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Gays describe the unique experience of being outed by the ‘G’ key

Gays describe the unique experience of being outed by the ‘G’ key

In many cases, autocomplete makes our lives lazier easier. For some gays, though, it’s a source of anxiety when others — and parents in particular — use their computers.

One user in the r/askgaybros subreddit said that the “G” key one of the biggest culprits. “Guys talk about how they panic when their parents type ‘P’ in the Google search bar on their computer. That’s only for straight guys,” he wrote. “For us, its ‘G.’”

Related: Watch gaylebrities reveal the last thing they searched for on Google

His observation rang true for other Redditors. “It has [happened] to me,” one wrote. “My cousin was searching for ‘games’ and saw a myriad of gay porn.”

Other users, however, pointed out that Pornhub’s gay channel can come up when one hits the “P” key. “Certainly got an interesting convo started with my wife!” one wrote.

And other gays noted that Pornhub isn’t the only “p” search term that can out a dude. “I totally just searched the term ‘penis’ into Google Images,” one wrote. “My strategy was to then search a bunch of other ‘p’ words and ‘pen’ words to push the penis search down. [I don’t know] how the f*ck I didn’t figure out that history existed, though, with genius solutions like that.”

Related: Google autocomplete reveals serious and disturbing anti-gay discrimination

Another divulged he has “anxiety” about his Facebook search, since he’s been crushing on a guy whose name starts with a P. “I’m nervous one day he’ll say, ‘Add me on Facebook,’ and he’ll see the Facebook search suggestions on my phone the moment I type in ‘P,’” he added.

A bisexual user, meanwhile, said he’s “just resigned to using an incognito window for everything.”

More than one user suggested going incognito for XXX browsing, but remember, that’s a relatively new web browser feature. Quoth one Redditor, “Some of us didn’t have those software luxuries when we were in our teens lol.”

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Doctors discover new strain of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in gay men

Doctors discover new strain of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in gay men

Doctors have expressed concerns over a new strain of antibiotic-resistant bacteria discovered in groups of gay men in Seattle and Montreal.

Scientists identified a new strain of Campylobacter coli, an infection that causes abdominal pains and diarrhea. Normally the infection clears on its own, though in severe cases treatment may involve antibiotics. The new cluster of Campylobacter coli appears resistant to antibiotics on a sub-DNA level, the first time any kind of such resistance has ever been documented.

Dr. Alex Greninger, the lead researcher into the matter, along with his colleagues published their findings in the Oxford Academic earlier this week. Their study has linked the new strains of Campylobacter coli to one another on the genetic level. The discovery of the bacteria exclusively in gay men also suggests that the disease is sexually transmitted.

Related: World Health Organization Warns Some STIs Are Outsmarting Antibiotics

“Enteric infections can be sexually-transmitted infections,” Greninger said. “The international spread of related isolates among MSM populations has been shown before for Shigella [another bacterial infection, similar to E. coli]so it makes sense to see it in Campylobacter, as well.”

Greninger and his associates caution that gay men are at higher risk for contracting multidrug-resistant intestinal pathogens both because, as a group, they often practice anal sex which exposes them to more intestinal bacteria. Gay men are also at risk, as many have taken antibiotics to cure other sexually-transmitted infections. They caution that an alternative form of treatment for this new strain of Campylobacter coli has not been determined, and that routine tests for STIs generally do not include tests for Campylobacter coli.

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