Deadly Statistics: The Link Between Homosexuality and AIDS
According to the CDC, as of the year 2000, 52% of all AIDS cases involved the homosexual community.
I have been called many things by many people, some think I hate them simply because I give them correction when they are doing wrong. I do not hate anyone, nor am I trying to be self- righteous. I have been called a bigot by people in the homosexual community because I stated in two previous articles that homosexuality is wrong. Statistically speaking though, the ravaging affects of the homosexual lifestyle are clearly seen.
According to the CDC, 52% of all AIDS cases are among the homosexual community.
This is a tragedy, dear friends I am not here to give any huge arguments or beat anyone over the head with any judgmental rhetoric, I am simply saying these deaths from AIDS are needless and preventable. I love people, I do not want to see them die!
I pray your eyes be opened, dear ones there is no excuse for this tragedy, you can call me a bigot or homophobic if you want to, but nonetheless I cannot condone a practice that clearly has devastating and disastrous consequences. If you are struggling with homosexual desires or know someone who is, I recommend the book You Don’t Have To Be Gay, by Jeff Konrad.
Dear readers Jeff used to struggle with the same homosexual desires many people today are facing. He has been there and there is a way out. I have read countless testimonies of people who overcame their homosexual behaviors and have gone on to live happy, healthy,disease free lives.
God Bless All who read this, and thank you for your time.
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Dear Neea | Sep 3, 2009 | Reply
Nobody here is “helping people die” by the way, if we hated you, we wouldn’t bother discouraging a lifestyle that is detrimental, regardless of your point of view, the evidence that homosexuality is not healthy is overwhelming. You’ve willingly ignored it so there’s nothing more we can say. You only call us hypocrites because we don’t rally around you in support of your lifestyle like you want us to.
Jesus did not overlook sin, he pointed it out and gave correction saying “go and sin no more” which is all we are doing. Yes Jesus has been mentioned in the comments because we are Christians, Anyway, It is time we wipe the dust from our feet and move on.
May you one day understand.
Neea | Sep 3, 2009 | Reply
“the evidence that homosexuality is not healthy is overwhelming”
Really now? Tell me how hetero-sexuals have more AIDS than lesbians then, meaning they are healthier in sex? It is infact you who’ve ignored it, not me.
“Anyway, It is time we wipe the dust from our feet and move on.”
Yes, shut up and leave us alone.
Robert | Sep 3, 2009 | Reply
The only bitterness here is coming from the side that advocates your lifestyle Neea,as for lesbians, lesbians have less fluid exchange, that has been discussed. Right now, your anger/rage is blinding you and deafening your ears. Nobody here hates you, if you want to say anyone does then that’s your choice, but that won’t change the fact that John wrote this because he cares. We warn you of the dangers of what you are doing, and you hate US for it. Nonetheless, as was stated, I hope one day your eyes are open, I let you go, Take care.
Neea | Sep 3, 2009 | Reply
“Nobody here hates you”
I never freaking claimed that, but you are just providing ammunition (which is false by the way) to the homo-phobes that are reading this discussion.
“We warn you of the dangers of what you are doing”
I’m healthier sex-wise than hetero-sexuals are since I’m a lesbian (aka Homo-sexual), I should be warning you.
Mike | Sep 3, 2009 | Reply
There is nothing false in the article, nor are any of the Christians here fueling homophobia. People that discourage homosexuality are no more homophobic than someone that discourages drunkenness is alcophobic or someone that discourages smoking is smokophobic.
ALL FORM of sexual immorality (or other sins) are wrong. We are not encouraging violence or hate,we are saying “Go, and Sin no more”, we are also saying, “we love you we don’t want you harming yourselves” how in the world can you construe that as hate?
Neea | Sep 3, 2009 | Reply
“ALL FORM of sexual immorality (or other sins) are wrong”
Being homo-sexual and having no sex, but only intimate touching and kissing is still immoral? I have a feeling I know what you base that on, your bible.
“There is nothing false in the article, nor are any of the Christians here fueling homophobia.”
Yes, there is. It is claiming homo-sexuals are in greater risk of having AIDS than hetero-sexuals, when infact that is incorrect; Lesbians have less AIDS than hetero-sexuals. It should be focusing on unsafe sex instead of homo-sexuality. By saying that homo-sexuality is wrong instead of saying unsafe sex is wrong, you are fueling certain people to hate homo-sexuals. It’s like saying people in somalia are less intelligent than white people in western countries because they are black, not because they are uneducated.
Mark | Sep 3, 2009 | Reply
Though the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the Massachussetts Department of Public Health and numerous other sources have long compiled data showing the tremendous health risks associated with homosexual behavior, most homosexual activists vehemently deny these hazards and dismiss them as religious propaganda.
But now a Canadian pro-homosexual group called Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition has admitted these elevated health risks as a key element of the basis of a lawsuit they have filed against the Canadian government health service.
