Bullying link to gay illness

The Scotsman ^ | Wed 1 Dec 2004

[presidio9]

DISCRIMINATION against gay men, lesbians and bisexuals could be responsible for high levels of mental illness and self-harm, research suggested today.

A study found that attacks and bullying could be linked to the widespread mental disorder that homosexuals appear to suffer.

[xm177e2]

A study found that attacks and bullying could be linked to the widespread mental disorder that homosexuals appear to suffer.

Well yeah, the whole point of bullying them is to get them to commit suicide.

[nmh]

They've been ABUSED - sexually or physically. This has been known for YEARS! They're angry. They're emotionally confused.

[Kenton]

Honestly, does anybody out there know what these people are talking about? At the company I work for, they bend over backwards to be nice to gays. Well, that's a fairly ugly picture, but you get the idea...

I don't think actively homosexual men make good scoutmasters for Boy Scouts, any more than I think horny heterosexual males would make good leaders for Girl Scouts. But aside from the people who insist that they keep their hands off our kids, what sort of "discrimination" do they actually suffer? I know that if I said something critical to a gay person at my office, I'd be the one getting crucifued for it.

[fooman]

Right. The dirty secret is that most of these people are very ill to begin with. They also carry other diseases like that new strain of strep (from shaving all hair), some new disease in the EU, Hepititus C and AIDS.

This is filthy lifestyle, with 87% of gay men having more than 15 lovers according to a University of Chicago story.

[jejones]

Know any Scientologists? Ask them what homosexuality is.

And I should give any credence at all to the position of the "Church" of Scientology about mental health because...?

[presidio9]

Did the bullying make you gay?

[Calpernia]

Projection at it's finest

[Sans-Culotte]

Don't you remember? A gay guy got killed once (Matthew Shepherd).

[cake_crumb]

On the other hand, being gay might be a symptom of a mentally ill person who enjoys doing him/her/it/other's self harm.

[Trampled by Lambs]

Women are the main reason I'm not homosexual.

[cake_crumb]

I love men so much I married on. Guess I'm gay...and wasn't even bullied in school either.

[50sDad]

"Correlation is not causation."

[cvq3842]

Um, well, I believe that anal sex (sorry to be graphic) is a very efficient way to transmit disease, and to the extent people have multiple partners it of course has a chance to spread.

In other words, a medically unhealthy lifestyle.

I wonder if a comparison to obesity is useful. People have said that each of these conditions may be the result of a "genetic predisposition" to certain behavior. A very controversial idea, but even assuming it's true, it's been established that each behavior leads to health problems. So why is one behavior (overeating) discouraged and the other (gay sex) is not - in fact the whole marriage controversy seeks to enshrine the practice in law.

Kids are cruel. I was the fat kid who got picked on. I did not have to spend years in therapy getting over it.

And I think I have the responsibility, as a rational human being and not an unthinking animal in a barnyard or jungle, to recognize my own harmful behavior and to CONTROL MYSELF.

Just some thoughts.

:)

[F.J. Mitchell]

"And all these years I thought homosexuality was caused by being gay..."

I was under the impression that gaiety caused homosexuality. Everybody thanks I'm a grouch.

[msnimje]

Reading this article is causing me high levels of stress.

[fooman]

I use that analogy and alcoholism all the time. Right on.

[derheimwill]

Why do these people always get it backward. Homosexuals' wrong thinking leads to the widespread mental disorder that homosexuals appear to suffer. It also leads to deviant behaviour. (Desire leads to action, not the other way around) This further leads to chemical changes in the brain. The Psychiatrists detect the chemicals, proclaim them to be the cause of the homosexual's inability to control his own thoughts and tell him his behaviour is normal and his guilt is a funtion of his depression. Of course now, his ability to function in normal society is limited to the degree that he cannot handle hostile people. He is now the perfect target for the truly hateful outbursts of the basically mean people who exist in any society.

[cake_crumb]

"Reading this article is causing me high levels of stress."

Some of the replies'll help relieve it though

[VRWCTexan]

Let's not forget the statistic of 99.9% mortality by age 60 for active homosexuals that have multiple partners.

[F.J. Mitchell]

Aha! So first they demand the right to marry, and in the next increment they demand that poligimy, be legalized, so they can marry all their lovers.