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Unrealistic Gay Beauty Standards

23/06/2015 By ACOMSDave Leave a Comment


 

SHUTTERSTOCK / ZURIJETA
A new study of gay men found they had a clear image of their ideal body but on average they felt they needed to look even hotter than their ideal body simply to get dates. The study authors think this is probably leading to eating disorders. Gay men, this bears repeating: nobody’s perfect and that’s okay.
Family Support Helps Queer Teens… Maybe
Corbis
A new study on family support and depression among LGB (no T) teens had some weird findings: queer girls with lots of family support were less depressed but queer boys with lots of family support were more depressed. Why? No idea. More research is needed but until then we should be looking out for all our youth — boys and girls alike.

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Filed Under: Anti-Bullying & Homophobia Tagged With: Gay Queer Wellness Gay Queer Health Gay Wellness Queer Issues LGBT Wellness Gay Health LGBT VOICES LGBT Wellness Voices

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