From LifeSiteNews:
· The life expectancy for gay and bisexual men is 20 years less than the average Canadian man;
· Homosexual men comprise 76% of AIDS cases and 45% of all new HIV infections;
· GLB populations are at a higher risk of lung and liver cancer;
· Homosexual and bisexual men suffer a higher rate of anal cancer than heterosexual men;
· Lesbians report a higher rate of breast cancer;
· · GLBs experience verbal and physical abuse at a greater rate than most Canadians.
Of course, the new “out” to avoid facing the truth about the self-destructiveness of this behavior is the claim that all this is because of all the “homophobia” out there, and the lack of government loot being spent on them.
If the life expectancy of chronic drunks is less than that of the general population, can that diminished life expectancy be blamed on the fact that society has a negative image of drunks and refuses to accept their behavior as legitimate?
If the life expectancy of smokers is less than that of the general population, can that diminished life expectancy be blamed on the fact that society has a negative image of smokers and refuses to accept their behavior as legitimate?
If the life expectancy of prostitutes is less than that of the general population, can that diminished life expectancy be blamed on the fact that society has a negative image of prostitutes and refuses to accept their behavior as legitimate?
Logic, reason and common sense tell us that the same is true of homosexuals (That the behavior itself is risky) and that whining to the contrary is an attempt to avoid the hard truth about a self-destructive lifestyle.
Neea | Sep 4, 2009 | Reply
“Over the past few months we have learnt of a number of reports regarding a paper we published in the International Journal of Epidemiology on the gay and bisexual life expectancy in Vancouver in the late 1980s and early 1990s.1 From these reports it appears that our research is being used by select groups in US2 and Finland3 to suggest that gay and bisexual men live an unhealthy lifestyle that is destructive to themselves and to others. These homophobic groups appear more interested in restricting the human rights of gay and bisexuals rather than promoting their health and well being.
The aim of our research was never to spread more homophobia, but to demonstrate to an international audience how the life expectancy of gay and bisexual men can be estimated from limited vital statistics data. In our paper, we demonstrated that in a major Canadian centre, life expectancy at age 20 years for gay and bisexual men is 8 to 21 years less than for all men. If the same pattern of mortality continued, we estimated that nearly half of gay and bisexual men currently aged 20 years would not reach their 65th birthday. Under even the most liberal assumptions, gay and bisexual men in this urban centre were experiencing a life expectancy similar to that experienced by men in Canada in the year 1871. In contrast, if we were to repeat this analysis today the life expectancy of gay and bisexual men would be greatly improved. Deaths from HIV infection have declined dramatically in this population since 1996. As we have previously reported there has been a threefold decrease in mortality in Vancouver as well as in other parts of British Columbia.4
It is essential to note that the life expectancy of any population is a descriptive and not a prescriptive mesaure.5 Death is a product of the way a person lives and what physical and environmental hazards he or she faces everyday. It cannot be attributed solely to their sexual orientation or any other ethnic or social factor. If estimates of an individual gay and bisexual man’s risk of death is truly needed for legal or other purposes, then people making these estimates should use the same actuarial tables that are used for all other males in that population. Gay and bisexual men are included in the construction of official population-based tables and therefore these tables for all males are the appropriate ones to be used.
In summary, the aim of our work was to assist health planners with the means of estimating the impact of HIV infection on groups, like gay and bisexual men, not necessarily captured by vital statistics data and not to hinder the rights of these groups worldwide. Overall, we do not condone the use of our research in a manner that restricts the political or human rights of gay and bisexual men or any other group.”
http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/30/6/1499
The primary mode of transmission of HIV between men is through anal sex without a condom (sometimes called “bare back sex”). For young gay men there may be particular problems with trying to practice safer sex. Some young gay men may not feel secure about obtaining or using extra strong condoms for anal sex because if they are seen purchasing or in possession of them it might be interpreted as a disclosure of gay identity. They also rarely have the benefit of sex education in school in which sexual behaviour between same-sex partners is discussed. This can make it very hard for young gay men to feel comfortable about negotiating safer sex.
is that lesbians as a group, have a higher incidence of certain risk factors known to be linked to breast cancer.
Those risk factors are:
# having never birthed a child,
# obesity,
# smoking
# alcohol use.
Medical studies show:
# The risk of breast cancer is reduced by as much as 50 percent for women who have had one child.
# Nearly 30 percent of lesbians are obese compared to 20 percent for women overall.
# Lesbians do not drink more than the general population, but have a greater history of problems with alcohol.
# Lesbians are also more likely to use tobacco.
On top of this, Dr. Hudson reports that lesbians are less likely to perform self-breast exams, get clinical breast exams and mammograms.
Another complicating factor is that lesbians are less likely to have health insurance, partially because many businesses do not offer offer domestic partner benefits.
Lesbians may be less likely to visit a doctor for fear of homophobia, or simply the uncomfortableness associated with coming out.
For straight women, primary contact with the health care system is through reproductive health. Since most lesbians do not use birth control or have children, they may miss early detection of breast cancer or other diseases that women who regularly visit the doctor may be screened for.
