay male or lesbian has to fight a homophobia that is more directly aimed at the many layers of gay identity.
His only comment about a gay male-straight woman alliance is a querulous one-liner about his let-down feelings with straight women who "are fighting the same oppressor--the macho male" but fail to realize this.
gaytoday.com /reviews/093002re.asp   (1400 words)

  
 CNN.com - Scientists reject easing ban on gay male blood donors - September 14, 2000
The ban on gay male donors was adopted in 1985 because the deadly AIDS virus first appeared here as an epidemic in the gay community.
But even panelists who voted against the change did encourage the FDA to continue to study how to change what several called a discriminatory policy that mandates no gay men can give blood even though doctors are only worried about a subset of that populations.
That means the test could easily catch HIV infection in a man who had sex with an HIV-infected man a year ago, much less five, said some blood banks that urged the FDA to go with a one-year policy instead.
archives.cnn.com /2000/HEALTH/AIDS/09/14/blood.gaymen.ap   (913 words)

  
 Ex-Gay Watch
Although much of the legal argument against equal access to marriage rights for gay people is based on the notion that opposite-sex marriages are better for society, the emotional and political argument is that God ordained a plan for marriage and that plan consisted of “one man and one woman”.
Durso came to the attention of my fellow gay bloggers when Exodus membership director Randy Thomas announced on his personal weblog a relationship with her and posted photos of the couple.
This season the gay guy is Davis, a Southern Baptist frat boy from Marietta, GA who brings a strong sense of faith with him to Denver to live with strangers.
www.exgaywatch.com /blog   (7680 words)

  
 Male beauty - the current trend on gay-male aesthetics Advocate, The - Find Articles
Male beauty - the current trend on gay-male aesthetics
that gay men had to hide their fascination
the gay aesthetic as it is a return to much
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1589/is_n738/ai_20139132   (317 words)

  
 Gay Male Lifestyles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Gay Male Sexuality: Exploring Intimacy in the Age of AIDS
Gay Men's Sexualitities: Reflections at the Dawn of the Millenium
Introduction to GAY WIDOWERS: Surviving the Death of A Partner
www.gaypsychotherapy.com /gaymalelifestyles1.htm   (107 words)

  
 Gay Family
A union of gay sites linked by a common thread of love for the gay male and his lifestyle.
Gay Lesbian Bi and Trans themed clothing with no apologies.
I'm gay, middle aged, suffering from mental illness, sexually compulsive, have mood swings and have been in therapy for over 17 years with no end in sight.
e.webring.com /hub?ring=agayfamily   (240 words)

  
 Gay Male Buddhist Club
I am sorry to hear that the group has recieved a warning of closure and I say group intentionally,.
They are sent when there is no activity on a group for 90...
Hi AllPlease join and promote this group for gay male buddhist contacts/dating:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blueboygaymalebuddhists/-------------------------------------------...
groups.msn.com /GayMaleBuddhistClub   (155 words)

  
 Gaywatch: "The L Word" -- Queer Lesbian Gay Arts & Entertainment -- Gay.com
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But her groundbreaking move ultimately paved the way for shows like "Will & Grace" and "Queer as Folk," which focus on gay male life, with lesbians playing lesser roles.
They've all made great contributions, but I think the guiding vision has to be a gay woman's.
www.gay.com /entertainment/news/?sernum=625   (338 words)

  
 eBay.co.uk - Gay Male, Artists Self-Representing, Prints, Sculptures items at low prices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Sensual Large Solid Bronze Male Nude G.Chanel Gay Int.
Gay male Fairy doll w magic spell 4 good sex life
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search.ebay.co.uk /Gay-Male_W0QQfclZ4QQfnuZ1   (452 words)

  
 Gay Shame Conference
Gay Studies Project at the University of Chicago.
Herrada, he is the curator of the exhibition on gay shame.
She is one of the organizers of this conference on Gay Shame.
www.umich.edu /~lgqri/gayshameparticipants.html   (3501 words)

  
 | || | It's Love | || | a fanlisting for Gay Male Relaionships   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A fanlisting is a place for all fans of a particular show, movie, actor, actress, singer, etc. to come together and build the biggest listing of people from all around the world who are fans of that subject.
This is a fanlisting for relationships between gay men.
If you love and support gay male relationships, read the rules, grab a code if you have a site and join !
fan.still-breathing.com /love   (105 words)

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