Joe Kort

5 days ago | joekort.com | Joe Kort

During Pride Month, I’d like to reflect on how we got to where we are today, and what the future may bring for the LGBTQ+ community. The photo in this article reflects a time when the struggles for acceptance and equal rights for gays were heating up. It’s a reminder of the changes we’ve experienced over the years. As a gay man, and a relationship and sexual health therapist for 40 years, I am keenly aware of the stress and emotional dysregulation suffered by many members of the LGBTQ+ community.

1 week ago | joekort.com | Joe Kort

JOE KORT 0:04 Frank, hello everyone. Welcome to Smart sex, smart love, where talking about sex goes beyond the taboo and talking about love goes beyond the honeymoon. My guest today is Dr Frank Anderson, an MD, Harvard trained psychiatrist, world renowned trauma treatment expert, psychotherapist and acclaimed author of the transcending trauma memoir to be loved, a story of truth, trauma and transformation.

2 weeks ago | qoshe.com | Joe Kort

2 weeks ago | psychologytoday.com | Joe Kort |Tyler Woods

References[1] CDC. (2016). Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health-Risk Behaviors Among Students in Grades 9-12: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services[2 IMPACT. (2010). Mental health disorders, psychological distress, and suicidality in a diverse sample of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youths. American Journal of Public Health. 100(12), 2426-32. [3] Family Acceptance Project™. (2009).

1 month ago | joekort.com | Joe Kort

You can build the body you want and live a healthy lifestyle with a few simple changes, says Amadeo Aram, a sports and exercise professional, certified personal trainer, and online fitness coach who works with gay men all over the world to help them build the body they always have dreamed of. It’s not complicated to achieve your goals, he emphasizes.