Dear Neea | Sep 4, 2009 | Reply
Interesting information, but the goal of THIS article by John was not homophobia, just so you know. It was meant to reach out to the homosexual community and others with information. Homosexuals are not the ONLY group of people @ risk for AIDS or other health problems, no, but the behavior does have risks which have been acknowledged by major health organizations and are documented.
You’ve asked that we let you be Neea, so I’m going to let you go as I said, your life is your life, but dear friend we DO NOT hate you (I never said you claimed we did but that’s what your comments seem to assume by the attitude.)
Take care.
Neea | Sep 4, 2009 | Reply
“but the goal of THIS article by John was not homophobia, just so you know.”
….
“we DO NOT hate you”
….
“It was meant to reach out to the homosexual community and others with information.”
I did not see any referance about hetero-sexuals, only that “homo-sexuality is wrong” Which is obiviously based on the bible and that gay men do not use condoms as much as hetero-sexuals do. That is what I’ve been saying all along, homo-sexuality is not “wrong”, having unprotected sex is unhealthy but still not “wrong”. It is like inclining, that a hetero-sexual having oral sex with opposite gender is less likely to have AIDS than homo-sexual having oral sex with the same gender, BECAUSE HE’S A “SINNER”!
So, make this crystal clear for me on what do you guys believe? Is God giving AIDS to homo-sexuals as a punishment or is it the result of unprotected sex?
Jonathan R | Sep 12, 2009 | Reply
Any behavior that is harmful, is best not done, Neea is angry but the fact remains homosexuality is detrimental and no one is being “homophobic” here.
Promiscuity/unprotected sex are detrimental as well, I find it ironic that Neea discourages unprotected sex but encourages homosexuality.
(which is basically like discouraging a heroine user but encouraging a smoker)
They’re BOTH bad for people, Neea you yourself acknowledge the behaviors you advocate are detrimental (even while you do claim they are less detrimental to lesbians)
Lesbians however have a higher risk for breast cancer and that is a known MEDICAL fact.
Anyway, I will not harp on the issue as it has already been thoroughly discussed.
By the way you said in a previous comment “It is natural afterall. Keep in mind we cause wars, do aborts, etc.” wars and abortion are detrimental.
By your comment though I take it that along with homosexuality you advocate war and abortion or did I misunderstand what you meant to say?
Trying to justify one negative behavior by saying people do others does nothing to help your standing, in fact it makes one wonder if you are rational at all.
yinzara | Oct 7, 2009 | Reply
First I would like to say that everyone in the world should be entitled to their own opinion and beliefs. Depriving anyone of that God given right, is to distance yourself from God and everything that he stands for, no matter what your religious background is.
All of you have a right to comment on your opinions or beliefs. However, when those opinions or beliefs are pushed upon another, that\\\’s when they become harmful.
All of the statistics presented in this thread are called \\\”correlative\\\”. This means that when you do a statistical analysis of the variables you\\\’re testing, that there is a high correlation between some of those variables. However, the common misconception a great portion of the world makes is that correlation means causality. Which means if event A and event B happen frequently together, either A is caused by B or B is caused by A.
Unfortunately, this is completely and totally false (in fact the CDC itself has published articles warning of drawing causal conclusion from their statistical publishings). The CDC is not a religious organization. The statistics the CDC puts out are simply that, statistics. Taking those statistics and drawing a correlation does not prove or actually even imply anything. The reason is that you\\\’re only taking a small set of variables in to account.
For example, there has been a survey comparing people who have been conviced of murder to those who haven\\\’t and there was found to be an extremely strong correlation between tendency to murder and affinity towards ice cream. In fact, the results were considered to be more than statistically significant which a statistician would consider to be a extremely strong correlation. By all accounts of people using statistical anlysis from this discussion thread, ice cream must therefore cause people to murder others (or contrarily, those who muder others will start to really like ice cream). Of course, this seems completely silly to all of us. However, the logic used in this argument is the same used in all of the above arguments.
When you actually take all factors in to account, the actual practice of homosexuality has no causality to HIV infection. That would be like saying because I like to go the beach, I will die of skin cancer. While going to the beach puts you in a situation where you could be exposed to ultraviolet radiation, if you are actually aware of this situation and take proper measures to protect yourself, then you are responsible for the results.
You may choose not to go to the beach all together (which is what most people in this argument seem to say is the right decision when comparing this to homosexuality). However, then you\\\’ve destroyed something in your life to which you consider an enjoyable experience that would detract from your lifestyle as a whole. Most people on this forum probably would say that is a very ridiculous thing to do as going to the beach isn\\\’t bad. However, many religions in the world consider any form of display of skin (especially for women) to be an abomination sometimes even punishable by extremely serious measures. So saying \\\”You shouldn\\\’t be gay because my bible says you shouldn\\\’t be\\\” means that you shouldn\\\’t ever go the beach because someone else\\\’s beliefs says you shouldn\\\’t.
