Sexuality and Gender – Executive Summary
Lawrence S. Mayer, Paul R. McHugh This report presents a careful summary and an up-to-date explanation of research — from the biological, psychological, and social sciences [...]
Mental Health
How to Find Supportive Friends in the Gay Community
A true friend is hard to come by, and even harder to keep… It’s hard finding true friends nowadays. Whether it’s clear or not, people are desperate – we need [...]
Mental Health Issues among Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) People
In sum, LGBT people do not by definition have a mental illness, but they have to contend with societal stigma and negative experiences that likely contribute to an increased vulnerability to mental illness. It is important to note, however, that despite this, most LGBT people ultimately live happy and health lives! [...]
Low mood and depression
Life’s ups and downs: reasons we’re not cheerful Most people experience ups and downs in their life, and can feel unhappy, depressed, stressed or anxious during [...]
International Gay Guide – Best of 2016 – September
Here are the most popular posts from [...]
International Gay Guide – Best of 2016 – April
Social: Health: Gay Themed Film: Fashion, Models & [...]
Mental Health – How to support a friend who is feeling depressed
When a friend is battling with depression, it can be hard to know what to do. They might act differently or just seem ‘off.’ Or, they may have been diagnosed with [...]
It’s time we all talk about suicide
2016 has been a rough year for a lot of people, but both the LGBTI and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities were hit with some especially heartbreaking tragedies [...]
Why Homophobia?
Why are some people homophobic? There are relatively many reasons for some people being homophobic. Some are more common than others: Fear from unknown or different [...]
Lies We’re Told About Sex
By Cory Silverberg Sexuality Expert The messages we receive about sex from our parents, the media, and our educational, social, and religious institutions tend to be [...]
LGBT Health – Mental Health
by James Besanvalle Study reveals LGBTI people 2.47 times more likely to self-harm ‘In 2014 I had a breakdown.’ ‘I tried to kill myself.’ Polly, 27, from [...]
Health – Young, Gay, and Frustrated
By Cory Silverberg Sexuality Expert “I am 22, gay, and I only recently started to have sex. There were so many factors contributing to me starting so late [...]
What Is Sex Addiction?
By Cory Silverberg Sexuality Expert Despite a wide acceptance by the media, there is no agreement among bio-medical and social science researchers regarding sex [...]
SEX AND PORNOGRAPHY
By Cory Silverberg Sexuality Expert “I’m a Lesbian Who Loves Gay Porn” I’m a lesbian with a dirty little secret. I haven’t told my [...]
HEALTH – Sex – Male Ejaculation
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ejaculation is the discharge of semen (usually containing sperm) from the male reproductory tract, normally [...]
SEX AND SHAME – SEX TIPS
Why Is There So Much Shame Around Sex? Generally speaking, shame refers to negative or painful emotions that are tied to who we are or at least who we [...]
Sex Tips – Sex after moving in together
Why Sex Can Disappear After a Move and What You Can Do About It? Try as we might to compartmentalize sex — to say stuff like “what happens in [...]
Sex and Circumcision
Everyone has an opinion about circumcision. It seems to come up cyclically in politics and popular culture. Every few years there’s a debate [...]
First Time Anal Sex
What You Need to Know? Answering Your Questions One of the biggest obstacles to safe and fun first time anal sex is the amount of misinformation out [...]
‘Gay cure’ therapy – It must be stopped
Malta could become the first EU country to outlaw ‘gay cure’ therapy, under a government bill Nick Duffy The country’s government yesterday unveiled a [...]
Prearranged marriages and gay men
What happens when a gay man, like thousands of others every year, is forced to marry a woman? by Joe Morgan Michael was 19 when he was naked, on top of the [...]
