Any male who has been assaulted by another male has a disincentive to report the incident because many people assume that any male assaulted by another male is automatically gay. Some sexual assaults of gay males are committed by perpetrators who self-identify as heterosexual. The motivations of these men to assault gay males is similar to their motivation to assault females-to dominate and express hatred. Some sexual assaults of gay males are committed by other gay males. Estimates of numbers of assaults are impossible to come by with the prevalence of homophobia in the United States.
Consent is what separates sex from sexual assault.
Consent is not adequately taught to straight, bisexual or gay teens. Sexual assaults are not sex. There are homosexual men who commit assault but the assaults they commit are not homosexual sex acts. Most of the perpetuators of sexual assault committed on male are other males. The boy or young man who is a survivor can be confused, angry, blaming himself, hurt, desperate to understand.