You of course have many other alternatives. You may decide to wear a hat and clothes, but then you might not enjoy the beach as much. You might decide to wear sunscreen, but then if you go in the water, it may wash off and you\\\’re exponsed to UV anyway. You may even decide to time going to the beach so that the sun is always lower in the sky and therefore, the ultraviolet levels are much lower. You could even say \\\”What ever! I don\\\’t care\\\” and lay out in the sun every single day knowing that your risk of skin cancer is quite a bit higher.
Asking people to change their lifestyle and identity (and honestly, the reason many are so angry about others threatening it), is like asking you to denounce your faith (or maybe simply giving up writing to gay people online telling them to stop being gay before it kills them). You have spent most of your life believing in Christ. You believe that his teachings are written in a book that you have based your believes and actions upon. If they asked you to throw the bible in the trash because it\\\’s just a large piece of fiction that causes more problems in the world than not, you\\\’d be pretty offended too. They\\\’re not saying they hate you, they hate the actions your faith causes.
In actuality, if you want to draw some correlations, strong religious dedication has an extremely high correlation to propensity to commit atrosicites regarded by most of the world as horrendous. All modern terrorism is founded on the ideals that someone\\\’s religious belief is so much better than anothers, that others who do not share that belief should die.
Does that mean that religion causes people to murder each other? Of course it doesn\\\’t (contrary to what people who are actually on my side of the argument may believe). Religion in general is a productive method of developing a person or society towards a constructive end. Does that mean I\\\’m condoning a religion? No, that is not true either. However, many take their beliefs and feel because they believe it, that others should as well. I\\\’m not going to argue whether the bible says homosexuality is wrong or not. Honestly it doens\\\’t really matter. Many people believe it does. Many people believe it doesn\\\’t. Both are right in their own beliefs since the bible in itself is only correct if you believe it is.
The primary point that telling people to stop being homosexuals in the name of \\\”protecting\\\” them based on a correlative statistical analysis is both unproductive and insulting. I\\\’m not going to tell you to stop believing in God simply because many people who do end up murdering others. If you truly want to help others from catching a deadly disease as you claim to, tell them to stop engaging in activities that directly cause infections or better yet, help provide them with alternatives which will lower their propensity for contracting the disease while still allowing them to enjoy their lives.
Unprotected sex with many partners is not a correlative statistic, it\\\’s a factual causality. No matter if you\\\’re homosexual or heterosexual, what causes HIV is the transfer of the disease from one person to another in a method that exchanges bodily fluids that contain the virus. This can happen through oral sex (though extremely rare and honestly there has never been any proven cases), anal sex, blood transfusions, and sharing of intravenous needles. Loving someone has never caused an HIV infection. Hating someone has never caused one either. Kissing someone, hugging someone, sleeping in the same bed as someone, sharing the same glass, nor any other personal contact has ever caused nor will ever cause an HIV infection. Spreading lies about anything to the contrary should be considered blafemous to anyone who considers themselves Christian simply because it propagates fear and hatred which is contrary to everything Jesus taught us.
Here\\\’s some good sound advice:
Instead of doing drugs and having unprotected sex, go to Disney World with your lover! Heck, you might get skin cancer from all that Florida sun, but at least you\\\’ll have a great time and won\\\’t catch HIV and you\\\’ll probably end up with some great pictures of both of you with Mickey Mouse. Plus, you\\\’ll be contributing to the American economy and helping us get out of this damn recession. Oh wait, I\\\’m sorry, I forgot that many of you believe Disney is evil too. Ok, so……..go to the park…..and buy popcorn. But don\\\’t put too much butter on it or you might end up dying of congestive heart failure.
Ok so the point is, giving someone advice about what to do with their lives simply because you think it will end up \\\”helping\\\” them won\\\’t help them in any way. Especially by posting it on some internet forum where everyone reading it has already made up their minds before they even got here. Do you honestly think anyone who found this article had any doubt before they got here as to what their understanding of \\\”The link between homosexuality and AIDS\\\” was? You knew that before you even posted it which means your motives weren\\\’t as \\\”saintly\\\” as you have been portraying. You posted this article simply to get out your frustrations and beliefs and to hear support from other people so you felt like you somehow \\\”bettered the world\\\” when in fact all you did was stir up a good debate. Which I think bettered the world a hell of a lot more than any of your advice. Yay for debates! Let\\\’s all keep communication open!
Dear All | Oct 29, 2009 | Reply
“When you actually take all factors in to account, the actual practice of homosexuality has no causality to HIV infection.” It does contribute to the RISKS was the point being made, just like a smoker may not ALWAYS get cancer, smoking still increases the RISKS of getting cancer and doctors do not for a second hesitate to discourage smoking.
As for the rambler above me, we did not spread lies here. It has been medically established (Even by homosexual advocates) that the behavior is risky.
Other behaviors are risky as well, which no one denies, but ANYTHING detrimental should be discouraged.
