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How Like Perceives Like: Gay People on "Gaydar"

When lacking explicit knowledge of someone's sexual orientation, gay people commonly assess the likelihood that another is gay using their "gaydar." The phrase gaydar is a playful mix of the word gay with radar, suggesting that one can sense, intuit, and/or perceive some set of characteristics in another that signal a shared minority status. While commonly mentioned, the exact criteria a gay person uses when employing their gaydar is little discussed.

Drawing methodologically on a series of five focus groups of self-identified lesbians and gay men, this study explores the physical, visual, energetic, and conversational cues gay people consider when they employ the trope of gaydar. Specifically, interview subjects most often described their gaydar as triggered by the following elements: physical presentation including mannerisms, dress, and voice; interactions, especially eye contact; a presence or absence of certain conversational social norms; and, intangibly, as a kind of energetic exchange.

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By: Barton B1.
1a Department of Sociology, Social Work and Criminology , Morehead State University , Morehead , Kentucky

Study on Gay Identity Status & Its Association with Sexual Behaviors among Men Who Has Sex with Men in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

From May to August in 2013, an anonymous questionnaire survey with convenience sampling was conducted among MSM in Urumqi, Kashgar, Aksu and Yining cities of Xinjiang. Those who were ≥ 16 years of age and claimed to have male-to-male sex behaviors were eligible for the survey. A total of 1 467 participants were recruited...

The MSM with positive ego-identity accounted for 44.7%, and positive social-identity accounted for 29.1%. For ego-identity, Uyghur MSM were less positive than Han MSM was 0.43 (0.32-0.58) ) ; those who were over 20 years of age when accepting their sexual orientation were less positive than those who were younger than 20 years of age when accepting their sexual orientation (OR (95%CI) was 0.61 (0.47-0.80) );and homosexuals were more positive than bisexuals was 1.98 (1.50-2.61) ). For social-identity, Hui MSM were less positive than Han MSM was 0.61 (0.42-0.88) ); those whose education level was higher than college were less positive than those with junior high education; famers/herdsmen were more positive than students was 4.17 (2.13-8.17) ); the divorced/widowed were more positive than the singles was 2.40 (1.34-4.29) ); those who were over 20 years of age when accepting their sexual orientation were less positive than those who were younger than 20 years of age when accepting their sexual orientation. Among the MSM with negative ego-identity and negative social-identity, the proportion of planning to get married with women was 66.8% (267/400) and 76.5% (306/400), respectively, which were higher than those with positive ego-identity (33.2% (133/400)) and positive social-identity (23.5% (94/400)) ; their proportion of intending to have offspring was 62.0% (287/463) and 73.4% (340/463), respectively, which were higher than those with positive ego-identity and social-identity (38.0% (176/463), 26.6% (123/463)) (χ(2) = 39.61 and 7.90, respectively, both P values were <0.05). Among the MSM with negative social-identity, the proportion of looking for male sexual partners in toilets or parks was 18.1% (188/1 040), in bathhouse or sauna was 17.3% (180/1 040), and through internet was 82.0% (853/1 040), which were higher than those with positive social-identity (8.9% (38/427), 9.8% (42/427) and 61.6% (263/427)) (χ(2) = 66.78, P < 0.01).

In 2013, the gay identity of MSM in Xinjiang was relatively poor, and the factors associated with it included ethnicity, occupation, marital status and education level. The MSM with negative identity tended to involve in risk sexual behaviors, and had increased risk of HIV infection.

Via: http://ht.ly/S8dGm

By: Ni M1, Hu X, Li Z, Ma Y, Chen X, Hu X.
1Xinjiang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Urumqi 830011, China.

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