whatever future there is, it is a short one-
“We have developed a quick and effective method for evaluating human customs and practices: what is their effect on human longevity? For example, smoking tobacco is frowned upon because a four-pack-a-day smoker loses about four years from his life expectancy as compared to non-smokers. This has been sufficient incentive for nationwide campaigns against smoking, against the advertising of tobacco products, and for the keeping of tobacco out of the hands of minors. The same general approach is taken toward alcoholism, the use of alcohol before operating a motor vehicle, and the use of drugs. In each instance the procedure condemned is considered both risky and life-shortening, and the weight of public opinion is brought to bear against it. Up until a few years ago, there was very little known about the life expectancy of homosexuals. It was taken for granted that it was the same as that of straight people of similar age and sex. Government agencies do not obtain the vital statistics of homosexual men and women and make no effort to find out what they are. This would be a waste of public money in view of the widely-held belief that these people are the same as anyone else, albeit with peculiar uses for their genital organs.
All of this changed in April, 1993, when Dr. Paul Cameron (Family Research Institute, Colorado Springs, CO 80962-2640) presented a paper to a meeting in Washington of the Eastern Psychological Association, entitled, “The Homosexual Lifespan.”
Dr. Cameron was investigating a question of interest: do “married” homosexuals live longer than single ones? It is well known that while the present life expectancy of a 21 year old male who gets married is age 75; a man who never marries can expect to live to age 58. Similarly, a married female can expect to reach age 80, while an unmarried female can expect to reach 67 years. Marriage has a positive (good) effect on longevity. Does something similar hold true for homosexual men and women?
It occurred to Dr. Cameron that the obituary columns of periodic publications might yield a statistical basis for such an analysis. To test this hypothesis, he compiled the obituaries from 46 consecutive days of the Washington Post and 23 days of the Oregonian and found that 73 percent of the men and 80 percent of the women lived to age 65. Comparable census figures were 73 and 85 percent. He then started to collect newspapers and periodicals published by and for the homosexual community. It took three years to accumulate enough information to reach some conclusions. His organization has continued to collect information and analyze it since 1993, but no significant modifications to his published conclusions have been necessary. His paper is based on 6,383 death notices from sixteen journals over the preceding eight years. He obtained basic information on the age at time of death, occupation, whether or not there was a live-in companion, and cause of death. He found that the presence or absence of partners made no significant difference to the life expectancy.
About 15 percent of the obituaries were of people who did not die of AIDS. The life expectancy of such homosexual men was age 42 and nine percent lived to be 65. This compares with 75 percent of “straight”, married males who reach age 65. The lesbian life expectancy was age 46 and 24 percent reached the age of 65 compared with 85 percent of married women. Subtract three years of longevity for AIDS sufferers. The male and female life expectancy of AIDS sufferers is 39 and 43 years, respectively. Of homosexual males with AIDS only one percent reached age 65, as compared to 73 percent of married males. Nine percent of AIDS-stricken lesbians reached age 65 as compared to 85 percent of married females.”
Interesting. Thanks for posting.
So basically, the public perception is that if the homo doesn't die of AIDS, he will live a normal lifespan..... when the reality is that there are so many dangerous consequences to anal sex that if AIDS doesn't kill the sodomite first, something else will and do it fairly short order.