You said ” You knew that before you even posted it which means your motives weren\\\’t as \\\”saintly\\\” as you have been portraying. You posted this article simply to get out your frustrations and beliefs and to hear support from other people so you felt like you somehow \\\”bettered the world\\\” when in fact all you did was stir up a good debate.”
but the fact is, regardless of what you think, John told you his reasons for posting, it was to reach people (gay and straight alike) with information, information that may well save a life if the people would for one second listen without accusing anyone that discourages homosexuality of “hate”
Dear All,again | Oct 29, 2009 | Reply
As a P.S. to yinzara I referred to you as rambler due to the Length of your post, all long posts regardless of content could be considered rambling. I was not trying to insult you personally I tend to be a rambler myself at times. Anyway, the homosexuals have asked that we leave them alone, so that basically ended and “debate”. Those with ears to hear let them, for those who refuse the message has nonetheless been given.
John wrote this for informative reasons, take it or leave it, I will keep you all in my prayers.
Love Note | Dec 7, 2009 | Reply
Neea,
Christians should not judge you, as you confess to be a homosexual. It is a shame that you are made fun. Christians should realize that a sin is a sin. However, we are not called to support sinful behaviors. I have friends that are homosexuals and I also have friends that have sex before they are married. To me, I think they are both wrong. I believe God wants one man and one woman to be together. It is unsafe for us not to follow this plan. John states the statistics of all the disease that can follow this sin.
I think the reason you get so defensive when someone sticks the Bible in your face is because you do not believe it. Christians have a relationship with God and that allows us to believe and worship Him all the time. If you have no relationship with God, I can easily see why you would only live for the world. But living for the world keeps you away from God.
I am not trying to scare you, Neea. Actually, the reason I decided to post is to show you the love that God intended us to show. We do not hate you, and God definitely does not. He loves you the most, no matter how bad you hurt Him. Unfortunatelly, you are hurting Him. He is sad when we do not listen to what he wants us to do. So why don\’t you try to not be homosexual and start a realtionship with God. What do you have to lose?
Rich | Dec 7, 2009 | Reply
I did a radio show on this at ShockaWenow.net
Meta | Jan 27, 2010 | Reply
This is absolutely ridiculous! Please show the source for where you got the information that CDC has stated that 52 percent of all cases are in the homosexual community?
Please do look at your sources again, because I hate it when I see people throw out misinformation with no valid evidence.
CDC clearly states that 60% of all MALE CASES occur through homosexual sex. That is only within the male population of these cases not ALL cases.
This disease does not question sexual orientation nor does it abide by any rules. It only gets those people who are not educated or aware of its presence. No matter if you\’re gay or the most Christian person in the world. It can happen to anyone. Stop acting like it occurs mostly in the gay community because it DOES NOT.
P.S.
I am not gay, but I find this article absurd and, quite frankly, STUPID.
Jack | Jan 27, 2010 | Reply
Meta, sources for statistics and other information are available by a simple online search.
Here is an excerpt from one such report
“Homosexual activity remains a major source of transmission of the HIV/AIDS virus.
A 1997 New York Times article reported that a young male homosexual has about a 50 percent chance of getting HIV by middle age. (Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “Gay Culture Weighs Sense and Sexuality,” New York Times (Late edition, east coast), November 23, 1997, section 4, p.1)
As of 1998, 54 percent of all AIDS cases in America were homosexual men and according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) nearly 90 percent of these men acquired HIV through sexual activity with other men. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1998, June, HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report 10 (1)).
Even more alarming, the Center for Disease Control & Prevention reported in 1998 that an estimated half of all new HIV infections in the United States are among people under 25. Among 13-to 24-year-olds, 52 percent of all AIDS cases reported among males in 1997 were among young men who have sex with men. (CDC Fact Sheet: “Young People at Risk,” Center for Disease Control & Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, July 24, 1998
Researchers at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver conducted a study to assess how HIV infection and AIDS is impacting the mortality rates for homosexual and bisexual men. Lead by R.S. Hogg, et al and published in the International Journal of Epidemiology (vol. 27, no. 3, 1997, pp 657-661) they reached an alarming conclusion.
“In a major Canadian center, life expectancy at age 20 years for gay and bisexual men is eight to 20 years less than for all men. If the same pattern of mortality continues, we estimate that nearly half of gay and bisexual men currently aged 20 years will not reach their 65th birthday. Under the most liberal assumptions, gay and bisexual men in this urban center are now experiencing a life expectancy similar to that experienced by all men in Canada in the year 1871.”
Physical Health Risks
In addition to AIDS, there is a long list of maladies attendant upon the homosexually active population. Of particular concern is anal cancer. According to J. R. Daling et.al, “Correlates of Homosexual Behavior and the Incidence of Anal Cancer,” Journal of the American Medical Association 247, no.14, 9 April 1982, pp. 1988-90, the risk of anal cancer soars by 4000 percent among those who engage in anal intercourse.
Other maladies include chlamydia trachomatis, cryptosporidium, giardia lamblia, herpes simplex virus, human papilloma virus (HPV) or genital warts, isospora belli, microsporidia, gonorrhea, viral hepatitis types B & C and syphilis.
