Asperger’s in a gay man

[Northbrook]

My cousin Michael had a lot of problems growing up. At 16, he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. But now, his mother and a psychiatrist have discussed his case in deep detail and the two of them now believe that Michael was misdiagnosed for years, and what he actually had was Asperger’s syndrome.

Michael was also a gay man. But never have I ever come across a story of any Asperger’s patient who was also gay. Have you?

 

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[Monk Brendan]

My cousin Michael had a lot of problems growing up. At 16, he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. But now, his mother and a psychiatrist have discussed his case in deep detail and the two of them now believe that Michael was misdiagnosed for years, and what he actually had was Asperger’s syndrome.

Michael was also a gay man. But never have I ever come across a story of any Asperger’s patient who was also gay. Have you?

Have you tried a web search of homosexuality + Asperger's?

 

[FireDragon76]

My cousin Michael had a lot of problems growing up. At 16, he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. But now, his mother and a psychiatrist have discussed his case in deep detail and the two of them now believe that Michael was misdiagnosed for years, and what he actually had was Asperger’s syndrome.

Michael was also a gay man. But never have I ever come across a story of any Asperger’s patient who was also gay. Have you?

Being gay or bi is more common among Aspies. Having no interest in sex, asexuality, is also more common.

I had an elderly friend named Butch that was very smart but also very eccentric. He was also gay. He may have been very high functioning, or he may just have been eccentric, I'm not sure. Otherwise, I just know the statistical odds are higher for Aspies, but I haven't met alot of other Aspies in RL.

 

[jonrgrover]

When I was in high school people thought I was gay. I was definitely not gay, but my inability to see flirting behaviors, inability to see when girls were interested in me, inability to establish rapport with people and high anxiety lead to people thinking that I was gay because I was not relating with girls in the way they expected. Aspies who seem gay may simply be oblivious like me instead.

In addition, aspies may be more likely to be gay because the difference between men and women exacerbates the barrier to interaction. It is already hard enough to relate to those of the same sex. Difference between men and women adds yet another hurdle to overcome. So it is possible that naturally non-gay people simply have to settle for same sex attraction because other sex attraction is simply not something they can put into practice, because the additional hurdle puts it 'beyond the pale'.