Emotional/Mental Health Risks
Two extensive studies published in the October 1999 issue of American Medical Association Archives of General Psychiatry confirmed the existence of a strong link between homosexuality and suicide, as well as other mental and emotional problems.
Youth who identify themselves as homosexual, lesbian and bisexual are four times more likely than their peers to suffer from major depression; three times more likely to suffer anxiety disorders, four times more likely to suffer conduct disorders, six times more likely to suffer from multiple disorders and more than six times more likely to have attempted suicide.
Many homosexual activists point their finger at homophobia as the cause of these disorders, but the most extensive studies have been done in the Netherlands and New Zealand where homosexuality is widely accepted.
In an interview with Zenit News, Dr. Richard Fitzgibbons, a child and adult psychiatrist in practice for more than 27 years, said, “Compared to controls who had no homosexual experience in the 12 months prior to the interviews, males who had any homosexual contact within that time period were much more likely to experience major depression, bipolar disorder, panic disorder, agoraphobia and obsessive compulsive disorder. Females with any homosexual contact within the previous 12 months were more often diagnosed with major depression, social phobia or alcohol dependence.”
He concluded by saying, “Men and women with a history of homosexual contact had a higher prevalence of nearly all psychiatric disorders measured in the study. These findings are the result of a lifestyle marked by rampant promiscuity and an inability to make commitments, combined with unresolved sadness, profound insecurity, anger and mistrust from childhood and adolescence.”
Physical Abuse
A recent study published in the American Journal of Public Health has shown that 39 percent of males with same-sex attraction have been abused by other homosexual men.
A study by Susan Turrell entitled “A descriptive analysis of Same-Sex Relationship Violence for a Diverse Sample,” and published in the Journal of Family Violence (vol 13, pp 281-293), found that relationship violence was a significant problem for homosexuals. Forty-four percent of gay men reported having experienced violence in their relationship; 13 percent reported sexual violence and 83 percent reported emotional abuse.
Levels of abuse ran even higher among lesbians with 55 percent reporting physical violence, 14 percent reporting sexual abuse and 84 percent reporting emotional abuse.
As outrageous as it might sound, “Most medical groups have embraced the homosexual agenda and are advocating that lifestyle despite all the scientific studies and medical evidence that demonstrate medical and psychological risks,” said Joseph Nicolosi, President of the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality. “Homosexual activism and political correctness are clearly trumping science.”
You and others can throw a tempertantrum, but the evidence of the dangers of homosexuality is blatantly obvious and ignoring them has led to numerous other issues.
J.K is trying to help wake people up to the fact that it is a risky behavior.
You say “Stop acting like it occurs mostly in the gay community because it DOES NOT.”
John clearly wrote “According to the CDC, AS OF THE YEAR 2000, 52% of all AIDS cases involved the homosexual community.”
There ARE other risk factors, that nobody has debated but homosexual behavior is also a major source.
He writes to help and inform, Take care
Jack | Jan 27, 2010 | Reply
Meta, sources for statistics and other information are available by a simple online search.
Here is an excerpt from one such report
\\\”Homosexual activity remains a major source of transmission of the HIV/AIDS virus.
A 1997 New York Times article reported that a young male homosexual has about a 50 percent chance of getting HIV by middle age. (Sheryl Gay Stolberg, \\\”Gay Culture Weighs Sense and Sexuality,\\\” New York Times (Late edition, east coast), November 23, 1997, section 4, p.1)
As of 1998, 54 percent of all AIDS cases in America were homosexual men and according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) nearly 90 percent of these men acquired HIV through sexual activity with other men. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1998, June, HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report 10 (1)).
Even more alarming, the Center for Disease Control & Prevention reported in 1998 that an estimated half of all new HIV infections in the United States are among people under 25. Among 13-to 24-year-olds, 52 percent of all AIDS cases reported among males in 1997 were among young men who have sex with men. (CDC Fact Sheet: \\\”Young People at Risk,\\\” Center for Disease Control & Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, July 24, 1998
Researchers at St. Paul\\\’s Hospital in Vancouver conducted a study to assess how HIV infection and AIDS is impacting the mortality rates for homosexual and bisexual men. Lead by R.S. Hogg, et al and published in the International Journal of Epidemiology (vol. 27, no. 3, 1997, pp 657-661) they reached an alarming conclusion.
\\\”In a major Canadian center, life expectancy at age 20 years for gay and bisexual men is eight to 20 years less than for all men. If the same pattern of mortality continues, we estimate that nearly half of gay and bisexual men currently aged 20 years will not reach their 65th birthday. Under the most liberal assumptions, gay and bisexual men in this urban center are now experiencing a life expectancy similar to that experienced by all men in Canada in the year 1871.\\\”
Physical Health Risks
In addition to AIDS, there is a long list of maladies attendant upon the homosexually active population. Of particular concern is anal cancer. According to J. R. Daling et.al, \\\”Correlates of Homosexual Behavior and the Incidence of Anal Cancer,\\\” Journal of the American Medical Association 247, no.14, 9 April 1982, pp. 1988-90, the risk of anal cancer soars by 4000 percent among those who engage in anal intercourse.
Other maladies include chlamydia trachomatis, cryptosporidium, giardia lamblia, herpes simplex virus, human papilloma virus (HPV) or genital warts, isospora belli, microsporidia, gonorrhea, viral hepatitis types B & C and syphilis.
Emotional/Mental Health Risks
Two extensive studies published in the October 1999 issue of American Medical Association Archives of General Psychiatry confirmed the existence of a strong link between homosexuality and suicide, as well as other mental and emotional problems.
Youth who identify themselves as homosexual, lesbian and bisexual are four times more likely than their peers to suffer from major depression; three times more likely to suffer anxiety disorders, four times more likely to suffer conduct disorders, six times more likely to suffer from multiple disorders and more than six times more likely to have attempted suicide.
Many homosexual activists point their finger at homophobia as the cause of these disorders, but the most extensive studies have been done in the Netherlands and New Zealand where homosexuality is widely accepted.
In an interview with Zenit News, Dr. Richard Fitzgibbons, a child and adult psychiatrist in practice for more than 27 years, said, \\\”Compared to controls who had no homosexual experience in the 12 months prior to the interviews, males who had any homosexual contact within that time period were much more likely to experience major depression, bipolar disorder, panic disorder, agoraphobia and obsessive compulsive disorder. Females with any homosexual contact within the previous 12 months were more often diagnosed with major depression, social phobia or alcohol dependence.\\\”
He concluded by saying, \\\”Men and women with a history of homosexual contact had a higher prevalence of nearly all psychiatric disorders measured in the study. These findings are the result of a lifestyle marked by rampant promiscuity and an inability to make commitments, combined with unresolved sadness, profound insecurity, anger and mistrust from childhood and adolescence.\\\”
Physical Abuse
A recent study published in the American Journal of Public Health has shown that 39 percent of males with same-sex attraction have been abused by other homosexual men.
A study by Susan Turrell entitled \\\”A descriptive analysis of Same-Sex Relationship Violence for a Diverse Sample,\\\” and published in the Journal of Family Violence (vol 13, pp 281-293), found that relationship violence was a significant problem for homosexuals. Forty-four percent of gay men reported having experienced violence in their relationship; 13 percent reported sexual violence and 83 percent reported emotional abuse.
Levels of abuse ran even higher among lesbians with 55 percent reporting physical violence, 14 percent reporting sexual abuse and 84 percent reporting emotional abuse.
As outrageous as it might sound, \\\”Most medical groups have embraced the homosexual agenda and are advocating that lifestyle despite all the scientific studies and medical evidence that demonstrate medical and psychological risks,\\\” said Joseph Nicolosi, President of the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality. \\\”Homosexual activism and political correctness are clearly trumping science.\\\”
You and others can throw a tempertantrum, but the evidence of the dangers of homosexuality is blatantly obvious and ignoring them has led to numerous other issues.
J.K is trying to help wake people up to the fact that it is a risky behavior.
You say \\\”Stop acting like it occurs mostly in the gay community because it DOES NOT.\\\”
John clearly wrote \\\”According to the CDC, AS OF THE YEAR 2000, 52% of all AIDS cases involved the homosexual community.\\\”
There ARE other risk factors, that nobody has debated but homosexual behavior is also a major source.
He writes to help and inform, Take care
Jack | Jan 27, 2010 | Reply
Meta, sources for statistics and other information are available by a simple online search.
Here is an excerpt from one such report
\\\\\\\”Homosexual activity remains a major source of transmission of the HIV/AIDS virus.
A 1997 New York Times article reported that a young male homosexual has about a 50 percent chance of getting HIV by middle age. (Sheryl Gay Stolberg, \\\\\\\”Gay Culture Weighs Sense and Sexuality,\\\\\\\” New York Times (Late edition, east coast), November 23, 1997, section 4, p.1)
As of 1998, 54 percent of all AIDS cases in America were homosexual men and according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) nearly 90 percent of these men acquired HIV through sexual activity with other men. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1998, June, HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report 10 (1)).
Even more alarming, the Center for Disease Control & Prevention reported in 1998 that an estimated half of all new HIV infections in the United States are among people under 25. Among 13-to 24-year-olds, 52 percent of all AIDS cases reported among males in 1997 were among young men who have sex with men. (CDC Fact Sheet: \\\\\\\”Young People at Risk,\\\\\\\” Center for Disease Control & Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, July 24, 1998
Researchers at St. Paul\\\\\\\’s Hospital in Vancouver conducted a study to assess how HIV infection and AIDS is impacting the mortality rates for homosexual and bisexual men. Lead by R.S. Hogg, et al and published in the International Journal of Epidemiology (vol. 27, no. 3, 1997, pp 657-661) they reached an alarming conclusion.
\\\\\\\”In a major Canadian center, life expectancy at age 20 years for gay and bisexual men is eight to 20 years less than for all men. If the same pattern of mortality continues, we estimate that nearly half of gay and bisexual men currently aged 20 years will not reach their 65th birthday. Under the most liberal assumptions, gay and bisexual men in this urban center are now experiencing a life expectancy similar to that experienced by all men in Canada in the year 1871.\\\\\\\”
Physical Health Risks
In addition to AIDS, there is a long list of maladies attendant upon the homosexually active population. Of particular concern is anal cancer. According to J. R. Daling et.al, \\\\\\\”Correlates of Homosexual Behavior and the Incidence of Anal Cancer,\\\\\\\” Journal of the American Medical Association 247, no.14, 9 April 1982, pp. 1988-90, the risk of anal cancer soars by 4000 percent among those who engage in anal intercourse.
Other maladies include chlamydia trachomatis, cryptosporidium, giardia lamblia, herpes simplex virus, human papilloma virus (HPV) or genital warts, isospora belli, microsporidia, gonorrhea, viral hepatitis types B & C and syphilis.
Emotional/Mental Health Risks
Two extensive studies published in the October 1999 issue of American Medical Association Archives of General Psychiatry confirmed the existence of a strong link between homosexuality and suicide, as well as other mental and emotional problems.
Youth who identify themselves as homosexual, lesbian and bisexual are four times more likely than their peers to suffer from major depression; three times more likely to suffer anxiety disorders, four times more likely to suffer conduct disorders, six times more likely to suffer from multiple disorders and more than six times more likely to have attempted suicide.
Many homosexual activists point their finger at homophobia as the cause of these disorders, but the most extensive studies have been done in the Netherlands and New Zealand where homosexuality is widely accepted.
In an interview with Zenit News, Dr. Richard Fitzgibbons, a child and adult psychiatrist in practice for more than 27 years, said, \\\\\\\”Compared to controls who had no homosexual experience in the 12 months prior to the interviews, males who had any homosexual contact within that time period were much more likely to experience major depression, bipolar disorder, panic disorder, agoraphobia and obsessive compulsive disorder. Females with any homosexual contact within the previous 12 months were more often diagnosed with major depression, social phobia or alcohol dependence.\\\\\\\”
He concluded by saying, \\\\\\\”Men and women with a history of homosexual contact had a higher prevalence of nearly all psychiatric disorders measured in the study. These findings are the result of a lifestyle marked by rampant promiscuity and an inability to make commitments, combined with unresolved sadness, profound insecurity, anger and mistrust from childhood and adolescence.\\\\\\\”
Physical Abuse
A recent study published in the American Journal of Public Health has shown that 39 percent of males with same-sex attraction have been abused by other homosexual men.
A study by Susan Turrell entitled \\\\\\\”A descriptive analysis of Same-Sex Relationship Violence for a Diverse Sample,\\\\\\\” and published in the Journal of Family Violence (vol 13, pp 281-293), found that relationship violence was a significant problem for homosexuals. Forty-four percent of gay men reported having experienced violence in their relationship; 13 percent reported sexual violence and 83 percent reported emotional abuse.
Levels of abuse ran even higher among lesbians with 55 percent reporting physical violence, 14 percent reporting sexual abuse and 84 percent reporting emotional abuse.
As outrageous as it might sound, \\\\\\\”Most medical groups have embraced the homosexual agenda and are advocating that lifestyle despite all the scientific studies and medical evidence that demonstrate medical and psychological risks,\\\\\\\” said Joseph Nicolosi, President of the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality. \\\\\\\”Homosexual activism and political correctness are clearly trumping science.\\\\\\\”
You and others can throw a tempertantrum, but the evidence of the dangers of homosexuality is blatantly obvious and ignoring them has led to numerous other issues.
J.K is trying to help wake people up to the fact that it is a risky behavior.
You say \\\\\\\”Stop acting like it occurs mostly in the gay community because it DOES NOT.\\\\\\\”
John clearly wrote \\\\\\\”According to the CDC, AS OF THE YEAR 2000, 52% of all AIDS cases involved the homosexual community.\\\\\\\”
There ARE other risk factors, that nobody has debated but homosexual behavior is also a major source.
He writes to help and inform, Take care
Jack | Jan 27, 2010 | Reply
Sorry for the multipost my computer is acting up
Jonathan Rollins | Jan 27, 2010 | Reply
Dear All,
If there was any intellectual honesty in the greater homosexual community, that community would be radically shrinking out of self-interest, if nothing else.
Homosexuals far too often, put their activist agenda above their own health, this is sad.
As for the commentators here, the hostility really is coming from those in the homosexual lifestyle, yet they accuse those warning them of “hate” simply because it is more effective when promoting their agenda to cry “homophobe” than to own up to the fact that homosexuality IS a risky behavior.
Anna | Jan 27, 2010 | Reply
Meta said,
“CDC clearly states that 60% of all MALE CASES occur through homosexual sex. That is only within the male population of these cases not ALL cases.”
well meta, even if what you say is so,
Are you saying it’s fine with you that the people are dropping like flies because it’s “only within the male pop”? I say EVEN ONE death from AIDS, whether male or female,is tragic.